Principal Full Stack Engineer

Comaea Consulting; Mumbai; On-site; INR 6,000,000 - 9,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Comaea Consulting in Mumbai seeks a Principal Full Stack Engineer to lead architecture across multiple product teams and guide senior engineers while contributing hands-on where it adds value.

You’ll drive scalable, secure, cloud-native solutions connecting ship and shore operations, mentoring engineers, and shaping design decisions in collaboration with product managers and DevOps.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of software engineering experience with leadership responsibilities.
• Experience designing and operating distributed/microservice architectures.
• Hands-on with cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP), CI/CD, HA setups, performance tuning.
• Mentoring engineers and influencing architecture across teams.

Responsibilities

• Own technical blueprint for key product areas, ensuring modular, scalable systems.
• Set engineering standards for code, architecture, testing, and observability across teams.
• Translate functional goals into robust technical solutions with PMs and stakeholders.
• Lead design discussions and reviews for distributed systems and microservices.
• Identify opportunities to leverage AI, ML, and analytics to improve products.
• Provide technical coaching to senior/mid-level engineers on design, debugging, and performance.
• Collaborate with cloud/DevOps on deployment strategies, cost, security, and DR.
• Step in hands-on for complex modules or incidents to set execution benchmarks.

Skills

Distributed systems

Microservices

Cloud platforms

CI/CD pipelines

Data modelling

Mentoring engineers

Leadership

Kubernetes

Serverless

AI integration

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in CS/IT

Tools

AWS

Azure

GCP

PostgreSQL

MongoDB

Docker

Kubernetes

CI/CD tools

Job description

Our client, a global leader in the shipping industry, is seeking a talented Software Engineer - Full Stack to join their dynamic team in Mumbai.

Principal Full Stack Engineer

Organization :

In this role, you will be theSenior Technical reference pointfor multiple product teams. You’ll work across architecture, design, and delivery helping build scalable, secure, and cloud-native systems that connect ship and shore operations. You will spend your time guiding engineering decisions, mentoring senior engineers, and still contributing hands‑on to critical components where your expertise adds the most value.

Key Responsibilities:

• Own the technical blueprintfor key product areas, ensuring systems are modular, resilient, and built for scale.
• Set engineering standardsfor code quality, architecture, testing, and observability across multiple teams.
• Work closely withproduct managers and business stakeholdersto translate functional goals into robust technical solutions.
• Leaddesign discussions and technical reviews, particularly around distributed systems, microservices, and event-driven patterns.
• Identify opportunities to leverageAI, machine learning, and advanced analyticsto improve products and user experience.
• Providetechnical coachingto senior and mid-level engineers, helping them grow in system design, debugging, and performance optimisation.
• Collaborate withcloud and DevOps teamson deployment strategies, cost optimisation, security, and disaster recovery.
• Step in hands‑on when needed on complex modules, spikes, or incident resolution, setting the benchmark for technical execution.

Requirements

• Bachelor or Master degree in computer science, information technology or other relevant field of study.
• 10+ years of software engineering experience, including at least2 yearsin a principal, staff, or similar technical leadership role.
• Strong experience designing and operatingdistributed systems and microservice-based architectures.
• Practical expertise with one or morecloud platforms(AWS, Azure, or GCP), including CI/CD pipelines, high-availability setups, and performance tuning.
• Working knowledge of bothrelational and non-relational databases(for example PostgreSQL, Oracle, MongoDB), including data modelling and optimisation.
• Experience mentoring engineers, influencing architecture across teams, and engaging confidently with senior stakeholders.
• Proven ability to troubleshoot complex issues inhigh-scale production environments.
• Exposure toGenerative AIor AI-assisted development (e.g. integrating APIs, using frameworks such as LangChain, Vertex AI, or Hugging Face) will be considered a plus.
• Experience withcontainers, Kubernetes, or serverlessenvironments is an advantage.
• Knowledge of microservices, micro frontends, TDD, Ansible is nice to have.
• Certifications in AWS, Azure, Agile, scrum master will be advantageous.
• Opportunity to work with cutting‑edge technologies in the shipping industry.
• Collaborative and supportive work environment.
• Career growth and development opportunities within a leading MNC.