Principal Engineer

Title: Principal Engineer

Location:Mumbai India (Turbhe)

Description: Were hiring aPrincipal Engineer to lead the design and delivery of robust scalable and production-grade data systems across a high-growth multi-venture environment. This is a high-impact leadership role for someone who thrives in hands-on build mode and who can scale technical delivery without losing speed quality or ownership.

If this is interesting we would love to hear from you!

About us

Agilisys is at the forefront of digital transformation and innovation in the public services sector. With over two decades of experience we have established ourselves as a trusted partner for governments local authorities and organizations nationwide. Our mission is to empower our clients to deliver exceptional public services by harnessing the full potential of technology and data.

The role

Were hiring Principal Engineers and Lead Engineers to lead the design and delivery of robust scalable and production-grade data systems across Blenheim Chalcot portfolio businesses. These are great opportunities for someone who thrives in hands-on build mode demonstrates high-impactleadership and who can scale delivery without losing speed quality or ownership.

As a key member of our Software Engineering team you will be instrumental in leading designing developing and deploying robust and scalable products. You will work in close collaboration with customers and cross functional teams in Mumbai and London to deliver product-led delivery and solutions that really make a difference.

Behaviours that we look for

• Rigorous problem-solving and systems thinking.Decomposes complex problems evaluates multiple approaches and designs scalable maintainable architectures.
• Clean performant and secure code. Chooses suitable data structures writes readable & defensive code and bakes in performance and security from the start.
• Test-first and observable engineering. Designs for testability automates meaningful unit/integration tests and implements robust logging metrics and monitoring.
• Production and operations excellence. Understands CI/CD infrastructure and cost drivers engineers for reliable development resilience and fast recovery.
• Data-driven outcome-focused decisions. Validates ideas with data plans for schema evaluation and aligns features with real user impact.

Key responsibilities

Successful candidates will take a leading role within our Engineering Centre of Excellence in Mumbai with day to day responsibilities which will include.

• Lead and mentor a team of engineers fostering a culture of collaboration and continuous improvement.
• Oversee the planning and execution of projects ensuring alignment with business objectives and timelines.
• Provide technical guidance and expertise to the team promoting best practices in engineering.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand requirements and deliver effective solutions.
• Implement and maintain ELT (Extract Load Transform) processes using scalable pipelines and data architecture.
• Ensure data integrity and quality across various data sources.
• Support data-driven decision-making by providing clean reliable and timely data.
• Design develop and maintain the data models used by ML Engineers Data Analysts and Data Scientists to access data.
• Conduct exploratory data analysis to uncover patterns and trends.
• Identify opportunities for process improvement and drive continuous improvement in operations.
• Stay updated on industry trends technologies and best practices in engineering.

Opportunity

This role offers an excellent platform for experienced engineers to take their career to the next level. You will have the opportunity to make a significant impact on our product roadmap contribute to scaling our technical capabilities and work in a dynamic environment that values innovation and continuous learning.

About you

We are seeking to onboard candidates with a proven track record in engineering demonstrating strong technical leadership skills and a passion for building high-quality scalable products. Excellent teamwork adaptability and a strategic mindset are essential to being successful in this role.

The Ideal Candidate

• Professional experience in engineeringorfull-stack software engineering.
• Proven experience in managing and developing junior engineers.
• Strong proficiency in one or more programming languages commonly used in engineering such asPythonorJava.
• Extensive experience with database systems includingSQLandNoSQLdatabases.
• In-depth knowledge of cloud data platforms likeAWSorAzure(e.g. S3 Redshift Glue Data Factory Azure Synapse etc.).
• Experience withCI/CD practicesfor data solutions.
• Proven ability to takeownership over outputsand drive complex data projects to completion.
• Highlyadaptableand comfortable working inambiguous problem-solving environments.
• Strong evidence ofteamworkand successfulcross-functional delivery; including particularly with customers Product Marketing and Sales.
• Excellent communication leadership and collaboration skills.

Process

We have a rigorous but streamlined recruitment process which respects the time of candidates and portfolio companies alike. This process starts with a 30-minute call with our Talent Acquisition team and a member of the Engineering Centre of Excellence followed by further interviews with the Engineering Centre of Excellence team.

Please note that our roles are primarily office based with modern and well-connected office locations in both Andheri East and Navi Mumbai.