Principal SW Engineer

PepsiCo; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 1,500,000 - 2,500,000; Full time

Job summary

A global food and beverage leader is seeking an experienced Application Architect/ Tech Lead to spearhead the design and development of mobile applications using React Native. This role involves collaborating across teams to establish best practices while mentoring a high-performance engineering team. Ideal candidates will have extensive experience in software development, architectural leadership, and AI integration. This full-time position offers an opportunity to contribute to a digital transformation within a key organization.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of relevant software development and engineering management experience.
• Experience leading architecture for complex mobile applications.
• Strong understanding of mobile architecture patterns (MVVM, Redux, Clean Architecture).

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and development of mobile platforms using React Native.
• Guide a team of engineers to build digital products.
• Develop software strategy and manage delivery impediments.

Skills

React Native

Software Architecture

TypeScript

Mobile Application Development

AI Integration

Cloud Services (Azure)

Education

Bachelor’s / Master Degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

CI/CD Pipelines

RDBMS

NoSQL Databases (PostgreSQL, Couchbase)

Job description

Overview

The Application Architect/ Tech Lead of Software Engineering will play a pivotal role in software development activities and long-term initiative planning and collaboration across the Strategy & Transformation (S&T) organization. Software Engineering is the cornerstone of scalable digital transformation across PepsiCo’s value chain. This leader will deliver the end-to-end software development experience, deliver high quality software as part of the DevOps process, and have accountability for our business operations.

The leader in this role will be a highly experienced and hands-on Principal Architect – React Native to lead the design and development of our mobile platform. This role is critical in shaping our mobile strategy, establishing architectural best practices, and mentoring a world-class engineering team. This role will play a key leadership role in a product-focused, high-growth startup/enterprise environment, owning the mobile application architecture from end to end.

Responsibilities

• Support the vision and guide a team of engineers to build and support digital products and Applications (DPA) across S&T core priorities
• Define and drive the overall architecture for mobile apps built with React Native
• Design scalable, performant, and secure systems while ensuring maintainability and quality
• Set code standards and best practices; lead code reviews and technical audits
• Guide the selection of tools, libraries, and frameworks
• Research emerging technologies and make recommendations for adoption
• Ensure high standards of mobile UX and performance across platforms (iOS/Android)
• Drive partnerships with User Experience, Product Management, IT, Data & Analytics, Emerging Tech, Innovation, and Process Engineering teams to deliver the Digital Products portfolio
• Develop software development strategy utilizing industry standards. Create roadmap and timing of implementation of the roadmap based on business requirements and strategy
• Familiarity with AI tools and platforms, such as: OpenAI (GPT-3/4, Assistants API), Anthropic, or similar LLM providers
• Ability to integrate AI capabilities into applications, such AI copilots, smart chatbots, automated data processors, content generators
• Understanding of prompt engineering, context handling, and AI output refinement
• Lead multi-discipline, high-performance work teams distributed across remote locations effectively. Build, manage, develop, and mentor a team of engineers
• Interact with executives across the company to lead the narrative around software engineering
• Develop and expand DPA capabilities through a customer-obsessed, services-driven digital solutions platform that leverages data and AI to deliver automated and personalized experiences
• Manage and appropriately escalate delivery impediments, risks, issues, and changes tied to the engineering initiatives to the stakeholders
• Interact with key business partners to recommend solutions that best meet the strategic needs of the business

Qualifications

• A Bachelor’s / Master Degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related field
• Minimum of 8 years of relevant software development and engineering management experience
• 8+ years of experience on architecting fault-tolerant, high-scale distributed systems
• 6+ yrs of working knowledge of Database like RDBMS (Oracle / MSSQL/ MYSQL), NoSQL (PostgreSQL, Couchbase)
• 4+ years of hands-on experience with developing Mobile Applications using React Native
• Deep understanding of mobile architecture patterns (MVVM, Redux, Clean Architecture)
• Proven experience integrating native modules (iOS/Android) with React Native
• Strong experience with TypeScript, React, and modern front-end best practices
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines using ADO, app store deployment processes, and analytics
• Experience with performance optimization and debugging tools
• Prior experience leading architecture for complex mobile applications
• Working knowledge of Salesforce ecosystem (Sales Cloud and CRM solution)
• Experience implementing and consuming large-scale web services
• Strong working knowledge of multi-tier and service-oriented architecture design solutions
• Good working knowledge of event-driven / messaging solutions, HTTP protocol and REST APIs
• Experience in CPG companies and DSD process knowledge is a plus
• Good working knowledge of cloud offerings, with experience in Azure (preferred)
• Experience with mission-critical, 24x7 systems, with high-throughput SaaS or cloud-native systems

Seniority level

• Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Information Technology

Industries

• Food and Beverage Services