- We re looking for a Principal Software Engineer to own the systems that connect everything we do.
- You ll spend most of your time designing APIs building integrations with third-party platforms and shaping the end-to-end experience on top of them.
- This is a senior individual contributor role with real technical leadership scope.
- You ll set technical direction mentor a small team and partner closely with product security and data.
- AI assisted development is part of how we work. You ll be expected to use Claude Codex GitHub Copilot Claude Code and similar tools as force multipliers not curiosities
What You ll Do
- Lead the API platform Design build and evolve our REST and GraphQL surface including webhooks and async event driven patterns Treat APIs as products with developer users not plumbing
- Own integrations end-to-end Build and maintain connections with external systems vendors data providers and internal legacy platforms including contracts versioning observability retries and graceful failure
- Ship full stack features across backend services data layer and modern web frontends with a strong bias toward the backend and integration tier
- Set the technical standard for API design guidelines integration patterns testing strategy code review culture and threat modelling
- Multiply the team by mentoring 36 engineers through pairing RFCs and design reviews Raise the bar without slowing people down
- Partner across the organization with product security platform and data teams on roadmap SLAs and architecture decisions
- Use AI tools thoughtfully across design exploration code generation refactoring review test generation and documentation Know where to trust them and where not to
Required Qualifications
- 10 years of professional software engineering experience with at least 3 years in a senior or principal capacity
- Deep API expertise REST and GraphQL, OpenAPI Swagger authentication patterns OAuth2 OIDC mTLS versioning rate limiting idempotency pagination and error semantics
- Strong integration background event driven architectures message queues such as Kafka SQS RabbitMQ or similar webhooks ETLELT retries dead letter strategies and integrating with complex third-party APIs and legacy systems
- Fullstack production experience with a modern frontend framework such as React, Nextjs with TypeScript or equivalent and a primary backend language such as Nodejs Python Java Go or C
- Cloud native fluency with AWS Azure or Google Cloud Platform including container orchestration infrastructure as code such as Terraform or Pulumi and CICD pipelines
- Solid data fundamentals including relational and NoSQL stores SQL fluency schema design query tuning and performance tuning
- Handson fluent use of modern AI development tools such as Claude Codex GitHub Copilot Claude Code Cursor or similar You can speak concretely about what youve shipped with them how your workflow works and where youve learned not to trust them
- Demonstrated technical leadership through mentoring engineers writing design documents driving crossteam decisions and influencing without formal authority
Mandatory Skills : GraphQL, REST, OAuth, API
Actual compensation within the range will be dependent upon the individual's skills, experience, performance and internal equity.
Benefits/perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with LTIMindtree ( LTIM ):
Benefits and Perks:
- Comprehensive Medical Plan Covering Medical, Dental, Vision
- Short Term and Long-Term Disability Coverage
- 401(k) Plan with Company match
- Life Insurance
- Vacation Time, Sick Leave, Paid Holidays
- Paid Paternity and Maternity Leave
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Disclaimer: The compensation and benefits information provided herein is accurate as of the date of this posting.
LTIMindtree is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity in the workplace. Our employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions), gender identity or expression, national origin, ancestry, age, family-care status, veteran status, marital status, civil union status, domestic partnership status, military service, handicap or disability or history of handicap or disability, genetic information, atypical hereditary cellular or blood trait, union affiliation, affectional or sexual orientation or preference, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law, except where such considerations are bona fide occupational qualifications permitted by law.
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