Principal Engineer -Dev Platform(Developer Experience)

Rubrik Job Board is hiring a Principal Engineer -Dev Platform(Developer Experience) in Bangalore.

Responsibilities

Your responsibilities will encompass technical leadership, strategic delivery and people growth with a focus on cross-functional impact across the Developer Platform and the wider Engineering organization:

• Platform Strategy and AI-Powered Productivity

• Define the long-term technical vision (3+ years) for the Developer Platform, including core infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, and observability systems, ensuring they are cohesive and sustainable.

• Pioneer the integration of AI/ML not just for engineering tasks but to drive overall company productivity, transforming internal processes and tools.

• Identify and translate a future business opportunity or engineering productivity gap into a solvable, multi-quarter technical problem with a clear roadmap.

• Drive significant improvements in engineering velocity and quality by identifying and solving bottlenecks within the software development process and continually introducing innovation.

• Technical Leadership and Standards

• Apply domain expertise across multiple system domains (e.g., CI/CD, Observability, Cloud Infrastructure, Tooling) to drive future-proof, high-leverage platform solutions.

• Set standards for quality, structure, and operational excellence across all core platform systems.

• Be a Consensus Builder, resolving conflicting priorities and mitigating risks across dependent engineering teams.

• Take end-to-end ownership of complex, cross-cutting projects (10-18 engineers' effort) from inception to operation.

• Engineering Influence & Growth:

• Drive and influence collaboration across the entire Engineering organization, establishing a unified software development vision.

• Act as a company ambassador through significant external contributions (e.g., open-source, publications, standards committees).

• Master the craft of coaching, mentoring Staff Engineers for Principal-level impact, and raising the hiring bar

About Rubrik Job Board

The Principal Engineer role is a highly strategic position, operating at the same level as an Engineering Director. In the Developer Platform organization, you will be responsible for defining and executing the technical strategy for multiple key systems/technical areas that are of significant impact to the company's Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC), developer experience, and core engineering productivity. The scope and impact of your work will span the interactions among multiple complex s