Pricipal Engineer

Central Business Solutions, Inc; Pune District; On-site; INR 3,000,000 - 4,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Central Business Solutions, Inc. seeks a Principal Engineer to lead architecture, design and development of scalable, enterprise-grade applications.

You will drive technology strategy and hands-on leadership across multiple teams, focusing on .NET/C# and/or Java ecosystems, REST APIs, and cloud-native delivery. You will mentor engineers, collaborate with Product, Architecture, DevOps and QA, and shape the company’s engineering standards while guiding large technical initiatives toward scalable

Qualifications

• 12+ years of product engineering experience.
• Deep expertise in C#/.NET Core and/or Java (Spring Boot, Hibernate, Microservices).
• Strong understanding of distributed systems, system design, and scalable architectures.
• Experience building SaaS or enterprise-grade products.
• Expertise in REST APIs, event-driven architecture, and messaging systems (Kafka/RabbitMQ).
• Experience with relational and NoSQL databases.
• Strong cloud experience (AWS/Azure/GCP).
• Proven ability to lead large technical initiatives.
• Strong stakeholder communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Define and drive overall system architecture and engineering strategy.
• Lead design and development of complex, scalable product platforms.
• Provide hands-on technical leadership in C#/.NET Core and/or Java (Spring Boot, Microservices).
• Establish best practices in software engineering, code quality, security, and performance optimization.
• Mentor Staff and Senior Engineers; elevate overall engineering standards.
• Collaborate with Product, Architecture, DevOps, and QA teams.
• Drive cloud-native adoption (AWS/Azure/GCP) and containerization (Docker/Kubernetes).
• Ensure robust CI/CD pipelines and DevOps maturity.
• Make critical technical decisions impacting long-term product scalability.

Skills

C#/.NET Core

Java (Spring Boot)

Microservices

REST APIs

Kafka/RabbitMQ

Cloud (AWS/Azure/GCP)

Docker/Kubernetes

Distributed systems

Relational databases

NoSQL databases

Leadership

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS

Azure

GCP

Spring Boot

Hibernate

Job description

Job Description – Principal Engineer

Location: Pune, India

Experience: 12+ Years

About the Role

We are seeking a highly accomplished Principal Engineer with deep product engineering expertise to lead the architecture, design, and development of scalable, high-performance enterprise-grade applications. This role requires strong hands‑on capability in C#/.NET and/or Java ecosystem, along with the ability to influence technical direction across multiple teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Define and drive overall system architecture and engineering strategy
• Lead design and development of complex, scalable product platforms
• Provide hands‑on technical leadership in C#/.NET Core and/or Java (Spring Boot, Microservices)
• Establish best practices in software engineering, code quality, security, and performance optimization
• Mentor Staff and Senior Engineers; elevate overall engineering standards
• Collaborate closely with Product, Architecture, DevOps, and QA teams
• Drive cloud‑native adoption (AWS/Azure/GCP) and containerization (Docker/Kubernetes)
• Ensure robust CI/CD pipelines and DevOps maturity
• Make critical technical decisions impacting long‑term product scalability

Required Skills & Qualifications

• 12+ years of strong product engineering experience
• Deep expertise in C#/.NET Core and/or Java (Spring Boot, Hibernate, Microservices)
• Strong understanding of distributed systems, system design, and scalable architectures
• Experience building SaaS or enterprise‑grade products
• Expertise in REST APIs, event‑driven architecture, and messaging systems (Kafka/RabbitMQ)
• Experience with relational and NoSQL databases
• Strong cloud experience (AWS/Azure/GCP)
• Proven ability to lead large technical initiatives
• Strong stakeholder communication skills

Preferred

• Experience with domain‑driven design (DDD)
• Exposure to performance tuning and large‑scale systems
• Prior experience in high‑growth product organizations