Principal Engineer

Responsibilities:

• You will apply your inquisitive approach collaboratively, no matter the task, solving complex problems, whether they touch the customer or simply complement the work of your team.
• You will also be required to deeply understand technology landscapes and evaluate the use of new technologies.
• You will be influential within your team and work with peers and senior leaders to define and revise the standards for operational excellence across Kotak.
• You will consistently tackle abstract issues that span multiple functional areas and drive your team to push for improvements that can scale across other teams, services, and platforms.
• You will be responsible for building an effective team, empowering them to achieve their goals and deliver value to our customers (both internal and external) and Kotak.
• Your greatest responsibility will be looking after the individuals reporting to you, mentoring, coaching, and supporting them in their professional development, unlocking their potential, and challenging them to step outside their comfort zone to grow and excel.
• You will work closely with product management to influence the direction of our new services and plan the steps to get there.
• You will collaborate with developers to ensure they build reliable, scalable services and strive for technical and operational perfection while balancing the needs of our customers and the business.

Requirements:

• 10+ years in software development; preferably with cloud services.
• 2+ years' experience in a people management role: hiring, motivating, growing, empowering, and performance managing.
• A dedication to building high-performing teams, putting others before yourself, and delighting in your team members' successes.
• Proven coding skills, with the ability to guide your team in code design and reviews, mentor junior developers, and assist your team in tackling technical challenges.
• Excellent understanding of object-oriented programming and design principles.
• Experience using a variety of data stores at scale: RDBMS, NoSQL, DocumentDB, etc.
• Experience in developing high-availability and reliable products with alerting and monitoring systems.
• A passion for solving complex business problems and the proven ability to share that passion with your team.
• A strong collaborative mindset to work closely with your peers in product management, design, other development leads, quality engineering, etc., to bring diverse viewpoints and goals together.
• Excellent communication and organization skills; to effectively prioritize work, set expectations with partners, communicate progress, negotiate dependencies, and resolve conflicts.
• High-quality standards, holding yourself and your team accountable for delivering enterprise-quality software that delights customers.
• A strong drive for innovation and improvement; always pushing, encouraging, and enabling your team to improve their tools, processes, and culture; keeping them agile and creative with lightweight processes.

Nice To Have, But Not Mandatory:

• Understanding of the SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS industry with hands-on experience with public cloud offerings (e. g., AWS, GAE, Azure).
• Experience with continuous delivery and deployment.
• Experience working in a startup, go-getter environment.
• Experience building the product from the ground up.