Principal Engineer

Role: Principal Engineer 

Location: Bengaluru 

What you’ll do 

We’re MiQ, a global programmatic media partner for marketers and agencies. Our people are at the heart of everything we do, so you will be too. No matter the role or the location, we’re all united in the vision to lead the programmatic industry and make it better. 

As a Principal Engineer in our technology department, you’ll have the chance to:  

• Designing and planning of multiple complex projects and has a good record of time estimate vs actual delivery
• Identify & evangelize frameworks and methodologies for building highly available, high-performance systems. Ensures that design/architecture documents incorporate these practices.
• Strong understanding of business and product vision, can wear the hat of product manager when he/she is not there
• Introduce new tools and methodologies when appropriate to simplify or increase efficiency of development. Drive evaluation of new tools via POCs
• Is an expert with non-functional requirements such as Performance, Security, Availability. Understands infrastructure as cattle not pet

Who are your stakeholders? 

Key stakeholders include the Product Leads of various products, Leads of various teams across Engineering, Data Science, Analytics, Trading departments.

What you’ll bring  

• 10+ years’ experience developing with an Object-Oriented Language
• Hands on expertise building multi-tier web applications, Microservices based architectures, Distributed & multi-tenant systems and design patterns.
• Experience building scalable systems
• Experience working with SQL and NoSQL databases
• Experience with cloud environments such as AWS, Google Cloud or Azure
• Experience working on CI/CD pipelines
• Extremely good communication and presentation skills.
• A determined sense of purpose that helps you achieve stretch goals. 
• A can-do attitude, with a dream to grow alongside us.

We’ve highlighted some key skills, experience and requirements for this role. But please don’t worry if you don’t meet every single one. Our talent team strives to find the best people. They might see something in your background that’s a fit for this role, or another opportunity at MiQ.  

If you have a passion for the role, please still apply.  

What impact will you create? 

You will identify & evangelize frameworks and methodologies for building highly available, high-performance systems.  You ensure that design/architecture documents incorporate these practices and introduce new tools and methodologies when appropriate to simplify or increase efficiency of development. You’ll drive evaluation of new tools via POCs and continuously evaluate how the team operates in different areas of software engineering. You will Initiate changes necessary to move the team a step higher in adopting best practices and critique the software product design and architecture and contribute to its evolution from the inception.

What’s in it for you? 

Our Centre of Excellence is the very heart of MiQ, and it’s where the magic happens. It means everything you do and everything you create will have a huge impact across our entire global business. 

MiQ is incredibly proud to foster a welcoming culture. We do everything possible to make sure everyone feels valued for what they bring. With global teams committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion, we’re always moving towards becoming an even better place to work. 

Values 

Our values are so much more than statements. They unite MiQers in every corner of the world. They shape the way we work and the decisions we make. And they inspire us to stay true to ourselves and to aim for better. Our values are there to be embraced by everyone, so that we naturally live and breathe them. Just like inclusivity, our values flow through everything we do - no matter how big or small.

• We do what we love - Passion
• We figure it out - Determination
• We anticipate the unexpected - Agility
• We always unite - Unite
• We dare to be unconventional - Courage

Benefits  

Every region and office have specific perks and benefits, but every person joining MiQ can expect: 

• A hybrid work environment  
• New hire orientation with job specific onboarding and training
• Internal and global mobility opportunities
• Competitive healthcare benefits
• Bonus and performance incentives
• Generous annual PTO paid parental leave, with two additional paid days to acknowledge holidays, cultural events, or inclusion initiatives.
• Employee resource groups designed to connect people across all MiQ regions, drive action, and support our communities.

Apply today! 

Equal Opportunity Employer