Principal Software Engineer (Infra) - India
JumpCloudPosted 6/6/2025
Principal Software Engineer (Infra) - India
JumpCloud
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Job Summary
JumpCloud is hiring a Principal Software Engineer (Infra) to lead complex engineering projects, build new technology initiatives, and drive architecture. The ideal candidate has 15+ years of experience leading complex projects, strong knowledge of cloud technologies, Go or Node, Kubernetes, and IaC tooling. They should be able to work in a distributed systems environment, thrive in a fast-moving team-oriented environment, and have a strong technical foundation in software engineering design principles. The role is remote-first, with opportunities for growth and development in a fast-growing company. JumpCloud values its employees' contributions and offers flexible remote work options, $4,000/year travel stipends, and equity in the company.
Job Description
All roles at JumpCloud are Remote unless otherwise specified in the Job Description.
About JumpCloud
JumpCloud® delivers a unified open directory platform that makes it easy to securely manage identities, devices, and access across your organization. With JumpCloud, IT teams and MSPs enable users to work securely from anywhere and manage their Windows, Apple, Linux, and Android devices from a single platform. JumpCloud is IT Simplified.
About the Role:
As we continue to grow JumpCloud internationally, we are hiring a principal engineer for our JumpCloud India and Turkey region. You’ll have the opportunity to play a key role in the success and development of our engineering teams in addition to growing your own career. We are seeking a principal engineer who is passionate about building great products with forward looking vision.
You will be responsible for building new technology initiatives. You’ll build out features, help drive architecture, define best practices and enable platform quality.
As a Principal Software Engineer, you will:
- Regularly tackle the largest and most complex problems on the team. Serve as a technical leader on cross-functional projects.
- Functionally decompose complex problems into simple, straight-forward solutions.
- Contribute to the long-term technical vision and strategic direction of the engineering team, identifying opportunities for innovation and improvement.
- Work alongside other Principal Engineers and Architects to drive a shared strategy across our teams
- Implement AI to empower yourself and others
- Assist in the career development of others, actively mentoring individuals on advanced technical issues
- Balance technical leadership and savvy with strong business judgment to make the right decisions about technology choices.
We’re looking for:
- 15+ years experience as an engineer leading complex engineering projects
- Experience with cloud technologies (AWS or GCP)
- Strong knowledge of Go or Node, or other programming languages
- Strong knowledge of Kubernetes, and IaC tooling
- Experience working in a distributed systems environment
- Ability to work with ambiguity and drive clarity while delivering incremental value
- Proven ability to thrive in a fast-moving, team-oriented, collaborative environment
- Strong technical foundation in software engineering design principles
- Experience working with geographically diverse engineering teams in today’s remote first work environment
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Where you’ll be working/Location:
JumpCloud is committed to being Remote First, meaning that you are able to work remotely within the country noted in the Job Description.
You must be located in and authorized to work in the country noted in the job description to be considered for this role.
Please note: There is an expectation that our engineers participate in on-call shifts. You will be expected commit to being ready and able to respond during your assigned shift, so that alerts don't go unaddressed.
Language:
JumpCloud has teams in 15+ countries around the world and conducts our internal business in English. The interview and any additional screening process will take place primarily in English. To be considered for a role at JumpCloud, you will be required to speak and write in English fluently. Any additional language requirements will be included in the details of the job description.
Why JumpCloud?
If you thrive working in a fast, SaaS-based environment and you are passionate about solving challenging technical problems, we look forward to hearing from you! JumpCloud is an incredible place to share and grow your expertise! You’ll work with amazing talent across each department who are passionate about our mission. We’re out of the box thinkers, so your unique ideas and approaches for conceiving a product and/or feature will be welcome. You’ll have a voice in the organization as you work with a seasoned executive team, a supportive board and in a proven market that our customers are excited about.
One of JumpCloud's three core values is to “Build Connections.” To us that means creating " human connection with each other regardless of our backgrounds, orientations, geographies, religions, languages, gender, race, etc. We care deeply about the people that we work with and want to see everyone succeed." - Rajat Bhargava, CEO
Please submit your résumé and brief explanation about yourself and why you would be a good fit for JumpCloud. Please note JumpCloud is not accepting third party resumes at this time.
JumpCloud is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.
Scam Notice:
Please be aware that there are individuals and organizations that may attempt to scam job seekers by offering fraudulent employment opportunities in the name of JumpCloud. These scams may involve fake job postings, unsolicited emails, or messages claiming to be from our recruiters or hiring managers. Please note that JumpCloud will never ask for any personal account information, such as credit card details or bank account numbers, during the recruitment process. Additionally, JumpCloud will never send you a check for any equipment prior to employment.
All communication related to interviews and offers from our recruiters and hiring managers will come from official company email addresses (@jumpcloud.com) and will never ask for any payment, fee to be paid or purchases to be made by the job seeker. If you are contacted by anyone claiming to represent JumpCloud and you are unsure of their authenticity, please do not provide any personal/financial information and contact us immediately at [email protected] with the subject line "Scam Notice"
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