Senior Principal SW Engineer

Zerto; Bengaluru; Hybrid; INR 4,000,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Hewlett Packard Enterprise is seeking a Senior Principal Software Engineer to contribute to organization-wide architectures and strategic software initiatives. The role emphasizes architectural leadership, cross‑functional collaboration, and innovation across platforms.

You will mentor engineers, influence design decisions at executive levels, and help drive formal methodologies while contributing to the external technical community through innovations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, information systems, or equivalent.
• Typically 12+ years’ experience.
• Experience architecting, designing, and developing innovative software system design tools and languages.
• Excellent analytical and problem‑solving skills.
• Experience in leading overall architecture of software systems for products and solutions.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills; fluent in English.

Responsibilities

• Develops organization-wide architectures, strategies, and methodologies for software systems design across platforms.
• Identifies new technologies and partnerships aligned with roadmaps and business value.
• Reviews and influences designs for compliance with guidelines and standards.
• Provides tangible solutions that improve product quality and reduce failure risk.
• Contributes domain expertise to influence executive decisions and industry standards.
• Brings creativity and innovation to the organization.
• Mentors less-experienced team members and supports career growth.
• Acts as an internal authority on software system design across units.
• Contributes to external community through Whitepapers, patents, or innovations.

Skills

Software architecture

System design

Technical leadership

Problem solving

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in CS/IS

Tools

Software design tools

Job description

Senior Principal SW Engineer

This role has been designed as 'Hybrid' with a requirement that you will work on average 2 days per week from an HPE office.

Who We Are

Hewlett Packard Enterprise is the global edge-to-cloud company advancing the way people live and work. We help companies connect, protect, analyze, and act on their data and applications wherever they live, from edge to cloud, so they can turn insights into outcomes at the speed required to thrive in today’s complex world. Our culture thrives on finding new and better ways to accelerate what’s next. We know varied backgrounds are valued and succeed here. We have the flexibility to manage our work and personal needs. We make bold moves, together, and are a force for good. If you are looking to stretch and grow your career our culture will embrace you. Open up opportunities with HPE.

Job Description

Job Family Definition

Designs, develops, troubleshoots and debugs software programs for software enhancements and new products. Develops software including operating systems, compilers, routers, networks, utilities, databases and Internet-related tools. Determines hardware compatibility and/or influences hardware design.

Management Level Definition

Contributions have substantial technical impact on a significant HPE product/project, or a strategic/architectural direction. Go‑to creator and innovator for critical business challenges and opportunities. Substantial, unique contributions provide long‑lasting, recurring benefits like time‑to‑market improvements, cost reductions, or satisfying future and current unmet customer needs. Recognized internal authority on key technology areas. Provides technical leadership to the business for significant project/program work. Leads and connects others across functions to unite around a common goal. Actively mentors others and contributes to the HPE technical community.

What you will do

• Develops organization‑wide architectures, strategies, and methodologies for software systems design and development across multiple platforms and organizations within the Global Business Unit.
• Identifies and makes informed recommendations regarding new technologies, innovations, and outsourced development partner relationships for alignment with technology roadmap and business value; creates plans for integration and update into architecture.
• Reviews, evaluates, and influences designs and project activities for compliance with development guidelines and standards.
• Provides tangible solutions that improve product quality and mitigate failure risk.
• Contributes to domain expertise, business acumen, and experience to influence decisions of executive business leadership, outsourced development partners, and industry standards groups.
• Brings creativity and innovation to the organization.
• Provides guidance and mentoring to less‑experienced team members to set an example of software systems design and development innovation and excellence; helps mentor career growth.
• Acts as an internal authority on software systems design, sought out for consulting across organizations or Business Units.
• Contributes to the external technical community through whitepapers, patents, or other significant innovations.

What you need to bring

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, Information Systems, or equivalent.
• Typically 12+ years’ experience.

• Experience architecting, designing, and developing innovative software system design tools and languages.
• Excellent analytical and problem‑solving skills.
• Experience in leading overall architecture of software systems for products and solutions.
• Designing and integrating efficient and scalable software systems running on multiple platform types into overall architecture.
• Evaluating and selecting forms and processes for software systems testing and methodology, including writing and execution of test plans, debugging, and testing scripts and tools with customer mindset.
• History of innovation with multiple patents or deployed solutions in the field of software design.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills; mastery in English and local languages, with an excellent ability to communicate nuanced concepts and influence in written and oral communication with a broad vocabulary.
• Ability to effectively communicate product architectures, design proposals, and negotiate and influence options at business unit and executive levels.

Accessibility

HPE is committed to creating an inclusive and accessible workplace and encourages applications from all qualified individuals, including those with disabilities. If you believe you require accommodation during any stage of the application or interview process, please submit your request by completing our secure form linked here.

Note: This option is reserved for applicants needing assistance/reasonable accommodation related to a disability.

What We Can Offer You

Health & Wellbeing

We strive to provide our team members and their loved ones with a comprehensive suite of benefits that supports their physical, financial and emotional wellbeing.

Personal & Professional Development

We also invest in your career because the better you are, the better we all are. We have specific programs catered to helping you reach any career goals you have — whether you want to become a knowledge expert in your field or apply your skills to another division.

Unconditional Inclusion

We are unconditionally inclusive in the way we work and celebrate individual uniqueness. We know varied backgrounds are valued and succeed here. We have the flexibility to manage our work and personal needs. We make bold moves, together, and are a force for good.

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Job

Engineering

Job Level

TCP_06

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