Project Role : Software Development Lead
Project Role Description : Develop and configure software systems either end-to-end or for a specific stage of product lifecycle. Apply knowledge of technologies, applications, methodologies, processes and tools to support a client, project or entity.
Must have skills : Java Full Stack Development
Good to have skills : NA
Minimum
7.5 year(s) of experience is required
Educational Qualification : BTECH
Summary
The Principal Software Engineer is among the highest levels of individual contributor leadership within the engineering practice. This role tackles organisation’s most challenging problems, driving forward innovation while ensuring delivery of high-quality software. It involves a blend of hands-on technical work, strategic planning, and the mentorship of engineering teams. The ideal candidate leads and guides teams, sets technical direction for greenfield SaaS products, and manages significant ambiguity. Excellent communication skills are essential to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams, including product management and stakeholders.
Roles and Responsibilities:
Communicate with Clarity: Be clear, concise, and actionable; provide constructive feedback and inspire colleagues to follow your lead. Demonstrate strong listening skills.
Act with Urgency: Embrace an agile mindset, prioritise frequent iterations, and value speed and resilience—apply the 80/20 rule for efficiency, exhibitMVP mindset with a Bias for Action.
Drive to Decision: Set clear deadlines and decision points, define accountability and authority, and remain committed to customer outcomes.
Exercise independence in decision-making, delegate responsibilities appropriately, and foster the growth of future leaders within the team.
Operate across various levels of abstraction, from business and product strategy to technical design and implementation.
Thrive in a global, fast-paced, and complex technical environment, making customer-centric trade-offs that balance short- and long-term goals.
Bring a high-energy, self-starting approach with a positive, action-oriented attitude.
Technical experience and Professional attributes:
Full Stack Development: Expertise in one or more programming languages (Java, Go preferred. Open to other similar).
Strong expertise in designing and implementing cloud-native microservices architectures. Experience in test automation, CI/CD.
Design Patterns: In-depth knowledge of design patterns, with the ability to identify and apply the appropriate patterns to problems.
Experience in API management, database systems, and the application of advanced data patterns.
Technical Leadership: Demonstrated experience leading software development teams, focusing on technical aspects and fostering engineering best practices.
Expert-level skills in application monitoring, tracing, observability, and performance tuning.
Capable of designing and developing large-scale, high-performance applications and services.
Additional skills: Experience managing people and SDLC processes.
Familiarity with Enterprise Architecture Frameworks, event-driven design, SaaS software and platform development.
Background in AI coding (e.g., vibe AI), with an understanding of Agentic AI architecture.
Experience with a variety of database systems (RDBMS, NoSQL), and strong command of SQL, PL/SQL, T-SQL, indexes, optimizers and data architecture.
Knowledge of OAuth and front-end development with technologies similar to React.
Experience integrating with Event Bus systems like Pulsar.
Familiarity with reactive programming (e.g., Spring Reactive).
Test Driven Development and performance testing experience.
Experience Highlights, Roles & Responsibilities
Act as a technical leader on complex, cross-functional initiatives, breaking down intricate problems into straightforward solutions. Apply exceptional object-oriented design (OOD) and service-oriented architecture (SOA) principles.
Become an expert on system interdependencies and limitations.
Experience with at least one major public cloud platforms (e.g. Azure, AWS, OCI, etc.).
Implement, test, maintain, scale, and operate software. Prepare technical design specifications aligned with both functional and non-functional requirements, and create written knowledge transfer materials.
Contribute to and review functional requirements, analysis, and design documents. Drive the creation of non-functional requirements.
Enhance system quality by identifying issues and recurring patterns. Eliminate manual testing through comprehensive automation of unit, integration, and end-to-end tests. Performance testing experience is highly valued.
Participate actively in architecture and code reviews, while maintaining and improving existing codebases.
Mentor engineers through code reviews and feedback, identify training needs, and support learning and development initiatives.
Investigate and adopt new technologies and AI solutions where beneficial.
Assist operations and customer support teams with technical queries and challenges.
Take ownership of outcomes by defining milestones, commitments, and intended results, and consistently assess work within its broader context.
Exert technical influence across multiple teams, enhancing their productivity and effectiveness by sharing deep technical knowledge and experience.
Educational Qualifications:
A PhD in a field related to Computer Science or Information Systems with 5+ years’ experience, a Master’s degree with 8+ years’ experience or a Bachelor’s degree with 12+ years of experience,.
At least 5 years of experience in developing and debugging mission-critical, low-latency, distributed solutions for large business environments.
Additional Information:
You will be working with a Trusted Tax Technology Leader, committed to delivering reliable and innovative solutions
BTECH
About Accenture
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