Principal Engineer
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Job Description
The Future Begins Here
At Takeda, we are leading digital evolution and global transformation. By building innovative solutions and future-ready capabilities, we are meeting the need of patients, our people, and the planet.
Bengaluru, the city, which is India’s epicenter of Innovation, has been selected to be home to Takeda’s recently launched Innovation Capability Center. We invite you to join our digital transformation journey. In this role, you will have the opportunity to boost your skills and become the heart of an innovative engine that is contributing to global impact and improvement.
At Takeda’s ICC we Unite in Diversity
Takeda is committed to creating an inclusive and collaborative workplace, where individuals are recognized for their backgrounds and abilities they bring to our company. We are continuously improving our collaborators journey in Takeda, and we welcome applications from all qualified candidates. Here, you will feel welcomed, respected, and valued as an important contributor to our diverse team
THE OPPORTUNITY
Define the technical architecture and standards for DevX’s agentic/GenAI platform. You’ll establish reference implementations, solve the most complex technical challenges, and ensure solutions are secure, observable, reproducible, and compliant with Takeda’s AI-SDLC and Responsible AI frameworks.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Architecture & Technical Leadership
- Define reference architectures for agent skills/tools, orchestration, retrieval, and observability; set SLOs for latency, quality, and cost.
- Establish technical standards and design patterns for platform components; create reference implementations.
- Solve the most complex technical challenges across the platform stack independently.
- Make critical technology decisions (framework selection, architecture patterns, performance optimization).
Engineering & Quality
- Build and maintain core platform capabilities with production-grade code quality.
- Establish guardrails (HITL, prompt/version lineage, audit logs, reproducibility) through technical implementation.
- Define and enforce code quality standards, testing strategies, and observability patterns.
Governance & Risk
- Embed Responsible AI controls (data minimization, privacy/PII, bias monitoring) into technical architecture.
- Maintain a comprehensive decision log and technical standards documentation.
Technical Enablement
- Provide technical mentorship and guidance to more junior engineers on complex problems.
- Create developer documentation, runbooks, and reference examples for platform adoption.
- Drive platform thinking and reusability through technical design.
BENEFITS:
It is our priority to provide competitive compensation and a benefit package that bridges your personal life with your professional career. Amongst our benefits are:
- Competitive Salary + Performance Annual Bonus
- Flexible work environment, including hybrid working
- Comprehensive Healthcare Insurance Plans for self, spouse, and children
- Group Term Life Insurance and Group Accident Insurance programs
- Employee Assistance Program
- Broad Variety of learning platforms
- Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Programs
- Reimbursements - Home Internet & Mobile Phone
- Employee Referral Program
- Leaves - Paternity Leave (4 Weeks) , Maternity Leave (up to 26 weeks), Bereavement Leave (5 calendar days)
ABOUT ICC IN TAKEDA:
- Takeda is leading a digital revolution. We’re not just transforming our company; we’re improving the lives of millions of patients who rely on our medicines every day.
- As an organization, we are committed to our cloud-driven business transformation and believe the ICCs are the catalysts of change for our global organization.