Principal Engineer

This role is for one of Weekday’s clients

Salary range: Rs 4500000 - Rs 9000000 (ie INR 45 - 90 LPA)

Min Experience: 14+ years

Location: Bengaluru

JobType: full-time

Requirements

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field

 12+ years of experience building and operating large-scale backend systems, including significant experience designing distributed systems in production environments.

 Prior experience as a Staff Engineer, Principal Engineer, or equivalent technical leadership role.

 Strong hands-on experience designing and building backend systems using Golang ( our primary backend programming language) or equivalent experience in Java, Python, or C++.

 Deep understanding of distributed systems, concurrency, consistency models, asynchronous architectures, and system reliability.

 Experience building and operating high-availability services in cloud environments such as AWS, GCP, or Azure.

 Strong experience diagnosing and solving complex system problems related to performance, reliability, and scalability.

 Experience designing data models and storage systems using relational and NoSQL databases.

 Strong technical communication skills with the ability to influence engineers and stakeholders across teams.

Must-have skills

Distributed Systems

Good-to-have skills

Design, MySQL, Golang