# Principal Engineer - Front/Back-End Development, Azure, CI/CD & AI/Cloud **Company**: Syneos Health **Experience**: senior **Job type**: full-time **Category**: Engineering **Industry**: Healthcare **Apply**: https://syneoshealth.wd12.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Syneos_Health_External_Site/job/IND-Hyderabad-Hybrid/Principal-Engineer---Front-Back-End-Development--APEX--Azure--CI-CD---AI-Cloud_25109573-1?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply **Canonical**: https://yubhub.co/jobs/job_e2950bcd-f0a ## Description The Principal Engineer provides senior technical leadership and management for software engineering teams responsible for designing, developing, and delivering scalable, secure, and AI-enabled business solutions. **Core Responsibilities** **Engineering Leadership & Team Management** - Lead, coach, mentor, and develop software engineers while fostering a culture of accountability, collaboration, innovation, and continuous learning. - Manage engineering resources, workload planning, and delivery commitments across multiple projects and initiatives. - Establish and promote engineering best practices, development standards, code quality expectations, and technical governance processes. - Collaborate with project managers, product owners, architects, and business stakeholders to ensure successful project execution and delivery. **Architecture & Solution Design** - Lead technical discovery sessions and partner with stakeholders to gather, analyze, and refine business and technical requirements. - Own architectural decisions and provide technical leadership throughout the software development lifecycle. - Design and document scalable, secure, and maintainable cloud-native solutions using modern engineering patterns and best practices. - Develop architecture diagrams, technical roadmaps, and solution documentation to support decision-making, implementation, and operational support. - Evaluate emerging technologies and recommend innovative approaches that drive business value and operational efficiency. **Software Engineering & Delivery** - Lead software development teams in the delivery of AI-first, production-ready enterprise and client solutions. - Participate as a hands-on technical contributor for complex implementation efforts, proof-of-concepts, and critical engineering initiatives. - Design and implement APIs, event-driven systems, microservices, cloud-native applications, and platform integrations. - Ensure solutions are designed for scalability, resiliency, security, maintainability, and operational excellence. - Drive adoption of modern engineering practices including CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), automated testing, and DevSecOps methodologies. **AI & Modern Engineering** - Champion the adoption of AI-enabled software development practices and emerging technologies. - Leverage generative AI, agentic systems, and intelligent automation to improve developer productivity and business outcomes. - Lead the development and implementation of AI-powered solutions, testing strategies, and automation frameworks. - Partner with engineering and business teams to identify opportunities for AI innovation and practical application. **Client & Stakeholder Engagement** - Engage directly with stakeholders to understand business objectives, address technical challenges, and provide strategic guidance. - Facilitate discussions across technical and non-technical audiences to align priorities and communicate complex concepts effectively. - Support workshops, solution reviews, architecture presentations, and technical demonstrations. **Qualifications** - Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field; equivalent experience will be considered. - 5+ years of software engineering experience with demonstrated technical leadership responsibilities. - Experience managing and mentoring software engineering teams and driving delivery outcomes. - Strong experience designing and delivering cloud-native applications using Microsoft Azure, AWS, or comparable cloud platforms. - Preferred experience with Microsoft Azure Servless, PaaS services including App Services, Azure Functions, Container Apps, Azure OpenAI, Azure SQL, GitHub Actions, Azure Key Vault, and related cloud-native capabilities. - Experience developing modern web applications using technologies such as Python, Node.js, TypeScript, C#, React, Next.js, or similar frameworks. - Strong understanding of software architecture principles, distributed systems, event-driven architectures, APIs, microservices, and cloud-native design patterns. - Experience with relational and NoSQL databases including PostgreSQL, SQL Server, MySQL, Cosmos DB, DynamoDB, or similar technologies. - Experience implementing CI/CD pipelines, Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Bicep, Pulumi, or similar), and DevOps practices. - Experience integrating applications, platforms, and third-party systems through APIs and cloud services. - Familiarity with Generative AI, Large Language Models (LLMs), Agentic AI solutions (e.g.: LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK), AI-assisted development, and modern automation practices. - Excellent problem-solving, decision-making, communication, and stakeholder management skills. - Proven ability to lead technical workstreams while remaining an effective hands-on contributor. ## Skills ### Required - Microsoft Azure - AWS - Python - Node.js - TypeScript - C# - React - Next.js - PostgreSQL - SQL Server - MySQL - Cosmos DB - DynamoDB - Terraform - Bicep - Pulumi - GitHub Actions - Azure Key Vault - Generative AI - Large Language Models (LLMs) - Agentic AI solutions - LangChain - OpenAI Agents SDK ### Nice to have - Azure AI Foundry - Azure OpenAI - machine learning platforms - intelligent automation technologies - modern testing frameworks - automated quality assurance - performance testing - observability platforms --- Source: [Apply at syneoshealth.wd12.myworkdayjobs.com](https://syneoshealth.wd12.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Syneos_Health_External_Site/job/IND-Hyderabad-Hybrid/Principal-Engineer---Front-Back-End-Development--APEX--Azure--CI-CD---AI-Cloud_25109573-1?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply)