Principal Engineer

HCLTech • IT Consulting & Digital Transformation • IT Outsourcing & Dedicated Teams • 1 day ago

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Salary

≈ $115k – $234k per year (Estimated)

Location

In office (United States)

Seniority

Principal · 12+ years exp

Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 19, 2026. First seen by Alion on Oct 18, 2026.

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HCLTech

HCLTech is a major Indian multinational information technology (IT) services and consulting company headquartered in Noida, Uttar Pradesh. Spun off from the original HCL Group in 1991, it ranks as one of India's largest technology companies alongside firms like TCS, Infosys, and Wipro.

hcltech.com • HQ: Noida, India • Systems Integrators • IT Consulting & Digital Transformation • IT Outsourcing & Dedicated Teams • 5000+ employees • Est. 1976

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Job Summary

Role Summary

Lead the global FDE organization responsible for client-embedded AI transformation execution. Manage technical and business FDE pods across geographies and ensure scalable, high-quality delivery.

This is NOT a delivery manager role.

This is an elite AI deployment leadership role.

Key Responsibilities

Responsibilities

Run global FDE staffing and rotations
Manage utilization and deployment quality
Lead embedded client transformation engagements
Govern technical delivery standards
Coordinate FDE staffing with Geo Leads
Build scalable deployment playbooks
Coach FDE engineers and pod leads
Establish enterprise-grade AI deployment governance

Skill Requirements

Required Experience

12-16 years in AI/cloud engineering leadership
Experience running customer-facing engineering teams
Strong AI platform delivery background
Enterprise architecture and transformation experience
Ability to manage technical and business consulting pods

Other Requirements

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