Principal Software Development Engineer

Clearwater Analytics

Noida, India

15-17 Years

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Job Description

Responsibilities:

Advocate for Clearwater's technical vision, architecture strategy, and established standards for software systems.
Define and evolve architectural principles, patterns, and best practices across teams and platforms.
Lead the design of scalable, secure, and reliable software systems supporting enterprise and client needs.
Partner with engineering and product leaders to align architecture with business priorities and roadmap objectives.
Identify architectural risks, technical debt, and systemic blockers, and drive plans to address them.
Establish best practices and processes that improve software design, execution, scalability, and cross-team collaboration.
Create alignment across multiple teams toward common architecture standards, integration patterns, and engineering best practices.
Influence the prioritization of the overall Clearwater roadmap through architectural insight and technical strategy.
Lead high-priority and complex cross-functional initiatives requiring significant architectural design and coordination.
Review and guide system designs, technical decisions, and implementation approaches across teams.
Model and encourage a culture of technical excellence, communication, and collaboration within teams, divisions, and the broader department.
Serve as a trusted mentor and technical advisor to engineers, technical leads, and other architects at all levels.
Stay current with emerging technologies and evaluate their applicability to Clearwater's platforms and strategic direction.
Any other reasonable activity required by management.

Required Skills:

Exceptional architectural leadership and technical mentorship skills.
Deep enthusiasm for software engineering in a software-as-a-service company.
Strong focus on designing solutions that drive client satisfaction and business value.
Exceptional collaboration and teamwork skills across engineering, product, and business stakeholders.
Ability to manage time effectively and deliver high-quality results on schedule.
Commitment to continuous learning, innovation, and improvement.
Exceptional analytical and systems-thinking skills.
Strong computer skills, including proficiency in Microsoft Office.
Excellent attention to detail and strong technical documentation skills.
Outstanding verbal and written communication skills.
Strong organizational, interpersonal, and stakeholder management skills.
Exceptional problem-solving abilities.
Strong understanding of software architecture, distributed systems, cloud-native design, and system integration.
Ability to influence technical decisions without direct authority and build alignment across teams.

Education and Experience:

Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, related field, or comparable practical experience.
15+ years of enterprise software development experience using modern programming languages such as Java, Python, or JavaScript.
Significant experience designing and implementing distributed systems using microservices architecture.
Strong cloud expertise, including designing systems on AWS and driving cloud cost optimization.
Strong coding skills, especially in Java and Python.
Strong software and system design skills.
Experience defining architecture for large-scale, enterprise-grade applications.
Experience leading cross-team architectural initiatives and guiding technical direction across multiple products or platforms.