Principal Software Engineer - 260421-6
Summary
A principal-level engineer at Kaseya in Pune who sets technical strategy and architecture for large-scale distributed IT-management and cybersecurity platforms, driving company-wide AI adoption, platform modernization, and engineering excellence. Core technologies include public cloud (AWS/GCP/Azure), .NET, Rust/C#/JavaScript, microservices, Kubernetes, and IaC tools.
About Kaseya
Kaseya is the leading provider of AI-powered IT management and cybersecurity software, serving Managed Service Providers (MSPs) and internal IT organizations worldwide. Our comprehensive platform helps organizations efficiently manage, secure, and automate their IT environments, driving operational efficiency and long-term business success.
Backed by Insight Partners, a leading global software investor, Kaseya has experienced sustained double-digit growth and continues to expand its global footprint. Today, Kaseya supports customers in more than 20 countries and manages over 15 million endpoints worldwide.
Founded in 2000, Kaseya has built a culture centered around innovation, accountability, and results. We are a high-growth, high-performance organization that values individuals who are driven, adaptable, and committed to delivering exceptional outcomes for our customers and teammates alike.
At Kaseya, success comes from embracing challenges, moving with urgency, and continuously raising the bar.
Position Summary
The Principal Software Engineer will lead the technical strategy, architecture, and evolution of critical, large-scale systems that support key business capabilities. This role will drive company-wide architectural initiatives, AI adoption, platform modernization, and engineering excellence while influencing senior leadership and aligning multiple engineering organizations toward long-term technical and business goals.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the design and evolution of large-scale, distributed systems and platform architectures.
- Define and drive company-wide technical strategy aligned with long-term business and product objectives.
- Establish architectural principles, standards, and best practices to ensure scalability, consistency, and maintainability.
- Drive the strategic adoption of AI-assisted development practices and AI-enabled capabilities across the organization.
- Lead cross-functional and cross-organizational initiatives spanning multiple systems, domains, and business units.
- Identify and mitigate systemic technical risks and drive long-term modernization and technical debt reduction initiatives.
- Advance system reliability, scalability, performance, observability, and operational maturity across the organization.
- Mentor and influence senior technical talent while promoting a culture of engineering excellence and high technical standards.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Software Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
- 12+ years of professional software engineering experience, including experience defining and driving technical strategy at an organizational or company-wide level.
- Deep experience designing and evolving large-scale distributed systems and cloud-based platform architectures.
- Strong hands-on experience with public cloud platforms such as AWS, GCP, or Azure and cloud-native architecture patterns.
- Proven ability to influence senior stakeholders and drive technical alignment across multiple teams and organizations without direct authority.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with .NET full-stack and API development across frontend and backend technologies.
- Proficiency in one or more programming languages, including Rust, C#, or JavaScript.
- Experience with microservices, Docker, Kubernetes, serverless architectures, and infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform, Pulumi, or Bicep.
- Strong knowledge of modern authentication and authorization mechanisms, including OAuth 2.0, OIDC, and SAML.
- Deep experience with observability, monitoring, distributed tracing, and reliability engineering practices.
- Experience with CI/CD systems, automated testing, progressive deployment strategies, and modern software delivery practices.
- Strong understanding of modern security practices, including secure coding, threat modeling, and vulnerability remediation
Additional information
Kaseya provides equal employment opportunity to all employees and applicants without regard to race, religion, age, ancestry, gender, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, veteran status, marital status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
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- How many years of experience do you have in software engineering, and have you driven technical strategy or architecture at an organizational or company-wide level? If yes pls elaborate your work.
- Which programming languages and technologies do you currently use, particularly .NET, Rust, C#, JavaScript, microservices, Kubernetes, or containerized environments?
- Do you currently live in Pune, or are you willing to relocate there?
- What is your current annual base salary and desired compensation expectations?
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- Have you led technical strategy or architecture initiatives at an organizational or company-wide level?