Principal Engineer

We are seeking a talented individual to join our Technology team at Mercer. This role will be based in Gurugram. This is a hybrid role that has a requirement of working at least three days a week in the office.

Principal Engineer – Applications Development

We’re seeking a Principal Engineer who is ready to work with new technologies and architectures in a forward-thinking organization that’s always pushing boundaries. This person will have complete, end-to-end ownership of projects. The ideal candidate has experience building products across the stack and a firm understanding of micro-services architecture, APIs, databases, and front-end languages.

We will count on you to:

- Own and deliver complete features across the development lifecycle, including design, architecture, implementation, testability, debugging, shipping, and servicing.

- Write and review clean, well-thought-out code with an emphasis on quality, performance, simplicity, durability, scalability, and maintainability

- Performing data analysis to identify opportunities to optimize services

- Leading discussions for the architecture of products/solutions, refine code plans

- Working on research and development in cutting edge accelerations and optimizations

- Mentoring junior team members in their growth and development

- Collaborating with Product Managers, Architects, and UX Designers on new features

What you need to have:

- Core Technology skills - Java/J2EE, Full stack development, Python, Micro services, ,

- SQL/NO SQL Databases, Cloud (AWS), API development and other open source

- technologies

- 8+ years’ experience building highly available distributed systems at scale

- Configuration Management (Terraform, Chef, Puppet or Ansible)

- Problem-solving skills to determine the cause of bugs and resolve complaints

- Strong organizational skills, including an ability to perform under pressure and manage