Senior Principal Software Engineer

Progress Software; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 9,000,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Premium Group Medical Insurance

Professional development reimbursement

Interest subsidy on loans

Job summary

Progress Software in Bengaluru, India, is seeking a Senior Principal Software Engineer to lead design and development of ShareFile services, driving architecture roadmaps and ensuring secure, scalable cloud-native and hybrid solutions using C# and .NET Core.

You will mentor engineers, define standards, review architecture, and champion AI-driven development practices across the SDLC, while collaborating with product management and senior stakeholders across distributed teams.

Qualifications

• 14+ years of professional software development experience.
• Bachelor's or master's degree in computer science, engineering, or a related field.
• Strong experience designing and building large-scale SaaS and enterprise platforms.
• Experience implementing AI-based developer productivity solutions.
• Expert-level proficiency in C#, .NET / .NET Core, Distributed systems, REST APIs, Microservices architecture
• Deep experience with cloud platforms AWS (preferred), Azure
• Experience with Kubernetes, Docker, CI/CD pipelines, Infrastructure as Code, Observability platforms
• Strong architectural design and system decomposition skills.
• Extensive experience with security-first software development practices.
• Demonstrated success leading multi-team technical initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Lead design and development of complex distributed systems.
• Own and drive architecture roadmap for critical ShareFile services.
• Design and build scalable, secure, hybrid cloud solutions using modern stacks.
• Lead architecture reviews and key technology decisions across products.
• Define engineering standards, patterns, and best practices.
• Mentor senior and junior engineers; conduct code reviews and share best practices.
• Foster innovation and engineering excellence across teams.

Skills

C#

.NET Core

Distributed systems

REST APIs

Microservices

Cloud AWS

Azure

Kubernetes

Docker

CI/CD pipelines

Infrastructure as Code

Observability platforms

Education

Bachelor's or Master’s in CS/Engineering

Tools

Kubernetes

Docker

CI/CD tools

Terraform

Job description

We are Progress (Nasdaq: PRGS) - a trusted provider of software that enables our customers to develop, deploy and manage responsible, AI powered applications and experience with agility and ease.
We’re proud to have a diverse, global team where we value the individual and enrich our culture by considering varied perspectives because we believe people power progress. Join us as a Senior Principal, Software Engineer and help us do what we do best: propelling business forward. Learn more about us.

In This Role, You Will Work On

• Lead Design and development:
• Own and drive the architecture roadmap for critical ShareFile services.
• Design and build highly scalable, secure, resilient, and maintainable cloud-native and hybrid solutions using C# and .Net Core and other modern tech stacks.
• Lead architecture reviews and make critical technology decisions across products and platforms.
• Define engineering standards, architectural patterns, and best practices.
• Ensure that the software solutions are scalable, maintainable, and meet the highest quality standards.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to engineering leadership, product management, and senior stakeholders.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and identify opportunities to create business value.
• AI-Driven Engineering Excellence
• Drive adoption of AI-assisted software development across the SDLC.
• Establish best practices for using tools such as GitHub Copilot, AI agents, MCP-enabled development tools, automated code review systems, and AI-assisted testing frameworks.
• Leverage AI to improve Requirements analysis, Design reviews, Code generation, Test automation, Code reviews, Incident investigation, Documentation generation, Developer productivity
• Guide engineering teams in adopting responsible AI development practices.

Process And Practices

• Lead the design and development of complex distributed systems.
• Ensure the delivery of secure, compliant, and highly available services.
• Participate in strategic planning, roadmap definition, and prioritization.
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to Senior and junior engineers. Conduct code reviews, share best practices, and help improve the overall skill sets of the team
• Influence engineering decisions across multiple teams without direct authority.
• Foster a culture of innovation, continuous improvement, and engineering excellence.

Collaboration & Strategy

• Partner with Product Management to translate business requirements into scalable technical solutions.
• Communicate complex technical concepts effectively to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Build alignment across geographically distributed teams.
• Represent ShareFile engineering in executive-level technical discussions when needed.

Your Background

• 14+ years of professional software development experience.
• Bachelor's or master's degree in computer science, Engineering, or a related field.
• Strong experience designing and building large-scale SaaS and enterprise platforms.
• Experience implementing AI-based developer productivity solutions.
• Expert-level proficiency in C#, .NET / .NET Core, Distributed systems, REST APIs, Microservices architecture
• Deep experience with cloud platforms AWS (preferred), Azure
• Experience with Kubernetes, Docker, CI/CD pipelines, Infrastructure as Code, Observability platforms
• Strong architectural design and system decomposition skills.
• Extensive experience with security-first software development practices.
• Demonstrated success leading multi-team technical initiatives.

Compensation

If this sounds like you and fits your experience and career goals, we’d be happy to chat. What we offer in return is the opportunity to experience a great company culture with wonderful colleagues to learn from and collaborate with, and also to enjoy:

• Competitive remuneration package
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan Enrolment

Vacation, Family, and Health

• 30 days of earned leave
• An extra day off for your birthday
• Various other leaves like marriage leave, casual leave, maternity leave, and paternity leave
• Premium Group Medical Insurance for employees and five dependents, personal accident insurance coverage, and life insurance coverage
• Professional development reimbursement
• Interest subsidy on loans - either vehicle or personal loans.