Principal Software Engineer

<Note: If you applied to similar position earlier for different job here, please don't re-apply, we will be looking internally if you are still suitable for this position and reach out to you, This position specifically at Principal level (experience 8-10 yrs minimum)>We need someone who has lived in production — not just visited. You've been paged at 2am, traced a memory leak through 10 layers of abstraction, and shipped a hotfix under pressure without breaking something else. You understand the difference between code that looks good in a PR and code that survives a Monday morning traffic spike.This isn't a research role. It's not a greenfield prototype role. It's a principal-level engineering role where you will own critical backend systems, ship production AI features, and be accountable when things break — because they will.What You'll Actually DoOwn and maintain production Python services — not just write them. You're responsible when they go down and responsible for making sure they don't.Diagnose live production issues using real tools: distributed tracing, log analytics, profilers, Azure Monitor, Application Insights — not just reading stack traces.Design and operate Azure-native backend infrastructure: Functions, Durable Functions, Event Grid, Service Bus, and the surrounding deployment pipeline.Build AI features that don't just work in a notebook — RAG pipelines, agentic workflows, and LLM orchestration (LangChain, AutoGen, Semantic Kernel) that are production-hardened, observable, and recoverable.Set the engineering bar: code review, CI/CD discipline, testing strategy, and incident post-mortems that actually prevent recurrence.Work with secondary stacks (C#) when needed. You don't need to love them — you need to be functional and honest about the gaps.What We're Looking ForNon-negotiable:8–10+ years of professional backend or full-stack engineering, with a significant portion spent maintaining systems you also built.Python is your primary language. You know where it gets slow, where it gets unpredictable, and how to fix both.Real Azure production experience — not sandbox certifications. You've debugged cold start latency, dealt with event ordering issues, and designed for failure modes in distributed systems.You've used monitoring and observability tooling as a regular part of your workflow, not just during incidents.You can explain a previous production outage — root cause, how you diagnosed it, what you changed, and how you validated the fix.Strong Signal:You've shipped LLM or RAG features into a production environment and maintained them past launch — dealing with prompt drift, latency, cost management, and eval degradation.You've worked with high-concurrency data patterns: SQL or NoSQL at scale, queue-backed processing, or stream processing under real load.You've owned a CI/CD pipeline end-to-end — not just merged into one.Integrity & ValidationExperience Verification: All candidates will undergo comprehensive experience validation and background checks.Genuineness over Buzzwords: We appreciate and reward candidates who are honest about what they know and what they don't. We are looking for authentic expertise, not a list of keywords.*No Visa sponsorship available, only candidates with valid work permit should apply.* Final offer amounts are determined by factors including your relevant skills, education and experience.Equal Opportunity Statement*InnoveIQ is an Equal Opportunity Employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local employment laws. We do not discriminate on the basis of any protected characteristic. A description of benefits, if applicable, will be provided during the interview process. We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.*Consent to Communication & Use of AI TechnologyBy submitting your application and providing your contact information, you consent to receive text (SMS), email, and/or voice communications — whether automated, pre-recorded, AI-assisted, or individually initiated — from InnoveIQ, our agents, representatives, partners or affiliates, at the phone number and/or email address provided. These communications may relate to job opportunities and related information. Message and data rates may apply. Frequency may vary.You represent and warrant that the contact information you provide belongs to you and that you are authorized to receive calls, texts, and emails at those contacts. For questions or to opt out of communications, contact us.