Principal engineer 10 15 years for an india s largest online car rental company

We are looking for a Principal Engineer for one of our esteemed Clients forBangalore, India Location. REQUIREMENT: Independently own, drive and evolve product systems/sub:systems. Architect highly scalable, highly available, reliable, secure and fault tolerant systems with minimal guidance. Suggest new architectural elements to improve the existing architecture. Design and implement low latency RESTful services; Define API contracts between services; Version APIs and make them backward compatible. Translate business requirements into scalable and extensible design. Create platforms, reusable libraries and utilities wherever applicable. Continuously refactor applications to ensure high quality design. Choose the right technology stack for the product systems/sub:systems. Write high quality code that are modular, functional and testable; Establish the best coding practices. Formally mentor junior engineers on design, coding and troubleshooting. Plan projects using agile methodologies and ensure timely delivery. Work with automation engineers to automate end:end flows and non:functional requirements. Troubleshoot issues effectively in a distributed architecture. Communicate, collaborate and work effectively in a global environment. Ope:rationalize releases by partnering with Tech operations on capacity planning and operability of the product. QUALIFICATIONS: Bachelor s or Master s degree in Engineering from premier institutes preferred. A minimum of 10 years of experience in software design, development and architecture. Data modeling experience in any of the NoSQL and SQL databases. Experience in Product companies working on Internet scale applications is preferred. Contribution to open source software s, tech blogs etc. SKILLS REQUIRED: Proficient in Java, J2EE technology stack. Experience in building scalable, low latency applications. Expertise in API design and development. Very strong object oriented design skills, awareness of design patterns and architectural patterns. Troubleshooting memory issues, GC tuning, resource leaks etc. Strong problem solving skills, algorithmic skills and data structures. Experience in agile methodologies like Scrum. Good understanding of branching, build, deployment, continuous integration methodologies. Experience in leading a team and mentoring engineers. Attitude to Get Stuff Done. Ability to make decisions independently.