Principal Software Engineer

Principal Software Engineer

Bengaluru, India Engineering

The Challenge

We’re looking for a Principal Software Engineer to help shape the next generation of OneTrust’s privacy and trust platform. You’ll architect and build scalable, resilient backend systems that serve millions of users worldwide.

This hands-on role combines deep technical design with strategic influence driving architecture decisions, mentoring engineers, and ensuring our systems remain fast, secure, and reliable at scale.

As a Principal Software Engineer, you will:

You’re a collaborative problem-solver who thrives in agile environments. You think at both the code and architecture level, translating business goals into elegant, scalable software. You value clarity, mentorship, and continuous learning and you enjoy making complex systems run beautifully.

Your Mission

• Design, build, and optimize backend frameworks and microservices using Java, Spring Boot/Spring Cloud, and RESTful APIs.
• Architect and deliver multi-tenant, cloud-native, and high-availability systems in Azure (or other major cloud platforms).
• Model and manage data across SQL and NoSQL databases, ensuring performance and scalability for large workloads.
• Enhance real-time systems using Kafka or similar streaming architectures.
• Lead by example write clean, testable code, review pull requests, mentor engineers, and guide design discussions.
• Continuously improve reliability, performance, and developer experience through automation, CI/CD, and best practices.
• Champion innovation explore emerging technologies and AI-assisted development tools to boost productivity and quality.

You Are

Your Experience Includes

• Bachelor’s or Master’s in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• 8+ years of full-cycle software development experience in Agile teams.
• Proven success designing scalable, distributed systems and microservice architectures.
• Strong hands-on expertise with Java, Spring ecosystem, RESTful APIs, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Deep understanding of SQL and NoSQL databases schema design, optimization, and performance tuning.
• Experience with Kafka or similar streaming platforms.
• Cloud experience (Azure preferred; AWS/GCP welcome) and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Demonstrated technical leadership mentoring peers, setting best practices, and influencing architecture.
• Excellent analytical and communication skills, able to translate technical insights into clear solutions.

Extra Awesome

• Master’s degree or equivalent experience.
• Experience operating global-scale SaaS or enterprise cloud systems.
• Expertise with Elasticsearch, observability tooling, or performance testing frameworks.
• Familiarity with AI-assisted developer tools like GitHub Copilot or ChatGPT.
• Passion for building high-performing teams and raising the engineering bar.

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