Principal Engineer

Nextiva is currently seeking bright and talented individuals for a Principal Software Engineerposition to join our expanding development team. This position is responsible for helping to drive technology efforts which may include architectural design supporting existing applications new application development application testing and user support. This developer will work with a growing team and help develop new systems from the ground up as well as support existing applications. A commitment to collaborative problem solving sophisticated design and quality product is essential.

As aPrincipal Software Engineeryou will assist in the development implementation and management of technology-based business solutions to improve our product offerings. You will assist in the design coding testing and implementation of software applications to meet both functional and technical requirements.

The responsibilities of a Principal Engineerrange from: designing systems; writing developing testing and reviewing code; supporting existing applications; liaising with end users to fix defects find solutions and test them; adding functionality to applications by designing and implementing solutions; and more.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead Software Delivery Across Teams: Collaborate with and guide one or more development teams to build and ship software solutions that solve complex high-impact customer problems.
• Influence Strategic Technical Decisions: Play a critical role in driving architectural direction technology selection and long-term technical strategy across the engineering organization.
• Design and Develop Scalable Systems: Build robust RESTful web applications and design highly available distributed systems that support real-time business communications at scale.
• Architect End-to-End Solutions: Tackle complex cross-cutting challenges that span multiple services and architectural layers ensuring cohesive and maintainable solutions.
• Embrace Cutting-Edge Technology: Leverage modern tools patterns and platforms to create scalable resilient and fault-tolerant systems that align with cloud-native principles.
• Shape the Technical Roadmap: Contribute to and help define the engineering roadmap ensuring alignment with business goals platform evolution and industry best practices.
• Drive Customer-Centric Development: Work closely with the product management team to deeply understand user needs prioritize features and deliver value through thoughtful customer-focused design.
• Champion Quality and Maintainability: Deliver testable well-structured and maintainable code while fostering a culture of engineering excellence and continuous improvement.
• Continuously Learn and Innovate: Stay ahead of emerging technologies and development practices and foster an environment where learning and experimentation are encouraged.

Required Skills & Expertise

• 10 years of professional software development experience with a strong emphasis on Java-based systems backend architecture and cloud-native service design.
• Deep expertise in RESTful API design microservices architecture and scalable distributed systems.
• Extensive hands-on experience with:
  • Java (11) Spring Boot JPA/Hibernate
  • Kafka Redis and both SQL (Postgres MySQL) and NoSQL (MongoDB) databases
• Proficiency with modern build and package managers including Maven Gradle npm and pip.
• Strong understanding of CI/CD practices including pipeline creation blue/green and canary deployments.
• Solid experience with distributed caching performance tuning and latency optimization.
• Familiarity with automated testing frameworks such as JUnit TestNG Mockito and related testing strategies (unit integration regression).
• In-depth understanding of object-oriented design design patterns and enterprise architectural principles.
• Proficient with Linux/Unix-based systems scripting tools and command-line utilities.
• Strong focus on secure coding best practices with experience in data protection secure APIs and access control.
• Demonstrated success in leading multi-team initiatives implementing architectural improvements and adopting new technologies at scale.

Bonus Qualifications

• Industry experience in UCaaS/CCaaS real-time communications or VoIP platforms involving SIP WebRTC or RTP.
• Experience with observability tools like Datadog
• Familiarity with Domain-Driven Design (DDD) hexagonal architecture and event sourcing.
• Contributions to open-source projects engineering blogs or technical conference speaking.

Preferred Experience & Technical Stack

Core Technologies

• Languages & Frameworks:
  • Java Spring Boot GraphQL (preferred) SQL
• Cloud & Platform Tools:
  • Docker Kubernetes GCP Artifact Registry GCP Storage GCP Vertex AI
• Messaging & APIs:
  • Kafka REST APIs
• Data & Storage:
  • Postgres MongoDB BigQuery Redis ElasticSearch
• Build Deploy & CI/CD:
  • Git Gradle GCP GCloud Kubernetes Artifact Registry/Artifactory
• Scripting & OS Tools:
  • Bash Unix/Linux command-line

Microservice Lifecycle Experience

• Creating microservices with Spring Boot and well-structured RESTful APIs
• Building services using Git Gradle Docker GCloud
• Deploying services via Kubernetes GCP Artifact Registry and GCloud deployment pipelines

Total Rewards

Our Total Rewards offerings are designed to allow our employees to take care of themselves and their families so they can be their best in and out of the office.

Our compensation packages are tailored to each role and candidates qualifications. We consider a wide range of factors including skills experience training and certifications when determining compensation. We aim to offer competitive salaries or wages that reflect the value you bring to our team. Depending on the position compensation may include base salary and/or hourly wages incentives or bonuses.

• Medical - Medical insurance coverage is available for employees their spouse and up to two dependent children with a limit of 500000 INR as well as their parents or in-laws for up to 300000 INR. This comprehensive coverage ensures that essential healthcare needs are met for the entire family unit providing peace of mind and security in times of medical necessity.
• Group Term & Group Personal Accident Insurance - Provides insurance coverage against the risk of death / injury during the policy period sustained due to an accident caused by violent visible & external means.
  • Coverage Type - Employee Only
  • Sum Insured - 3 times of annual CTC with minimum cap of INR
  • Free Cover Limit - 1.5 Crore
• Work-Life Balance - 15 days of Privilege leaves per calendar year 6 days of Paid Sick leave per calendar year 6 days of Casual leave per calendar year. Paid 26 weeks of Maternity leaves 1 week of Paternity leave a day off on your Birthday and paid holidays
• Financial Security - Provident Fund & Gratuity
• Wellness - Employee Assistance Program and comprehensive wellness initiatives
• Growth - Access to ongoing learning and development opportunities and career advancement

At Nextiva were committed to supporting our employees health well-being and professional growth. Join us and build a rewarding career!

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