Principal Digital Engineer

Mott MacDonald; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 3,500,000 - 5,500,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Global opportunities

Health insurance

Paternity/Family leave

Group life insurance

Job summary

Mott MacDonald in Bengaluru is seeking a Principal Digital Engineer to lead cross-functional teams and shape scalable software applications across our global client base.

You will mentor engineers, drive cloud-first patterns on Azure, and collaborate with colleagues in the UK, NZ and the US to deliver high-quality digital solutions.

Qualifications

• Degree in computer science or software engineering with at least 8 years of relevant experience.
• Proven technical leadership and people management abilities.
• Experience across cross-country teams (UK, NZ, US) and strong communication skills.
• Familiarity with cloud-first patterns (MS Azure) and modern web tech.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with stakeholders and global engineering leads to ensure governance and quality.
• Mentor a team developing next-generation digital applications.
• Oversee planning, design, development, and maintenance of scalable software.
• Lead estimation, assess risks, and promote best practices across teams.

Skills

Leadership

Mentoring

Communication

Software design

Cloud Azure

Kubernetes

C# / .NET

PostgreSQL

JavaScript / Node.js

Education

Degree in computer science or software engineering

Tools

Azure DevOps

Docker

Kubernetes

PostgreSQL

Job description

Job Description:Mott MacDonald is a global engineering, management, and development consultancy committed to delivering impactful work that shapes the future.

We are a team of over 20,000 experts working across the world in more than 50 countries.
We are proud to be part of an ever-changing global industry, delivering transformative work that’s defining our future. It's our people who power that performance. As an employee-owned business, we invest in creating a space for everyone to feel safe and valued and empowered with the right tools and support.

At Mott we are looking for a Principal Digital Engineer.

Responsibilities will include :

• Collaborate closely with stakeholders, cross-functional group managers, and global engineering leads to ensure consistency and excellence in application development and governance.
• Mentor and foster the growth of a forward-thinking team dedicated to developing next-generation digital applications.
• Oversee the planning, design, development, execution, and maintenance of software applications that seamlessly scale across our organization and client base.
• Operate at all levels, providing strategic insights while delving into the intricate details of application development as required.
• A commitment to high quality applications and be able to pay attention to detail.
• Lead the estimation process, evaluate risks, and mentor team members to enhance their skills and adherence to companywide software development best practices.
• Qualifications:
• Degree in computer science or software engineering, with at least 8 years of relevant work experience, including experience in technical leadership and people management.
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively within a collaborative, cross-functional team across multiple countries (United Kingdom, New Zealand, and United States).
• Strong communication, technical, and managerial skills.
• Familiarity with modern cloud-first application patterns (MS Azure).
• Proficiency in one of the following .Net, net Core ASP.Net, VB.Net, C#, PHP, React, Nodejs, AngularJS, web services, Web-Api, Azure Devops, Python, JavaScript (ES2016), C#, PostgreSQL.
• Familiarity with containerized workloads and Kubernetes environment.
• Familiarity in MS PowerPlatform would be beneficial
• Understanding of the importance of communication, simplicity, and reliability in decision-making processes.

Opportunities Offered:

• Lead complex a team utilizing a modern technology stack and architecture.
• Join a global, diverse, and high-performing team committed to enhancing societal outcomes through improved physical infrastructure performance.
• Engage with large-scale, real-time data flows, processing over 1 billion points per day.
• Benefit from automated testing methodologies.
• Tackle engineering challenges and drive innovative solutions.

We can offer (subject to Company's policy):

• Agile and safe working environment
• Competitive annual leave and sick leaves
• Group incentive scheme
• Group term life insurance, Workmen's compensation and Group medical insurance coverage
• Short and Long-term Global employment opportunities
• Global collaboration and knowledge sharing
• Digital Innovation and Transformation

Equality, diversity and inclusion

We put equality, diversity and inclusion at the heart of our business, seeking to promote fair employment procedures and practices to ensure equal opportunities for all. We encourage individual expression in our workplace and are committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone feels they have the opportunity to contribute.

Agile working

At Mott MacDonald, we believe it makes business sense for you and your manager to choose how you can work most effectively to meet your client, team and personal commitments. We embrace agility, flexibility and trust.

Flexible working

At Mott MacDonald, we support our staff to create work-life balance which works for them and welcome candidates looking for career flexibility. We are open to discussing flexible working at interview stage.

Our benefits package is designed to enhance your experience:

• Agile working
• Critical illness and compassionate leave
• Paternity Leave
• Group term life insurance, and Group medical insurance coverage
• Career mobility options
• Short and Long-term global employment opportunities
• Global collaboration and knowledge sharing

Requirements: