Principal Engineer Job at Mumbai, Maharashtra, India Full Time NEW

Emeritus is committed to teaching the skills of the future by making high-quality education accessible and affordable to individuals, companies, and governments around the world. It does this by collaborating with more than 80 top-tier universities across the United States, Europe, Latin America, Southeast Asia, India and China.

Emeritus’ short courses, degree programs, professional certificates, and senior executive programs help individuals learn new skills and transform their lives, companies and organizations. Its unique model of state-of-the-art technology, curriculum innovation, and hands-on instruction from senior faculty, mentors and coaches has educated more than 300,000 individuals across 80+ countries.

Founded in 2015, Emeritus, part of Eruditus Group, has more than 1,800 employees globally and offices in Mumbai, New Delhi, Shanghai, Singapore, Palo Alto, Mexico City, New York, Boston, London, and Dubai. The company is backed by prominent investors including Accel, SoftBank Vision Fund 2, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, Leeds Illuminate, Prosus Ventures, Sequoia Capital India, and Bertelsmann.

Job Description

Key Responsibilities:

Staff Software Engineer (Java/Spring Boot) – Learning Experience &

Platform Engineering

Location: [Remote]

Experience: 6+ Years

Employment Type: Full-Time

About The Role

We are looking for a highly skilled Staff Software Engineer to join our engineering team and help

design, build, and scale enterprise-grade applications and platforms. This is a hands-on technical

leadership role for someone who combines strong software engineering expertise with system

design capabilities, architectural thinking, and the ability to mentor and lead development teams.

The ideal candidate has extensive experience building large-scale applications using Java, Spring

Boot, and the Spring ecosystem, designing secure and scalable REST APIs, driving engineering

best practices, and delivering high-quality software solutions. Experience leveraging modern AIassisted

development tools to improve engineering productivity is a strong advantage.

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Key Responsibilities

Technical Leadership

• Lead the design and development of scalable, secure, and high-performance enterprise

applications.

• Drive architectural decisions and establish engineering standards across projects.
• Mentor software engineers through code reviews, design discussions, and technical guidance.
• Collaborate with Product Managers, Architects, DevOps Engineers, and stakeholders to deliver

business-critical solutions.

• Promote engineering excellence, code quality, and best practices.

System Design & Architecture

• Design distributed systems, microservices, and cloud-native applications.
• Create high-level and low-level architecture designs.
• Define API contracts and integration strategies.
• Optimize applications for scalability, reliability, maintainability, and performance.
• Conduct architecture reviews and technical risk assessments.

Software Development

• Develop enterprise applications using Java and Spring technologies.
• Build and maintain RESTful APIs and backend services.
• Implement secure authentication and authorization mechanisms.
• Design and optimize database schemas and data access layers.
• Troubleshoot production issues and drive root cause analysis.

Team Leadership

• Lead small to medium-sized engineering teams.
• Break down complex initiatives into actionable deliverables.
• Support hiring, onboarding, mentoring, and technical growth of engineers.
• Foster a collaborative and high-performance engineering culture.

Innovation & AI Adoption

• Evaluate and adopt AI-powered development tools and workflows.
• Improve engineering productivity through automation, code generation, testing assistance, and

intelligent development practices.

• Stay current with emerging technologies and industry best practices.

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Skills & Qualifications

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• 5+ years of professional software development experience.
• Proven experience leading technical teams and delivering enterprise-scale applications.
• Strong expertise in Java and object-oriented design principles.
• Deep understanding of software architecture and system design.
• Experience designing and implementing scalable REST APIs.
• Strong problem-solving, communication, and leadership skills.

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Technical Skills

Core Java

• Java 17+
• Collections Framework
• Multithreading & Concurrency
• JVM Internals
• Performance Tuning
• Design Patterns

Spring Ecosystem

Strong Hands-on Experience With

• Spring Boot
• Spring Framework
• Spring MVC
• Spring Data JPA
• Spring Security
• Spring Cloud
• Spring WebFlux (preferred)
• Spring Batch
• Spring Integration
• Spring Actuator
• Spring Validation
• Spring Cache

API Development

• RESTful API Design
• OpenAPI / Swagger
• API Security
• OAuth2
• JWT
• API Gateway Integration

Databases

• PostgreSQL
• MySQL
• Query Optimization
• Database Design

Microservices & Distributed Systems

• Event-Driven Architecture
• Service Discovery
• Circuit Breakers
• Distributed Transactions
• Messaging Systems

Testing

• JUnit
• Mockito
• Integration Testing
• Contract Testing
• Performance Testing

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Preferred Qualifications

• Experience building SaaS or enterprise platforms.
• Experience with Learning Management Systems (LMS), EdTech, FinTech, Healthcare, or largescale

B2B applications.

• Exposure to Domain-Driven Design (DDD).
• Experience with observability and monitoring tools.
• Knowledge of security best practices and compliance requirements.
• Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments.

AI Experience (Preferred)

• Practical use of AI coding assistants such as ChatGPT, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Claude,

Windsurf, or similar tools.

• Experience using AI for:
• Code generation and refactoring
• Test automation
• Documentation generation
• System design assistance
• Engineering productivity improvements

Emeritus provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

In Press

• https://inc42.com/buzz/edtech-startup-eruditus-fy23-revenue-crosses-inr-3000-cr-mark/
• emeritus harvard business school: Edtech unicorn Emeritus story now a Harvard Business School case study – The Economic Times (indiatimes.com)