Rubrik
About this role
This is the most senior role in today's edition at 18 or more years, and the posting is unusually frank about its level: it says the Principal Engineer role operates at the same level as an Engineering Director. It sits in Rubrik's Developer Platform organisation and owns the technical strategy for the systems behind the software development lifecycle, developer experience and engineering productivity, spanning CI and CD pipelines, core infrastructure and observability. The posting names problem seeking as the primary focus, giving the example of scaling the platform tenfold while reducing cost, and puts significant weight on integrating AI and machine learning into developer workflows. It remains an individual contributor track role, but the scope is organisational and the mentoring expectation is aimed at Staff Engineers.
Who this is for
The employer asks for typically 18 or more years of industry experience in software engineering, with significant depth in developer platforms and infrastructure. The posting states the role operates at the same level as an Engineering Director, so calibrate expectations accordingly.
The day to day, as the posting groups it. Platform strategy and AI powered productivity: defining the long term technical vision, described as a 3 or more year horizon, for the Developer Platform including core infrastructure, CI and CD pipelines and observability systems; pioneering the integration of AI and ML both for engineering tasks and to transform internal processes and tools company wide; translating future business opportunities or productivity gaps into solvable multi quarter technical problems with a clear roadmap; and driving improvements in engineering velocity and quality by finding and removing bottlenecks in the software development lifecycle.
The role also carries technical leadership, strategic delivery and people growth responsibilities, including coaching and mentoring Staff Engineers toward Principal level impact and raising the hiring bar. Scope spans multiple complex systems and multiple engineering organisations.
Location is Bangalore.
⚠️ Rubrik's careers site returns an error to automated link checks, so this listing was verified live through the Greenhouse jobs API, which confirmed it open and updated on 28 July. It opens normally in a browser.
Good fit if you have eighteen years behind you, want director level scope and influence, and specifically want to stay on the individual contributor ladder. Not a fit if you are looking for focused hands on coding, because the emphasis here is strategy, cross organisational influence and mentoring.
The day to day, as the posting groups it. Platform strategy and AI powered productivity: defining the long term technical vision, described as a 3 or more year horizon, for the Developer Platform including core infrastructure, CI and CD pipelines and observability systems; pioneering the integration of AI and ML both for engineering tasks and to transform internal processes and tools company wide; translating future business opportunities or productivity gaps into solvable multi quarter technical problems with a clear roadmap; and driving improvements in engineering velocity and quality by finding and removing bottlenecks in the software development lifecycle.
The role also carries technical leadership, strategic delivery and people growth responsibilities, including coaching and mentoring Staff Engineers toward Principal level impact and raising the hiring bar. Scope spans multiple complex systems and multiple engineering organisations.
Location is Bangalore.
⚠️ Rubrik's careers site returns an error to automated link checks, so this listing was verified live through the Greenhouse jobs API, which confirmed it open and updated on 28 July. It opens normally in a browser.
Good fit if you have eighteen years behind you, want director level scope and influence, and specifically want to stay on the individual contributor ladder. Not a fit if you are looking for focused hands on coding, because the emphasis here is strategy, cross organisational influence and mentoring.
Apply on company site
Opens www.rubrik.com, the employer's own application page. Applying is always free.