Principal Software Engineer

Fleet Management; Mumbai Suburban; On-site; INR 2,000,000 - 3,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Fleet Management in Mumbai is seeking a Senior Tech Leader to define and evolve the PARIS ecosystem's architecture, ensuring scalability, reliability, and performance. You will drive technology selection, standardisation, and modernisation across engineering and partner closely with product and business leaders to align decisions with long-term goals.

You will mentor engineers, lead design reviews for distributed and microservice architectures, and champion observability, cost optimisation, and

Qualifications

• 10+ years of software engineering with 2+ years in leadership roles.
• Proficient in full-stack development with React, Node.js and TypeScript.
• Strong architecture in distributed systems, microservices and event-driven APIs.
• Deep cloud experience (AWS/Azure/GCP) with cost optimisation, CI/CD and DR/HA.
• Database expertise with PostgreSQL, Oracle and MongoDB incl. backups and recovery.
• Excellent leadership, communication and stakeholder management.
• Hands-on in applying Generative AI in daily development.

Responsibilities

• Define and evolve technical architecture for scalable, reliable PARIS ecosystem.
• Drive technology selection, standardisation, and modernisation across engineering.
• Partner with product/business leaders to align architectural decisions with goals.
• Lead design reviews for distributed, microservice architectures; ensure best practices.
• Evaluate emerging tech including AI/ML and data analytics to enhance system intelligence.
• Mentor engineers; act as technical authority for large-scale design and risk assessment.
• Champion observability, cost optimisation, security, and automation with infra teams.
• Oversee delivery through architecture reviews, drive proactive monitoring and incident response.
• Contribute hands-on when needed to elevate technical execution.

Skills

React

Node.js

TypeScript

Distributed systems

Microservices

APIs

Event-driven architectures

Cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP)

CI/CD

Database knowledge (PostgreSQL/Oracle,

Tools

Kubernetes

CI/CD Tools

Serverless architectures

Job description

• Define and evolve the technical architecture for the PARIS ecosystem, ensuring scalability, reliability, and performance across services
• Drive technology selection, standardisation, and modernisation across the engineering organisation
• Partner with product and business leaders to align architectural decisions with long-term product and organisational goals
• Lead design reviews and establish best practices for distributed, event-driven, and microservice architectures
• Evaluate and integrate emerging technologies, including AI, machine learning, and data analytics, to enhance system intelligence and user experience

Technical Leadership Innovation

• Mentor and coach senior and mid-level engineers, fostering technical excellence and a culture of ownership
• Serve as the technical authority for large-scale system design, complex problem resolution, and performance optimisation
• Spearhead cross-team initiatives in DevOps, observability, and automation, driving efficiency and resilience
• Champion engineering quality through robust design patterns, testability, and maintainable code structures
• Collaborate with infrastructure and cloud teams to optimise cost, performance, and security

Execution Delivery

• Oversee delivery by doing design and code reviews regularly and ensuring development cells meets the standards and best practices we have set for the organisation
• Ensure system observability, scalability, and performance through proactive monitoring and architectural improvements
• Lead technical risk assessments, capacity planning, and incident response strategies
• Contribute hands‑on to critical development when necessary setting the bar for technical execution

Relationship (mostly Internal and or External) and Nature of Communication

List the internal and external points of interactions that are required of this job.

Internal:

• Software Development Teams (India Hong Kong)
• Product Management and QA Teams
• Senior Leadership and Architecture Review Board members

External :

• Third-party software vendors
• Answering and helping Vendor development teams

Job Experience, Functional Knowledge and Qualifications

Indicate the minimum and preferred education and experience for this job and any licenses and certifications required.

Essential - You must have this experience

• 10+ years of experience in software engineering, with at least 2+ years in a technical leadership or principal-level role.
• Proven expertise in full-stack development using modern JavaScript frameworks (React, Node.js, TypeScript) and backend services
• Strong architectural experience in distributed systems, microservices, APIs, and event-driven architectures
• Deep proficiency with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP), including cost optimisation, CI/CD, and deployment best practices, and disaster recovery / high-availability design.
• Strong understanding of relational and non-relational databases (PostgreSQL, Oracle, MongoDB) including backup, replication, and recovery strategies
• Excellent leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence technical direction across teams
• Strong problem-solving and analytical capabilities in high-scale, secure production environments
• Hands-on knowledge of applying Generative AI understanding in day-to-day software development .

Desirable - It would be great if you also have

• Experience designing or operating Serverless architectures, Kubernetes, and containerised deployments.
• Exposure to enterprise-grade system design, including high-availability, observability, and fault tolerance.
• Contributions to open-source projects or internal developer platforms.
• Experience in the maritime, logistics, or IoT domains is a strong plus.
• Experience leading Agile development at scale (Scrum or Kanban)

Competencies

Indicate the observable behaviours that demonstrate the knowledge, skills and abilities that the employee should have at a particular level.

Analysis Problem Solving (3):

Uses a systematic approach to root cause analysis on complex problems to identify underlying trends and put forward well‑thought-out solutions to address the causes and reduce risk.

Listening Communication (3):

Is effective in communicating his vision with a wider audience. A good communicator knows when to use which channel, and which tone of voice in order to drive maximum impact.

Collaboration, Inclusion Teamwork (2):

A good team player that is personable, friendly, polite and takes the time to know people. Helps new colleagues and visitors feel welcome. Mentors and encourages junior members.

Customer Focus (3):

Proactive in maintaining relationships and managing customer expectations effective. Takes a partnership approach to solve problems and improve service standards using data to define continuous improvement

Planning Organising (2):

Uses the supplied tools for structured project planning for optimal time use. Balances competing priorities. Promptly updates people when plans change and keeps them apprised of progress. Adjusts own plans based on FML strategies and plans.

Initiative (3):

Always looks for opportunities to improve efficiency and effectiveness in their own and other peoples work backed by clear rationale and benefits to the business. Role models desired change behaviour and uses external best practice as reference.

Accountability (3):

Sets high work and ethical standards for self and others including budget management, work quality, timelines. Ensures that tasks and projects within responsibility areas meet promises made. Acknowledges mistakes openly identifying learnings to be applied.

Resilience Managing Wellbeing (2):

Manages and responds to workload pressure with an open mind adjusting approach and seeking help when needed and seeking feedback to improve.

Adaptability (2):

Seeks to understand the rationale for changes at Fleet looking for different perspectives to facilitate and positively contribute to the initiatives within the team and themselves.