Job Description OverviewWe are seeking a Principal Development Lead to drive architecture, solution design, and technical direction for strategic network automation initiatives. This individual will work closely with business and technology stakeholders to translate operational requirements into scalable application architectures and detailed engineering designs for offshore development teams.

This role is highly consultative and requires a hands-on technical leader who can bridge business objectives, architecture strategy, and software engineering execution.

Key Responsibilities

• Partner with engineering, product, and network operations stakeholders to define future-state automation solutions.
• Lead architecture and design sessions for enterprise applications supporting network automation and operational workflows.
• Create detailed technical designs, engineering standards, implementation plans, and development roadmaps.
• Guide offshore development teams through solution implementation, code reviews, and technical governance.
• Design and develop scalable APIs, microservices, and event-driven architectures.
• Establish best practices for software engineering, security, observability, and performance optimization.
• Review existing platforms and identify opportunities for modernization and automation.
• Collaborate with QA, DevOps, and platform teams to ensure end-to-end solution delivery.
• Provide technical leadership across multiple concurrent initiatives. Skills and Requirements
• 10+ years of software engineering experience, including technical leadership or architecture responsibilities.
• Strong expertise in React, Java, Spring Boot, API development, and Python.
• Experience designing scalable microservices and distributed systems.
• Deep knowledge of PostgreSQL, MySQL, and application data modeling.
• Experience with cloud-native architectures, Kubernetes, Docker, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Ability to create detailed technical designs and guide offshore development teams through implementation.
• Strong communication skills with experience partnering directly with business and technology stakeholders.

We are a company committed to creating diverse and inclusive environments where people can bring their full, authentic selves to work every day. We are an equal employment opportunity/affirmative action employer that believes everyone matters. Qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, marital status, national origin, ancestry, genetic factors, age, disability, protected veteran status, military or uniformed service member status, or any other status or characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations, and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request to HR@insightglobal.com.