Hybrid Principal Software Engineer

at Smartsheet

• Job title: Principal Software Engineer
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Lead
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: Cloud, Distributed Systems, Java, Microservices, Python, SQL, Go
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Bangalore, India

About the role

• Principal Software Engineer leading the design and implementation of scalable systems at Smartsheet. Driving architectural strategy and mentoring engineers in a hybrid work environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and implementation of Smartsheet’s next-generation architecture, ensuring scalability, security, and performance for millions of global users.
• Define and drive architecture strategy, making key technical decisions that shape the future of the platform.
• Review and guide technical project designs, providing feedback during design review presentations to ensure system resilience and scalability.
• Take ownership of cross-functional technical initiatives, aligning teams around common architectural goals while driving large-scale projects to completion.
• Foster strong technical leadership, mentoring senior engineers and influencing best practices across multiple engineering teams.
• Lead deployment reviews for high-impact projects, ensuring they meet scalability, performance, and security requirements.
• Collaborate closely with product management and other business stakeholders to balance market needs with technical constraints, driving innovation while maintaining technical rigor.
• Drive the strategic integration of sophisticated AI capabilities into complex multi-system architectures, defining patterns and best practices, serving as a thought leader who identifies and leads AI initiatives to address technical challenges and improve productivity across groups.
• Advocate for quality and operational excellence, ensuring systems are monitored, tested, and maintained to meet the highest reliability standards.
• Drive the strategic integration of sophisticated AI capabilities into complex multi-system architectures, defining patterns and best practices, serving as a thought leader who identifies and leads AI initiatives to address technical challenges and improve productivity across groups.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Proven experience in system architecture and the design of scalable, high- availability systems across multiple programming languages and frameworks (Python, Go, Java, C/C++, SQL).
• Deep understanding of distributed systems, event-driven architectures, and microservices.
• Strong experience in leading large-scale architectural transformations, with the ability to influence technical direction across multiple teams.
• Expertise in web application development, data structures, and object-oriented design.
• A track record of mentoring senior engineers, leading them through architectural challenges, and ensuring they grow into strong technical leaders.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to convey complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences, including senior executives.
• Experience with cloud architectures and infrastructure at scale, as well as database optimization for performance and scalability.
• Demonstrated ability to work autonomously, driving initiatives forward while aligning with business objectives.
• Familiarity with Agile/Scrum methodologies, driving engineering best practices across teams.
• Legally eligible to work in India on an ongoing basis.
• Fluency in English is required.

Benefits

• At Smartsheet, your ideas are heard, your potential is supported, and your contributions have real impact.
• Freedom to explore, push boundaries, and grow beyond your role.
• We welcome diverse perspectives and nontraditional paths,
• Ensuring systems are monitored, tested, and maintained to meet the highest reliability standards.