SWE & App Arch Principal Engineer

PepsiCo UK

Experience: 10+ yrs
Location: Hyderabad, Telangana, India
Job type: Full-time

Required skills

Java
JavaScript
Spring
SpringBoot
React
React Native
NodeJS
Azure
Google Cloud
AWS
CI/CD
Observability
Security
Data

About the role

Principal Engineer Is responsible for owning one or more technology domains or products, leading engineering team memebers to deliver secure, scalable, and high‑quality solutions that support business objectives. This role translates enterprise strategy into execution, balances delivery with technical excellence, and partners closely with Product, Architecture, Security, and Business stakeholders.

Role Responsibilities: 

Create the vision and guide a team of engineers to build and support digital products and services (TS&EP) across S&T core priorities 
Drive partnerships with User Experience, Product Management, IT, Data & Analytics, Emerging Tech, Innovation, and Process Engineering teams to deliver the Digital Products portfolio 
Develop software development strategy utilizing industry standards. Create roadmap and timing of implementation of the roadmap based on business requirements and strategy. 
Lead multi-discipline, high-performance work teams distributed across remote locations effectively. Build, manage, develop, and mentor a team of engineers.  
Develop and expand DPS capabilities through a customer obsessed, services-driven digital solutions platform that leverages data and AI to deliver automated and personalized experiences 
Manage and appropriately escalate delivery impediments, risks, issues, and changes tied to the engineering initiatives to the stakeholders 
Interact with key business partners to recommend solutions that best meet the strategic needs of the business

Technology & Delivery Ownership

Own delivery and operational accountability for assigned applications, platforms, integrations, or services
Translate business needs into technical roadmaps and execution plans
Ensure solutions meet enterprise standards (architecture, security, compliance, performance)
Drive modernization, resilience, and technical debt reduction
Handon coding to pick up equal share to contribute to code and projects

Engineering Leadership

Lead a team of engineers, contractors, or system integrators
Provide technical direction, code quality oversight, and design review governance
Establish and enforce engineering best practices (CI/CD, testing, observability, secure coding)
Balance speed of delivery with long‑term maintainability

Stakeholder & Cross‑Functional Partnership

Partner with Product Managers, Architects, Security, Infrastructure, and Vendors
Communicate risks, tradeoffs, and progress clearly to leadership
Support portfolio prioritization and roadmap alignment

Operational Excellence

Ensure availability, performance, and supportability of production systems
Own incident awareness, root‑cause remediation, and continuous improvement
Support audits, compliance requirements, and enterprise reviews

Financial & Resource Management

Manage vendor resource allocation
Forecast capacity and skill needs to meet roadmap commitments
Drive cost optimization through architecture and delivery efficiencies

Minimum Qualifications: 

A Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related field  
Master’s or PhD in Computer Science or Engineering preferred 
Minimum of 10 years of relevant software development and engineering management experience 
3+ years’ experience managing developers with 1+ years of managing multiple managers/teams  
Commanding knowledge of data structures, algorithms, and object-oriented design   
Working knowledge of programming languages - Java and JavaScript 
Working knowledge of BackEnd and FrontEnd Frameworks – Spring/SpringBoot/React/React Native and NodeJS ecosystem 
Drive Best Practices of Code Reviews, Design Reviews, Architecture Reviews 
Metrics-backed decisions during all phases of SDLC 
Experience with Azure (preferred), Google Cloud, Amazon Web Services and cloud specific PaaS and SaaS solutions

Qualities 

Strong attention to detail and extremely well-organized 
Ability to run a large team of software engineers 
Ability to manage multiple projects with competing priorities 
Ability to be able to interface with the business and recognize their needs and priorities  
Ability to work cross functionally with product, service design and operations across the organization 
Demonstrated passion for excellence with respect to Engineering services, education, and support 
Strong interpersonal skills, ability to navigate through a complex and matrixed internal environment 
Ability to work collaboratively with regional and global partners in other functional units 
Ability to navigate a complex organization and to influence and lead people across cultures at a senior level 
Working knowledge of Cloud Native Development including concepts of Message Queues, Distributed Caching, Load Balancing, RDBMS, NoSQL, REST API’S, etc. 
Deep knowledge of design patterns, architecture patterns  
Strong verbal and written English communication skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with global teams.

About PepsiCo UK

Global food and beverage company producing snacks and drinks.

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