Job Summary
Position Title: Principal Engineer /Architect Full Stack
Location: Irvine, California or Anywhere in USA (preferably West Coast based or willing to work in PST Zone)
Salary- $145K-160K/Y
Wrok Mode- Onsite/Hybrid/Remote
Key Skills:
Retail domain Exp. mandatory and candiate form PST time Zone prefred
• Define and own platform architecture and engineering strategy
• Lead large-scale platform modernization initiatives
• Build proofs of concept and contribute production-grade code
• Drive architecture reviews and engineering standards
• Resolve cross-team technical dependencies
Required Technical Skills
• Deep expertise in C#/.NET, Go, Java, or Python
• High-scale APIs and distributed systems
• Data modelling and event-driven architectures
• React or modern frontend frameworks
• Platform modernization and migration experience
Required Leadership Skills
• 12+ years of software engineering experience, with significant tenure at Staff/Principal level.
• Drive cross-team technical decisions, platform direction, and multi-team initiatives (architecture alignment, trade-off resolution, execution).
• Define and scale AI-driven SDLC standards, including tools, guardrails, and automation patterns.
• Hands-on experience with AI-assisted development (e.g., Copilot, Claude Code, Cursor) to deliver production systems; able to articulate workflow impact and guardrails.
• Strong experience designing and evolving large-scale distributed systems (APIs, data pipelines, eventdriven systems, high-scale platforms).
• Proven cross-org leadership-driving architecture, standards, and platform initiatives across multiple teams.
• Elevate engineering quality through code reviews, architecture reviews, and mentoring senior engineers.
• Strong engineering fundamentals in code quality, testing, CI/CD, and observability while maintaining delivery velocity.
• Effective communicator with the ability to influence stakeholders and drive alignment without formal authority.
• Experience collaborating across product, data, security, and infrastructure teams.
• Track record of documenting and scaling architectural decisions and organizational learnings.
The pay range for this role is $145,000- $160,000 per annum including any bonuses or variable pay. Tech Mahindra also offers benefits like medical, vision, dental, life, disability insurance and paid time off (including holidays, parental leave, and sick leave, as required by law). Ask our recruiters for more details on our Benefits package. The exact offer terms will depend on the skill level, educational qualifications, experience and location of the candidate.
