Principal Software Engineer

Overview

Principal Software Engineer on the Owners team, driving the next generation of construction platform initiatives on Procore's web platform in a global SaaS infrastructure. Reports to the Sr Engineering Director and is based in the Bengaluru office.

What you'll do

• Lead Procore's approach to AI-native engineering, leveraging generative tools and agentic workflows across the SDLC while setting technical direction for engineering teams.
• Own the multi-year technical vision and architecture for foundational platform services that power complex construction workflows across products, organizations, and modalities (web, mobile, API, and agentic surfaces).
• Set company-wide architectural direction, standards, and patterns; identify and resolve high-leverage, high-ambiguity technical challenges across the engineering organization before they become blockers.
• Serve as a technical mentor and force multiplier: guide and grow Staff engineers, cultivate senior technical talent, and elevate the engineering bar through architecture reviews, design councils, and technical strategy forums.
• Define Procore's approach to AI-native engineering, from agentic development workflows in the SDLC to production agentic systems in the product, and evangelize adoption across Product & Technology.
• Remain hands-on where critical: prototype high-impact technical bets, unblock complex initiatives, and author code and architectural design documents that serve as reference models for the organization.
• Partner with executives to shape product and corporate technology roadmaps; translate strategic objectives into a durable, scalable platform strategy and hold the organization accountable to technical excellence.

What you'll need

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent practical work experience.
• 10+ years of software engineering experience building and operating large-scale, distributed, full-stack systems, with a track record of operating at a Principal level or equivalent with organization-wide technical scope.
• Deep, hands-on expertise across modern tech stacks (e.g., Ruby on Rails, Go, Java, Node.js, Python, React, TypeScript) paired with mastery in distributed systems design, resilience, and operational scalability.
• Demonstrated technical leadership in AI-native engineering, including experience architecting agentic systems, integrating LLMs into software platforms, and utilizing AI-assisted developer tooling in production environments.
• Proven judgment navigating ambiguity, with the ability to define critical engineering priorities, translate complex concepts for technical and executive audiences, and drive durable consensus.
• Strong consultative communication and stakeholder influence, comfortable presenting technical roadmaps to senior leadership and driving a culture of continuous learning and engineering excellence.

Details

• Location: Bengaluru office.