Principal Software Engineer - Technical Lead - Engineering Frameworks & Developer Productivity

Technical Lead - Engineering Frameworks & Developer Productivity

Location: Bangalore, India Team: Global Software Engineering (US, Denmark, and India) Reports to: Senior Software Engineering Manager

About the Role

We are looking for a hands-on Technical Lead to help establish a new engineering team in Bangalore focused on developer frameworks, internal tooling, and productivity platforms that empower our global engineering organization.

You will serve as the technical anchor for this new team-designing and implementing core frameworks, leading complex technical initiatives, and ensuring our tools scale effectively for a distributed group of ~100 engineers across the US, Denmark, and India. This is a role for someone who enjoys writing high-quality code, solving deep technical problems, and improving how engineers build, test, and ship software every day.

Key Responsibilities

1. Design and build internal frameworks, shared libraries, and developer tools that improve reliability, speed, and consistency across engineering teams.
2. Lead by example through hands-on coding, technical deep dives, and system design reviews.
3. Collaborate globally with engineering peers and architects to define standards, patterns, and architectural direction for internal platforms.
4. Drive adoption of modern engineering practices-CI/CD automation, Infrastructure as Code, test frameworks, and observability tooling.
5. Prototype and deliver scalable, maintainable solutions that abstract complexity and simplify development for product teams.
6. Continuously measure and improve developer experience metrics (e.g., build times, deployment reliability, test stability).
7. • Mentor engineers through pair programming, design guidance, and technical leadership within the Bangalore team.
8. Stay hands-on in all stages of development-architecture, implementation, review, and release.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of software engineering experience, with 2+ years in a senior or lead technical role.
• Proven ability to design and build developer frameworks, SDKs, or platform services used across multiple teams.
• Deep expertise in Java and Spring. Experience with Typescript and/or Python is helpful)
• Strong understanding of software design principles and patterns.
• Solid experience with cloud-native systems (AWS, Azure, or GCP), containers and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes), and CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins preferred).
• Familiarity with infrastructure automation tools (Terraform, Helm) and monitoring/observability stacks (Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry).
• Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to balance architecture vision and implementation detail.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills to work effectively across distributed teams.
• Preferred Qualifications
• Experience building developer productivity or internal platform engineering solutions.
• Familiarity with DORA or SPACE metrics and using data to guide productivity improvements.
• Exposure to hybrid on-prem/cloud systems or large-scale enterprise environments.
• Experience setting up or scaling engineering teams in new locations.
• What We Offer
• A unique opportunity to be a founding technical leader shaping a new engineering hub in Bangalore.
• The chance to work on high-impact initiatives improving how a global team of 100+ engineers builds software.
• A culture of engineering excellence, autonomy, and continuous learning.
• • Competitive compensation, benefits, and opportunities for career advancement.

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Client-provided location(s): Bangalore, India

Job ID: Schneider_Electric-https://careers.se.com/jobs/100958?lang=en-us

Employment Type: FULL_TIME

Posted: 2025-11-04T18:48:09