PHI - Principal Engineer- Product

Prudential Health India; Mumbai; On-site; INR 3,500,000 - 6,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Prudential Health India seeks a Lead/Principal Software Engineer to lead a cloud-native, microservices‑driven engineering team in Mumbai. You will architect, design, and deliver backend platforms and reusable components for health tech ecosystems.

The role requires 7–18 years of hands-on experience, strong Java/NodeJS/Python skills, and deep knowledge of microservices, databases like Couchbase, Kafka, and cloud platforms. Collaboration with cross‑functional teams is essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Computer Engineering.
• 7–18 years of hands-on enterprise‑grade software experience.
• Fluent written and spoken English.
• Proven ability to translate architecture into engineering solutions.

Responsibilities

• Lead a cloud-native, microservices‑oriented team to build a reusable platform.
• Translate business requirements into scalable, secure technical solutions.
• Design, develop, test, and implement backend software for apps and ecosystems.
• Establish development standards and reusable frameworks.
• Develop open APIs for ecosystem integration.
• Collaborate with diverse stakeholders to achieve outcomes.
• Guide rollout and launches with data-driven insights.
• Maintain coding standards and stay updated on new tech.

Skills

Java

NodeJS

Python

Microservices

Couchbase

Kafka

Google Pub/Sub

REST APIs

Kubernetes

Docker

GCP

Security

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Computer Engineering

Tools

GitHub

CI/CD

Jira

Confluence

WebSocket

Job description

Job Title

Lead/Principal Software Engineer – Position may vary between Senior Manager Lead Software Engineer or Asst. Director Principal Software Engineer based on experience, expertise, and performance.

Location

Mumbai, India – Work from office only.

Deep Technology Role

Lead a cloud‑native, microservices‑oriented engineering team to build a reusable, open technology platform for health insurance.

Responsibilities

• Deeply understand the long‑term architectural direction with emphasis on reusable components and interactions between applications.
• Collaborate with technical design managers, business analysts, and solution designers to translate business requirements into scalable, reliable, and secure technical solutions.
• Design, develop, unit‑test, and implement backend software for mobile apps, SDKs, micro‑frontends, WhatsApp integration, and ecosystem partners; establish development standards.
• Conceptualize and incorporate reusable development frameworks and world‑class platform capabilities as RESTful services.
• Write detailed technical specifications and code; own unit, performance, and functional testing and drive rollout and launch.
• Collaborate closely with engineers, designers, R&D, analysts, product managers, and stakeholders to achieve desired outcomes.
• Develop open APIs and capabilities that enable seamless integration across ecosystem partners.
• Use data‑driven insights to guide the development of programs and apps that meet user needs.
• Adhere to architecture and coding standards, and contribute to their continuous improvement.
• Keep up with innovative technologies, frameworks, and best practices to deliver differentiated solutions.

Qualifications

Technical Skills & Experience

• 7–18 years of hands‑on experience engineering enterprise‑grade solutions.
• Proven ability to translate technology and architectural strategy into engineering solutions.
• Expertise in Java, NodeJS, Python, scalable event‑driven micro‑services, NoSQL databases (e.g., Couchbase), stream processing (Flink, Google Cloud Data Flow), REST API frameworks (Swagger), pub‑sub frameworks (Kafka, Google Pub‑Sub), and secure non‑blocking communication protocols (WSS).
• Proficiency with GitHub, CI/CD pipelines, Java IDEs, Jira, Confluence, Kubernetes, Docker, Google Cloud Platform, Jenkins, Postman, and WebSocket clients/tools.

Personal Traits

• Exceptional engineering skillset.
• High standards of collaboration and teamwork.
• Strong communication skills with ability to engage senior management and lead project steering committees.
• Excellent problem‑analysis, innovative, and creative solution development.
• Hands‑on mindset with strong attention to detail.
• Ability to work independently and manage multiple concurrent initiatives.
• Strong organizational, vendor management, negotiation, and prioritization skills.

Education & Language

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or equivalent (certifications in key skills are a plus).
• Fluent written and spoken English.

Equal Opportunity Statement

Prudential is an equal opportunity employer. We provide equality of opportunity and benefits for all who apply and who perform work for our organisation irrespective of sex, race, age, ethnic origin, educational, social, and cultural background, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, religion or belief, disability or part‑time / fixed‑term work, or any other status protected by applicable law. We enable reasonable adjustments to support individuals with physical or mental health requirements.