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Principal Software Engineer
SkyHive
Software Engineering
Pune, Maharashtra, India
Posted on Apr 29, 2026
We're looking for a
Principal Software Engineer
This role is Office Based, Pune OfficeWe are looking for a Principal Software Engineer with strong backend and platform engineering experience in Java and Python to design and build scalable, secure, and high-performance platform/framework capabilities. The ideal candidate will lead development of cloud-native systems, reusable engineering frameworks, and distributed services while mentoring teams and driving architectural excellence.
In this role you will…
- Design and build scalable platform and framework capabilities using Java and Python
- Lead architecture and design of cloud-native, distributed systems
- Develop reusable engineering patterns and core platform components
- Drive microservices-based architecture and API-first development
- Build and manage containerized applications using Kubernetes
- Design and implement secure, high-performance, and reliable backend systems
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define technical solutions
- Provide technical leadership and mentor engineering teams
- Ensure best practices in performance, scalability, security, and maintainability
- Lead code reviews and enforce engineering standards
- Optimize system performance and troubleshoot production issues
- Contribute to next-gen platforms using AI agents and agentic workflows
- Drive automation and intelligent service orchestration initiatives
You have what it takes if you have…
- Hands-on experience with Spring Boot (microservices, REST APIs)
- Experience with Spring Cloud components (config, gateway, service discovery)
- Experience with Hibernate / Spring Data JPA
- Experience with Spring Security
- Experience writing unit tests using JUnit and Mockito
- Experience with FastAPI or Flask
- Experience with Pydantic and SQLAlchemy
- Experience with async programming in Python (async/await)
- Experience writing tests using Pytest
- Strong understanding of microservices architecture
- Experience building RESTful APIs
- Experience with OpenAPI / Swagger documentation
- Understanding of distributed systems and system design principles
- Hands-on experience with AWS (EKS, EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda)
- Experience with Kubernetes for container orchestration
- Experience with Docker for containerization
- Experience with CI/CD tools (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or similar)
- Experience with monitoring and logging tools (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK)
- Experience working with PostgreSQL / MySQL
- Knowledge of database design and query optimization
- Experience with database migration tools
Extra dose of awesome if you have…
- Exposure to event-driven architecture
- Knowledge of AI agents / agentic workflows
- Exposure to MCP or similar frameworks
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