Principal, Software Engineer

Location: Bangalore, India Team: Global Software Engineering (US, Denmark, and India) Reports to: Senior Software Engineering Manager

About the Role

We are looking for a Senior engineer to be part of a new engineering team in Bangalore focused on developer frameworks, internal tooling, and productivity platforms that empower our global engineering organization. You will one of a handful of developers for this new team—designing and implementing core frameworks, discussing complex technical initiatives, and ensuring our tools scale effectively for a distributed group of ~100 engineers across the US, Denmark, and India.

This is a role for someone who enjoys writing high-quality code, solving technical problems, and improving how engineers build, test, and ship software every day. Besides that there will also be ownership of crosscutting features of the product focusing on a “you build it - you own it” culture.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and build internal frameworks, shared libraries, and developer tools that improve reliability, speed, and consistency across engineering teams.

• Be part of technical deep dives, and system design reviews.

• Build and own cross cutting parts of the cloud application eg Audit logging

• Help drive adoption of modern engineering practices—CI/CD automation, Infrastructure as Code, test frameworks, and observability tooling.

• Prototype and deliver scalable, maintainable solutions that abstract complexity and simplify development for product teams.

• Continuously measure and improve developer experience metrics (e.g., build times, deployment reliability, test stability).

• Work as a team towards common team goals with a high focus on team collaboration and performance over individual performance.

Qualifications

• 14+ years of software engineering experience, with 8+ years in a senior role.

• Proven ability to design and build developer frameworks, SDKs, or platform services used across multiple teams.

• Deep expertise in Java and Spring. Experience with Typescript and/or Python is helpful

• Strong understanding of software design principles and patterns.

• Experience with cloud-native systems (AWS, Azure, or GCP), containers and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes), and CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins preferred).

• Familiarity with infrastructure automation tools (Terraform, Helm) and monitoring/observability stacks (Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry).

• Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to balance architecture vision and implementation detail.

• Good communication and collaboration skills to work effectively across distributed teams.

This is a hands-on individual contributor role focused on software engineering and platform development. It is best suited for experienced professionals who enjoy staying close to the code and implementation and are looking to continue growing as a technical individual contributor rather than moving into a people-management or architecture-focused role.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience building developer productivity or internal platform engineering solutions.

• Broad knowledge with developer experience metrics

• Exposure to hybrid on-prem/cloud systems or large-scale enterprise environments.

What We Offer

• A unique opportunity to be part of a brand new team in Bangalore focused on team and product ownership.

• The chance to work on high-impact initiatives improving how a global team of 100+ engineers builds software.

• A culture of engineering excellence, autonomy, and continuous learning.

• Competitive compensation, benefits, and opportunities for career advancement.

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• Country-specific programs and initiatives may be available.

Looking to make an IMPACT with your career?

When you are thinking about joining a new team, culture matters. At Schneider Electric, our values and behaviors are the foundation for creating a great culture to support business success. We believe that our IMPACT values – Inclusion, Mastery, Purpose, Action, Curiosity, Teamwork – starts with us. IMPACT is also your invitation to join Schneider Electric where you can contribute to turning sustainability ambition into actions, no matter what role you play. It is a call to connect your career with the ambition of achieving a more resilient, efficient, and sustainable world. We are looking for IMPACT Makers; exceptional people who turn sustainability ambitions into actions at the intersection of automation, electrification, and digitization. We celebrate IMPACT Makers and believe everyone has the potential to be one. Become an IMPACT Maker with Schneider Electric – apply today!

• €40 billion global revenue

• +9% organic growth

• 150 000+ employees in 100+ countries

You must submit an online application to be considered for any position with us. This position will be posted until filled.

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