Principal Software Engineer

Principal Software Engineer

Location: Hyderabad, India
Role Type: Fulltime | Individual Contributor with Technical Leadership

Are you looking to take off your career to gain unique experiences

Passionate to contribute the digital transformation of Health care

Excited about a mix of start-up mode opportunity in a bigger enterprise

Providence Global Innovation Center, Hyderabad was incubated to assist Providence in its Health 2.0 vision of improving care outcomes and providing care beyond the boundaries of a physical care facility. Our team is looking for dynamic software engineers to partake in this journey of digital health evolution with a go-getter attitude and veritable intent to change status quo and work.

We are a group of passionate product managers, engineers, SREs focused on developing platform, services for transforming experience of Caregivers and enabling Caregivers to give better experience to patients.

About the Role

We are looking for a Principal Software Engineer who will own the endtoend technical direction of a critical product. This role requires a strong blend of deep technical expertise, architectural thinking, and influence, with an unwavering focus on reliability, scalability, security, and longterm product evolution.

As a Principal Engineer, you will be responsible for driving technical excellence, shaping architecture, influencing crossfunctional stakeholders, and mentoring engineering teams while maintaining a high bar for quality and delivery.

Key Responsibilities

Technical Leadership & Architecture

• Drive endtoend accountability for product design, architecture, and technical decisionmaking.
• Define and evolve system architecture aligned to performance, security, reliability, scalability, high availability, and configurability.
• Own and defend architectural and technology choices through tradeoff analysis and longterm impact assessment.
• Simplify complex systems and problem spaces into clear, scalable, and maintainable solutions.
• Demonstrate strong debugging and rootcause analysis skills across distributed systems.

Product & Delivery Alignment

• Partner with Product Management to translate business goals into clear technical and functional demands.
• Work closely with Engineering Managers to shape and execute the technical roadmap.
• Ensure consistent delivery while continuously improving the product architecture and engineering practices.

Collaboration & Influence

• Collaborate and influence senior stakeholders to drive informed decisions and accelerate execution.
• Partner with Service Engineering teams to ensure Quality of Service (QoS) and operational excellence.
• Collaborate with global engineering teams on shared goals with a strong focus on outcomes and transparency.

Engineering Excellence & Reusability

• Promote code reuse and shared platforms across components to improve consistency and velocity.
• Drive best practices in microservices, API design, cloud-native development, and DevOps.
• Champion engineering standards, design reviews, and technical documentation.

Mentorship & Talent Development

• Mentor and guide engineers on technology choices, solutioning, and problem-solving approaches.
• Foster a culture of ownership, continuous learning, and high-quality delivery.
• Actively nurture and grow technical talent within the team.

What Would Your Day Look Like

• Working closely with engineering teams on delivery, design reviews, and roadmap execution.
• Acting as a trusted technical advisor to the Engineering Manager.
• Partnering with Product, Service Engineering, and Architecture teams to define product vision and QoS standards.
• Reviewing and influencing architecture designs, code quality, and operational readiness.
• Collaborating with global teams to align on shared platforms, patterns, and outcomes.
• Making and owning highimpact technical decisions for the product.

Who Are We Looking For

• 9+ years of handson experience in software engineering roles with strong production delivery experience.
• Deep expertise in Microsoft Azure and .NET Full Stack Development:
• .NET Core, C#, Microservices, REST APIs
• Web applications using Angular or React
• MS SQL
• Handson experience with:
• Azure AI Search
• PGVector
• Exposure to Python, RAG architectures, MCP, and Generative AI use cases.
• Strong experience in Service & Platform Engineering, DevOps, and E2E lifecycle management.
• Proven ability to mentor, influence, and grow engineering talent.
• Excellent interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills.
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent.

Nice to Have

• Experience building configurationdriven platforms at scale.
• Experience working in highly regulated or enterprise environments.
• Prior experience influencing architectural decisions across multiple teams.

Providence is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We appreciate differences related to the factors including but not limited to background, education, gender, age, generation, religious background, ability, technical skills in all our employment related opportunities.

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