Principal Engineer - Java/React.js

Description :

We are looking for a Principal Engineer who will play a critical technical leadership role in designing, building, and scaling high-performance products. This role is 85% backend-focused with 15% frontend involvement, requiring deep expertise in Java and AWS and working knowledge of React.js or Angular. You will collaborate closely with product managers, architects, and engineering teams to drive technical excellence, system scalability, and best engineering practices.

The core responsibilities for the job include the following :

Backend Responsibilities (85%) :

- Design, develop, and own highly scalable, distributed backend systems using Java.

- Architect and implement microservices-based solutions.

- Lead system design discussions and define technical architecture for new and existing products.

- Optimize application performance, reliability, and security.

- Design and manage cloud-native solutions on AWS (EC2 S3 RDS/DynamoDB, Lambda, ECS/EKS, etc. ).

- Drive best practices in code quality, testing, CI/CD, and DevOps.

- Mentor senior and junior engineers; set engineering standards.

- Work closely with cross-functional teams to translate business requirements into technical solutions.

Frontend Responsibilities (15%) :

- Provide architectural guidance and code reviews for frontend applications.

- Collaborate on UI integration using React.js or Angular.

- Ensure seamless integration between frontend and backend services.

- Advocate best practices for frontend performance and maintainability.

Requirements :

- 10+ years of software development experience, with significant backend focus.

- Strong expertise in Java (Spring Boot, REST APIs, and microservices).

- Hands-on experience with AWS cloud services and cloud architecture.

- Experience with React.js or Angular (architecture, component design, state management).

- Strong knowledge of databases (SQL and NoSQL).

- Experience with CI/CD pipelines, containerization (Docker), and orchestration (Kubernetes preferred).

- Excellent understanding of system design, scalability, and distributed systems.

- Strong problem-solving, communication, and leadership skills.