Senior Principal Software Engineer

Progress Software Corporation; India; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 8,000,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

30 days earned leave

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Birthday off

Various special leaves (marriage, p é,

Medical insurance for employees and 5/

Professional development reimbursement

Interest subsidy on loans

Job summary

Progress Software Corporation is hiring for a Senior Principal Software Engineer in the LoadMaster team. You will blend hands‑on development with technical leadership, owning critical areas, driving architectural decisions, and delivering core platform components.

You will guide distributed teams, mentor engineers, and focus on performance, security, and long‑term maintainability of the LoadMaster platform.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience delivering complex, high‑performance Linux systems.
• Expert C systems programming with a focus on low‑latency TCP/IP networking.
• Deep knowledge of Linux internals: networking stack, memory, kernel–userspace.
• Proven performance engineering: profiling, bottleneck analysis, optimization.
• Strong security background: threat modeling, cryptography, secure design.
• Advanced Bash and Linux tooling for automation and diagnostics.
• Solid understanding of CPU, memory, NUMA, and I/O for optimization.
• Experience mentoring senior engineers and leading cross‑team impact.

Responsibilities

• Own engineering for critical functional and architectural areas of LoadMaster.
• Design, implement, and deliver core features and platform components.
• Serve as the technical authority for complex subsystems and problem areas.
• Drive performance, scalability, security, and maintainability improvements.
• Lead deep problem analysis and resolution across the stack.
• Guide engineering requirements and architectural impact assessments.
• Lead proofs of concept and prototypes to validate designs and de‑risk approaches.
• Provide ongoing technical guidance to globally distributed teams.
• Mentor senior engineers and elevate engineering practices.
• Collaborate with product, engineering leadership, and peers on roadmap and trade-offs.
• Champion high‑quality code, reviews, and continuous improvement.
• Contribute to cross‑team standards, tooling, and automation.

Skills

Linux systems

C programming

Performance engineering

Security awareness

Automation tooling

Tools

Profiling tools

Kernel debugging

Job description

We are Progress (Nasdaq: PRGS) - the 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 Software Engineer, Senior Principal in our LoadMaster engineering team and help us do what we do best: propelling business forward.

Know more about us.

Overview

This senior individual contributor role blends deep, hands-on software development with sustained technical leadership and ownership of critical LoadMaster areas. You will act as a technical authority across complex subsystems and architectural domains while staying actively involved in design, implementation, and complex problem solving. Your focus is the ongoing evolution, performance, security, and long-term maintainability of the LoadMaster platform.

In this role you will

• Own engineering for critical functional and architectural areas of LoadMaster
• Design, implement, and deliver core features and platform components
• Serve as the technical authority for complex subsystems and problem areas
• Drive performance, scalability, security, and maintainability improvements
• Lead deep problem analysis and resolution across the stack
• Guide engineering requirements and architectural impact assessments
• Lead proofs of concept and prototypes to validate designs and de-risk approaches
• Provide ongoing technical guidance to globally distributed teams
• Mentor senior engineers and elevate engineering practices
• Collaborate with product, engineering leadership, and peers on roadmap and trade-offs
• Champion high‑quality code, reviews, and continuous improvement
• Contribute to cross‑team standards, tooling, and automation

Your background

• Extensive experience delivering complex, high-performance Linux systems
• Expert C systems programming with a focus on low‑latency TCP/IP networking
• Deep knowledge of Linux internals: networking stack, memory, kernel–userspace
• Proven performance engineering: profiling, bottleneck analysis, optimization
• Strong security background: threat modeling, cryptography, secure design
• Advanced Bash and Linux tooling for automation and diagnostics
• Solid understanding of CPU, memory, NUMA, and I/O for optimization
• Experience mentoring senior engineers and leading cross‑team impact

It will be beneficial if you have

• Expertise in authentication, WAF, load balancing, proxy architectures, and TLS
• Experience with embedded Linux and hardware acceleration
• Background in distributed systems across cloud or virtualized environments
• Observability practices across complex systems

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:

Compensation

• 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.