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Principal Engineer (Remote, Full-Time) [AR013]

Posted 11 days ago

RemoteDelhiSE

About Smart Working

At Smart Working, we believe your job should not only look right on paper but also feel right every day. This isn't just another remote opportunity—it's about finding where you truly belong, no matter where you are. From day one, you're welcomed into a genuine community that values your growth and well-being. Our mission is simple: to break down geographic barriers and connect skilled professionals with outstanding global teams and products for full-time, long-term roles. We help you discover meaningful work with teams that invest in your success, where you're empowered to grow personally and professionally.

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About the Role

We are seeking a Principal Engineer to define and drive the company's technical strategy, ensuring the platform scales effectively with business growth. Working closely with the Engineering Manager, you will lead architectural direction, make critical platform decisions, and deliver high-impact engineering initiatives that create long-term business value.

You will collaborate with Product, Sales, Customer Success, and engineering leadership to align technical investments with business objectives, establish engineering standards, and foster a culture of technical excellence. This role also owns the AI strategy across both engineering workflows and product capabilities, helping shape the future of the platform and the wider business.

### Responsibilities
  • Define and drive the company's technical strategy, architectural principles, and engineering standards.
  • Own the Opportunity Review process, providing feasibility assessments and architectural guidance for major initiatives before Discovery.
  • Make platform-level decisions across infrastructure, data, security, integrations, and build-vs-buy evaluations.
  • Lead and deliver high-impact engineering initiatives, including foundational services, platform architecture, and proof-of-concepts.
  • Ensure the overall technical health, scalability, and long-term evolution of the platform.
  • Partner with Product, Sales, Customer Success, and leadership teams to align technical direction with business objectives.
  • Champion engineering excellence through quality standards, best practices, and continuous improvement.
  • Define and drive AI strategy across engineering workflows and product capabilities.
  • Mentor and develop Lead Engineers, helping strengthen technical leadership across the organisation.
  • Support engineering hiring, talent development, and promotion standards.
  • ### Requirements
  • Proven experience defining and executing technical strategy at an organisational level.
  • Deep architectural expertise across full-stack systems, including infrastructure, data, security, and integrations.
  • Strong ability to translate business objectives into technical direction and communicate technical considerations to executive stakeholders.
  • Experience leading complex platform, architecture, or transformation initiatives with long-term business impact.
  • Demonstrated success mentoring and developing senior or Lead-level engineers.
  • Strong commercial awareness and understanding of how technical decisions influence revenue, cost, scalability, and competitive advantage.
  • Experience establishing engineering standards, governance, and best practices across teams.
  • Ability to influence cross-functional stakeholders and drive alignment across Product, Engineering, Sales, and Customer Success.
  • ### Nice to Have
  • Experience working within a scaling SaaS organisation.
  • Familiarity with AI-native product development and LLM integration patterns.
  • Experience leading engineering recruitment and contributing to engineering career frameworks and levelling structures.
  • ### Benefits
  • Fixed Shifts: 12:00 PM - 9:30 PM IST (Summer) | 1:00 PM - 10:30 PM IST (Winter)
  • No Weekend Work: Real work-life balance, not just words
  • Day 1 Benefits: Laptop and full medical insurance provided
  • Support That Matters: Mentorship, community, and forums where ideas are shared
  • True Belonging: A long-term career where your contributions are valued
  • 5-Day AI Training: Hands-on AI Academy onboarding to get you building with AI from day one 
  • Job details
    Workplace
    Remote
    Location
    Delhi
    Experience
    SE
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    Smart Working is Tech Talent as a Service - building high-performance global engineering teams without the friction, risk, or overhead of legacy hiring models. A low-churn model that ensures you get exactly the right talent you need - on time, every time... with long-term support. 🌍 We hire exceptional engineers locally and offer stable, remote, and impactful roles helping build meaningful technology. Our fully-embedded teams help 60+ clients in the UK and USA build serious products and solutions. 🔁 Long-term support - we manage talent across the full lifecycle, from vetting to payroll, so you can focus on what matters most: building your business. ✨ What makes Smart Working different: ✅ Top 1% rigorously vetted global talent ✅ Fully embedded, culturally aligned teams working your hours ✅ Full support across performance, payroll, compliance, and HR operations ✅ Continuous AI training - future-proofed, super-efficient teams We don’t just fill seats. We build great tech teams that last - and deliver.

    Employees
    576
    Industry
    IT Services and IT Consulting
    Headquarters
    London
    Specialties
    Software Development Custom Software Solutions Product Engineering End-to-End Software Delivery Scalable Application Development Cloud-Native Development Web Application Development Backend & API Development Frontend Engineering Full-Stack Development Technology Consulting Digital Product Development System Architecture & Design Platform Engineering Agile Software Delivery DevOps & CI/CD Enablement Quality Engineering & Automation Data-Driven Applications Secure & Compliant Software Systems Long-Term Technology Partnerships

    Key team members

    Geetika Nandwani

    Geetika Nandwani

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