Principal Lead Design Engineering

About Our Company Ameriprise India LLP has been providing client based financial solutions to help clients plan and achieve their financial objectives for 20 years. We are part of Ameriprise Financial Inc., a US financial planning company headquartered in Minneapolis with a global presence and diversified financial services leader with more than $1.5 trillion in assets under management, administration and advisement as of year-end 2024. The firm’s focus areas include Asset Management and Advice, Retirement Planning and Insurance Protection. Be part of an inclusive, collaborative culture that rewards you for your contributions, and work with other talented individuals who share your passion for doing great work. You’ll also have plenty of opportunities to make your mark at the office and a difference in your community. So, if you're talented, driven and want to work for a strong, ethical company that cares, take the next step and create a career at Ameriprise India LLP.

Principal Lead Engineer is a key member of an agile team to deliver great products for our internal and external customers. In this lead role, you will be primarily responsible for end to end technical delivery of the product - including technical design, development, quality and performance of a web application – both as an individual contributor as well as coordinating and reviewing the work of other engineers on the team. You will also be responsible for the integration and overall support of your product across the tech stack, bring the best practices to improve the speed to market.

Cloud Platform Strategy & Architecture Define and drive the strategic roadmap for cloud engineering platforms and services. Design scalable, resilient, secure, and highly available cloud architectures. Establish enterprise standards, patterns, and best practices for cloud adoption and engineering. Evaluate emerging technologies and provide recommendations aligned with business objectives. Lead architecture reviews and ensure alignment with enterprise architecture standards. Platform Engineering & Automation Lead the development and enhancement of self-service engineering platforms. Drive Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Policy as Code, and platform automation initiatives. Improve developer experience through automation, standardization, and reusable engineering patterns. Champion platform reliability, performance optimization, and operational efficiency. DevSecOps & Engineering Excellence Drive CI/CD modernization and DevSecOps adoption across engineering teams. Establish secure-by-design engineering practices and embed security controls throughout the software delivery lifecycle. Lead implementation of automated quality gates, vulnerability management, and compliance controls. Promote engineering excellence through standardization, automation, and continuous improvement. Observability & Reliability Engineering Define enterprise monitoring, logging, observability, and alerting strategies. Drive SRE and operational excellence practices to improve platform availability and reliability. Establish service health metrics, operational KPIs, SLIs, and SLOs. Lead root cause analysis and resolution of critical platform incidents. Governance, Risk & Compliance Ensure cloud platforms adhere to organizational security, regulatory, audit, and compliance requirements. Establish governance frameworks for cloud resource management, access control, and platform operations. Partner with Risk, Security, and Audit teams to address control requirements and remediation activities.

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or related field. 12+ years of technology experience with at least 5+ years in Cloud Engineering, Platform Engineering, or DevSecOps leadership roles. Deep expertise in public cloud platforms such as Azure,