AVEVA is creating software trusted by over 90% of leading industrial companies. Job Title: Dev - R&D Principal Technologist (IC)Dev - R&D Principal Technologist (IC) Location: Bangalore Employment Type: Full time, regular, hybrid work arrangement The job The Principal Technologist will provide hands-on technical leadership in designing and delivering scalable, secure, and high-quality cloud-based software solutions for AVEVA CONNECT.
The role requires strong expertise in C#, .NET, Azure, cloud-native architecture, microservices, containers, databases, and secure software engineering. Working closely with Product, Development, DevOps, Security, and other R&D teams, the successful candidate will drive architectural decisions, mentor engineers, establish engineering standards, and translate business requirements into robust technical solutions and delivery plans.
Key responsibilities Work closely with the Product Owner, stakeholders, and Scrum Team to understand, define, design, and implement software solutions that meet business and customer needs. Actively participate in Agile/Scrum ceremonies, including sprint planning and estimation, backlog refinement, daily Scrum meetings, sprint reviews, and retrospectives. Collaborate with Customer Support to troubleshoot customer-reported issues, identify root causes, and drive them to timely resolution.
Develop high-quality, maintainable, and scalable code that is fully reviewed, unit tested, documented, and delivered in accordance with agreed quality standards. Analyze, design, implement, and validate security requirements in alignment with industry-standard cybersecurity practices. Contribute to continuous improvement of engineering practices, development processes, and overall product quality.
Essential requirements 12+ years of software engineering experience. Strong hands-on expertise in C#, .NET / ASP.NET Core, and enterprise cloud-based application development. Strong knowledge of Microsoft Azure and cloud-native architecture, with experience designing scalable, secure, resilient, and maintainable solutions. Strong software design fundamentals, including OOP, SOLID principles, design patterns, and reusable framework/component design.
Good understanding of microservices, APIs, Docker, containerized applications, and Azure services including AKS/Kubernetes, App Services, Function Apps, Key Vault, RBAC, and Azure Policy. Strong knowledge of SQL Server, database design, data access patterns, and application performance considerations. Strong engineering quality and security mindset, including automated testing, secure coding, authentication/authorization, dependency risk, and vulnerability remediation.
Proven ability to make architectural and technical decisions by evaluating scalability, performance, security, maintainability, and delivery trade-offs. Strong technical leadership skills, including mentoring engineers, conducting design/code reviews, defining engineering standards, and collaborating across Development, DevOps, Security, Product, and R&D teams. Ability to translate business and product requirements into technical designs, executable backlogs, dependencies, estimates, and realistic delivery plans.
Desired skills and competencies Good understanding of Azure DevOps, CI/CD practices, Infrastructure-as-Code, and Azure automation using PowerShell / Azure CLI. Strong operational awareness, including observability, logging, monitoring, troubleshooting, performance diagnostics, and production support. Experience with technical discovery, prototypes/POCs, architecture documentation, and communicating technical decisions across teams.
Knowledge or practical experience with AI, Generative AI, AI-enabled applications, and AI-assisted software development. Experience with Angular or other modern front-end frameworks. R&D at AVEVA Our global team of 2000+ developers work on an incredibly diverse portfolio of over 75 industrial automatio