Principal Software Engineer
- Location
- Pune, Maharashtra, India
- Work mode
- On-site
- Employment type
- Full-time
About the job
Location: Hybrid, Pune
Position Summary: We are looking for a Principal Software Engineer to spearhead the architecture, evolution, and delivery of iModel Cloud Sync Services, enabling high-volume data ingestion, transformation, and synchronization from heterogeneous engineering sources into the iTwin platform. This is a hands-on technical leadership role requiring deep expertise in cloud-native architecture, distributed systems, orchestration frameworks, state-machine-driven workflows, and enterprise-grade reliability. As a Principal, you will define architectural direction, mentor teams, and ensure that the platform is engineered for scale, resilience, and long-term sustainability.
Responsibilities:
Architectural Leadership
• Evolve end-to-end architecture for cloud-based ETL workflows and engineering data synchronization.
- Evolve end-to-end architecture for cloud-based ETL workflows and engineering data synchronization.
- Architect event-driven systems using microservices, container orchestration, and state-machine-driven execution.
- Lead design of multi-tenant services optimized for global scale, performance, and cost-efficiency.
• Design cloud-native pipelines using Kubernetes, focusing on zero-downtime rollouts and secure configuration management.
- Design cloud-native pipelines using Kubernetes, focusing on zero-downtime rollouts and secure configuration management.
- Implement distributed locking and conflict-resolution mechanisms for high-concurrency data sync.
- Ensure robust observability through distributed tracing, automated diagnostics, and structured logging.
• Drive ETL design for engineering data, focusing on schema management, versioning, and domain-model mapping.
- Drive ETL design for engineering data, focusing on schema management, versioning, and domain-model mapping.
- Master workflow orchestration using engines like Temporal or Step Functions to ensure idempotency and transactional integrity.
• Define resilience strategies, including SLOs, self-healing workflows, circuit breakers, and failure isolation patterns.
- Define resilience strategies, including SLOs, self-healing workflows, circuit breakers, and failure isolation patterns.
- Champion operational health through architecture reviews, capacity planning, and cloud cost governance.
- Mentor senior engineers on distributed systems, cloud-native patterns, and engineering best practices.
- Align engineering execution with long-term platform vision by partnering with product and architecture leaders.
Qualifications:
• 12+ years of professional experience in software engineering with proficiency in .Net, C# and strong focus on distributed cloud systems. • Deep expertise in Azure, Kubernetes, containerization, microservices, and cloud operations. • Proven architectural leadership in large-scale ETL, orchestration frameworks, workflow engines, and distributed processing systems. • Strong experience with event-driven architecture and messaging systems (e.g., Kafka, Service Bus, RabbitMQ). • Strong grounding in reliability engineering: observability, tracing, metrics, logs, CI/CD, and operational automation. • Good to have experience with large, complex engineering data workflows or digital twin technologies. • Good to have experience with metadata-driven pipelines, schema evolution, and data governance. • Good to have prior experience in a Principal Engineer, Staff Engineer, or Architect role with cross-team technical influence. 
This is a Hybrid role.
 What We Offer:
- Step into a collaborative work environment where ideas flourish, and teamwork propels us forward towards shared success.
- An attractive salary and benefits package.
- Bentley Impact Day: take a day off from work to volunteer with an organization of your choice.
- Celebrate milestone achievements and moments that matter through our colleague recognition award programs and our Bentley Achievers platform.
- A commitment to inclusion, belonging and colleague wellbeing through global initiatives and resource groups.
- Be part of a company committed to making a real difference by advancing the world’s infrastructure for better quality of life, where your contributions help build a more sustainable, connected, and resilient world. Discover our latest user success stories for an insight into our global impact.
Who We Are:
Bentley Systems (Nasdaq: BSY) is the infrastructure engineering software company. We provide innovative software to advance the world’s infrastructure – sustaining both the global economy and environment. Our industry-leading software solutions are used by professionals, and organizations of every size, for the design, construction, and operations of roads and bridges, rail and transit, water and wastewater, public works and utilities, buildings and campuses, mining, and industrial facilities. Our offerings, powered by the iTwin Platform for infrastructure digital twins, include MicroStation and Bentley Open applications for modeling and simulation, Seequent’s software for geoprofessionals, and Bentley Infrastructure Cloud encompassing ProjectWise for project delivery, SYNCHRO for construction management, and AssetWise for asset operations. Bentley Systems’ 5,200 colleagues generate annual revenues of more than $1 billion in 194 countries.
Equal Opportunity Employer:
Bentley is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and considers for employment all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, gender/gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, marital status, religion/belief, national origin, caste, age, or any other characteristic protected by local law or unrelated to job qualifications.
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