Principal Software Engineer

💰 ₹50,400 - ₹80,640 (Est.) 📍 Pune

Job Description

A Moving Experience.

We have an exciting opportunity for a Principal Software Engineer (Java Architect) to join and lead a world-class team building server-side functionality that is at the core of all Cerence Cloud powered by a diverse array of state-of-the-art technologies such as voice recognition, natural language understanding, big data, cloud computing, and more.

Reporting to the Cerence Cloud Senior Engineer Manager, you will be responsible for guiding a team of junior and senior developers in adding new features to the Cerence Cloud Platform. All changes to the platform must ensure that it remains highly performant and extremely reliable. The position is for the "core" team that is responsible for the development and the maintenance of the cloud middleware components (protocol gateway, audio transcoding, routing layer, user data storage, call logging pipeline (big data), ASR engine, GKQA, ...).

Qualifications
• Preferred number of years of relevant work experience: 10-15 years

Education
• B Tech / BE / MCA university degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Technology, Electronics Engineering or equivalent.

Responsibilities

We are looking for a motivated Principal Software Engineer (Java Architect). Your main responsibilities will be, but not limited to:
• Plan and execute projects based on goals and objectives set by senior management, ensure that team has appropriate product and technical specifications, direction and resources to deliver products effectively by establishing realistic estimate for timelines while ensuring that projects remain on target to meet deadlines.
• Coordinate release and sprint planning.
• Represent team on customer calls.
• Quickly gain a good grasp of product internals.
• Present design ideas for new features and guide team towards making coherent designs which flesh out those designs.
• Help developers resolve both technical problems as well as human resources issues.
• Enforce development process (documentation, code review, time tracking, ...).
• Ensure that the team is delivering good quality software.
• Coordinate organized responses to critical support incidents.
• Monitor individual employees' performance, setup goals and manage appraisals
• Provide guidance to coach, motivate and lead team members to their optimum performance levels and career development.

Required Skills
• Experience with Agile tools (JIRA, Confluence preferred)
• Hands on experience in object-oriented design & development
• Experience with Java, Spring frameworks
• Experience with databases (, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Oracle, Cassandra)
• Unix/Linux OS and networking knowledge
• Good software/system troubleshooting skills
• Fluent in English, both written and spoken

Preferred Skills
• Familiarity with GitLab, Maven
• Experience with various architectures (mobile client/server software architecture / SOA (Service-oriented Architecture) / micro-services)
• Experience with public cloud deployment (Azure preferred)
• Experience with highly available and large-scale cloud deployments

As Cerence looks to the future and continues an ambitious growth agenda, we need someone to join the team and help build the future of voice and AI in cars. This is an exciting opportunity to join Cerence's passionate, dedicated, global team and be a part of meaningful innovation in a rapidly growing industry.

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

Cerence is firmly committed to Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and to compliance with all federal, state and local laws that prohibit employment discrimination on the basis of age, race, color, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sex, *** stereotyping, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition, marital status, citizenship status, ****** orientation, protected military or veteran status, genetic information and other protected classifications. Cerence Equal Employment Opportunity Policy Statement.

All prospective and current Employees need to remain vigilant when it comes to executing security policies in the workplace. This includes:

Following workplace security protocols and training programs to familiarize with the ways to maintain a safe workplace.
- Following security procedures to report any suspicious activity.
- Having respect for corporate security procedures to allow those procedures to be effective.
- Adhering to company's compliance and regulations.
- Encouraging to follow a zero tolerance for workplace violence.

Basic knowledge of information security and data privacy requirements (, how to protect data & how to be handling this data).

Demonstrative knowledge of information security through internal training programs

💡 Quick Summary

Seeking a career-building opportunity? The Principal Software Engineer position is now open for candidates interested in the Software Developer Jobs sector. This role in Pune offers a professional environment and growth potential.

Requirement Snapshot: Candidates should possess basic communication skills, a proactive attitude, and the ability to work in a team. Experience in Software Developer Jobs is a plus.

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Job Details

Company Name: Cerence Inc

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