Principal Software Development Engineer

Overview

Principal Software Development Engineer to lead architecture, deployment, and evolution of large-scale Generative AI platforms and intelligent agent systems in production.

What you'll do

• Build and maintain MCP (Model Context Protocol) servers for standardized, secure LLM and agent interactions.
• Design and deploy high-performance containerized generative AI workloads in production.
• Define engineering standards, architectural patterns, and best practices for enterprise AI systems.
• Create production-ready AI system components that are scalable, secure, and observable.
• Partner across multidisciplinary teams to deliver reliable AI capabilities at scale.

What you'll need

• 10+ years of software engineering experience with distributed systems, platform engineering, or ML infrastructure.
• Experience building, deploying, and operating production-grade AI/ML or LLM systems at scale.
• Strong expertise in Python and systems languages such as Go, C++, Rust, or Java.
• Hands-on experience with Docker, Kubernetes, and cloud-native deployment patterns.
• Foundational understanding of AI/ML technologies and experience leveraging/securing/positioning AI-driven solutions.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field, or equivalent practical experience.

Details

• Role is Hybrid and reports to the Senior Director, Software Engineering in the ZPA department.
• Location: Bangalore, India.