Principal Software Engineer
- Participate in presales activities, discovery sessions, technical workshops, tenders, and RFI/RFP analysis.
- Translate business requirements into scalable technical solutions and implementation strategies.
- Design enterprise-level architectures for Java-based distributed systems and microservices platforms.
- Prepare technical proposals, estimations, architecture diagrams, delivery assumptions, and implementation roadmaps.
- Define technology stack, infrastructure approach, integrations, security principles, and team composition.
- Present and defend technical solutions during Customer discussions and stakeholder meetings.
- Support Sales and Delivery teams during presales and project initiation phases.
- Lead technical project start-up activities and transform high-level concepts into actionable implementation plans.
- Establish architecture standards, engineering guidelines, and development best practices.
- Guide engineering teams during the first delivery stages and support onboarding and technical interviews.
- Conduct architecture and code reviews to ensure scalability, maintainability, and security compliance.
- Resolve complex technical challenges and mentor Senior and Lead Engineers.
- Drive technical decision-making while balancing business goals, delivery timelines, and quality expectations.
- 5+ years of software engineering experience with strong technical leadership responsibilities.
- Strong hands-on expertise in Java ecosystem development.
- Deep knowledge of Spring and Spring Boot.
- Strong understanding of microservices and distributed systems architecture.
- Experience designing and implementing REST APIs and event-driven systems.
- Practical experience with Kafka or similar messaging technologies.
- Experience with relational and NoSQL databases.
- Strong cloud platform experience with AWS, Azure, or GCP.
- Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines, and infrastructure automation.
- Understanding of application security, monitoring, logging, and observability practices.
- Experience working with incomplete or ambiguous requirements and converting them into technical solutions.
- Experience participating in presales, discovery phases, solution proposals, or tender processes.
- Strong estimation and solution design skills.
- Excellent Customer-facing communication and presentation skills.
- Ability to independently drive technical initiatives and take ownership.
- Upper - Intermediate English level.