Staff Principal Engineer

Staff Principal Engineer

Location: Hyderabad, India

Employment Type: Full-Time; Salaried

Compensation: Base Salary, Bonus, Benefits

Job Description 

About Us:

At Innovapptive, we are bringing the industrial front-line worker, back-office and assets together.  Our platform is the only patented and “Code-Free” connected worker platform for SAP and IBM Maximo and is disrupting and digitizing archaic, tedious, & labor intensive paper-based processes for maintenance, operations, & supply chain. The industrial front-line workers are empowered with a suite of highly reconfigurable mobile apps, while the back-office has real-time visibility into the front-line workforce with better planning, scheduling, adoption monitoring and actionable insights. Some of the world’s largest brands such as Newmont Mining, Dominion Nuclear, Hess, Shell, UNICEF, ConocoPhillips, Reckitt Benckiser are digitally transforming their back-office and front-line industrial worker experiences. We are saving companies millions of dollars by improving their asset uptime, productivity, safety, and talent challenges, while delivering jobs better, faster, cheaper and safer. 

We are backed by Tiger Global Management, a Global Marquee Fund with over $30 Billion of Assets Under Management (AUM). Tiger Global Management has a reputation of investing and building some of the world's "Unicorn"​ brands such as Spotify, Netflix, Facebook, LinkedIn, Amazon, Peloton, Harry's, Ola, Flipkart, Freshworks and many more!

Recently we have announced our Series B funding led by Vista Equity Partners, a leading global technology investor, with participation from Tiger Global Management, our existing Series A investor. Vista invests in mission-critical software businesses that have a clear purpose and a demonstrated track record of success, such as Innovapptive.

Our mission is made possible by Innovapptive’s most important asset: our people. We come together through collaboration and ambition in a team-driven culture. Through the success of our product, we have seen monumental growth in our workforce, and we constantly look for exceptional talent to join us. At Innovapptive, you are challenged with dynamic tasks that drive your professional development and career growth. Join us on our journey to deliver an innovative connected worker experience and to empower 350 Million Industrial Front-Line Workers around the world with the ability to truly harness the power of connected worker experience by improving the working life of a front-line worker and the back-office employee. 

The Role

We are looking for a Staff Principal Engineer to lead and ensure the delivery of high-quality software solutions across multiple technology stacks, including the MEAN stack, Kotlin, and Swift. The ideal candidate will serve as a technical expert, driving best practices in code quality, architecture, and design, while mentoring engineering teams to excel in delivering scalable, maintainable, and secure applications.

If this opportunity excites you, we encourage you to apply even if you do not meet all of the qualifications: 

How You Will Make an Impact:

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.  

Technical Excellence:

• Define and enforce coding standards, design principles, and best practices across MEAN stack, Kotlin, and Swift development projects.
• Review and approve architectural designs, ensuring scalability, reliability, and security.
• Conduct regular code reviews to maintain high-quality standards across the codebase.

Leadership & Mentorship:

• Serve as a technical mentor to developers and lead engineers, fostering skill development and innovation.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to align technology decisions with business goals.
• Lead initiatives to continuously improve engineering processes and workflows.

System Design & Architecture:

• Architect and design end-to-end solutions for complex, enterprise-grade systems using MEAN stack, Kotlin, and Swift.
• Ensure seamless integration of front-end, back-end, and mobile components.
• Champion microservices architecture and cloud-native solutions for scalability and efficiency.

Quality Assurance & Performance:

• Establish and monitor metrics for code quality, performance, and maintainability.
• Drive test automation and CI/CD implementation to ensure reliable and rapid delivery.
• Collaborate with QA teams to establish robust testing strategies.

Innovation & Continuous Improvement:

• Stay updated with emerging trends and technologies to propose innovative solutions.
• Evaluate and integrate new tools, frameworks, and practices to enhance team productivity and product quality.

What You Bring to the Team:

Experience:

• 12+ years of experience in software development, with expertise in MEAN stack, Kotlin, and Swift.
• Proven track record of delivering high-quality, enterprise-grade software solutions.
• Experience as a technical lead, architect, or principal engineer in cross-functional teams.

Technical Skills:

• Deep understanding of MEAN stack technologies (MongoDB, Express.js, Angular, Node.js).
• Proficiency in Kotlin and Swift for mobile application development.
• Strong experience with RESTful APIs, microservices architecture, and cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure).
• Knowledge of test automation frameworks and CI/CD pipelines.
• Familiarity with DevOps practices, containerization (Docker), and orchestration tools (Kubernetes).

Soft Skills:

• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
• Ability to mentor and inspire engineering teams.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with hybrid frameworks like React Native or Flutter (optional).
• Certifications in cloud architecture or relevant development technologies.

What We Offer:

• A positive, open, and highly-innovative environment and team
• Entrepreneurial spirit with unlimited opportunity to grow
• Opportunity to work with leading global brands on exciting and impactful projects
• Competitive Base Pay
• Best of plan on Vacation & Paid Time Off.
• Provision of Medical Insurance for family - self, dependent, spouse, dependent children, parents/parent-in-laws
• Paid Maternity and Paternity leave
• Bi-annual reviews to ensure transparency and promoting high performance culture
• OKR Driven Performance Development Environment
• Learning & Development - access to wide range of e-Learning courses (technical, Product, Process, etc.,)
• A host of Interest Groups/Clubs for Book Reading, Toastmasters, Sports - Cricket, Volleyball, Throw-ball, Badminton, TT, Music

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