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Principal Software Engineer (C++)

Perforce Verified employer

Full time Hybrid
Experience
13+ years
Location
Pune
Work mode
Hybrid
Salary
₹15L – ₹25L a year estimatetypical for IT Jobs in Pune, 56 posts
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Role at a glance

You will
  • Experience in applying AI and agentic development approaches to improve developer productivity and product capabilities.
  • Ability to design and integrate AI-powered agents responsibly into existing tooling, including evaluation, observability, and safe handling…
  • Drive adoption of AI and agentic development practices across teams, including guardrails for safe use.
Experience
13+ years
Must-have skills
AgileC#C++Data Structures & AlgorithmsJavaLinux
Work mode
Hybrid

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Job description

Location: Pune, Maharashtra
Department: Development

Perforce is a community of collaborative experts, problem solvers, and possibility seekers who believe work should be both challenging and fun. We are proud to inspire creativity, foster belonging, support collaboration, and encourage wellness. At Perforce, you’ll work with and learn from some of the best and brightest in business. Before you know it, you’ll be in the middle of a rewarding career at a company headed in one direction: upward.  

With a global footprint spanning more than 80 countries and including over 75% of the Fortune 100, Perforce Software, Inc. is trusted by the world’s leading brands to deliver solutions for the toughest challenges. The best run DevOps teams in the world choose Perforce.  

Requirements:

  • Bachelor’s degree in computer science (or equivalent).
  • 13+ years professional development experience with C and C++.
  • 7+ years in an Agile/Scrum development environment.
  • Development experience in both Windows and Linux environments.
  • Experience with static analysis, compilers, or program analysis concepts.
  • Strong fundamentals in data structures and algorithms; ability to design efficient solutions.
  • Proven experience leading adoption of AI and agentic development workflows in engineering teams.
  • Experience and/or interest to work with other programming languages (e.g., Java, C#) is a strong asset.
  • Strong knowledge and experience with compilers or static code analysis (e.g., parsers, ASTs, control-flow and data-flow analysis) is a strong asset.
  • Familiarity with coding standards such as MISRA C/C++, AUTOSAR C++14, CERT C/C++ and CWE is a strong asset.
  • Experience working on complex software features and systems with a high degree of technical ownership, including influencing technical direction across teams.

Responsibilities:

  • Experience in applying AI and agentic development approaches to improve developer productivity and product capabilities.
  • Ability to design and integrate AI-powered agents responsibly into existing tooling, including evaluation, observability, and safe handling of customer/code data.
  • Drive adoption of AI and agentic development practices across teams, including guardrails for safe use.
  • Collaborate with other engineers to develop and enhance a wide range of static code analysis tools.
  • Independently lead and own complex features and technical initiatives from design through delivery.
  • Lead technical direction and architecture for major initiatives across teams, and help shape the Static Analysis roadmap.
  • Participate in high level system design and implementation of significant new features.
  • Drive technical decisions and engineering best practices across teams.
  • Proficiency with efficient algorithm design, data structures and design patterns.
  • Plan and develop tests on software changes and new features.
  • Maintain existing software through bug fixes and enhancements.
  • Create clean, well-tested code and deliver the highest quality software.
  • Provide task estimates and accurately report progress as part of an Agile process.
  • Peer-review the work of other software designers.
  • Mentor engineers, including senior and principal engineers, and provide technical guidance to help solve complex technical problems.
  • Demonstrate strong problem-solving and debugging skills, with the ability to independently resolve complex technical issues.
  • Clearly and regularly communicate with management and technical support colleagues on project status, potential issues and progress.
  • Demonstrate understanding of projects from both client and business perspectives.

AI Fluency

    Owns autonomous or semi‑autonomous AI systems end‑to‑end, establishes governance and monitoring, manages ethical and compliance risk, and advises leadership on AI strategy.

All employees are expected to demonstrate AI fluency appropriate to their role and level, including responsible use of AI tools, sound judgment, and adherence to company AI governance and security policy standards.

Come work with us! Our team members are valued for their contributions, introduced to new opportunities, and rewarded well. Perforce combines the experience and rewards of a start-up with the security of an established and privately held profitable company.

If you are passionate about the technology that impacts our day-to-day lives and want to work with talented and dedicated people across the globe, apply today!

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Key skills

Required

AgileC#C++Data Structures & AlgorithmsJavaLinuxScrumC

Job market insights

215active Agile jobs in Pune
55active C# jobs in Pune
76active C++ jobs in Pune
₹15L – ₹25L advertised yearly salary for IT Jobs in Pune (middle half of 56 posts that show a salary; median ₹19L)
6 more open jobs at Perforce

Most IT Jobs posts in Pune ask for 3–6 years of experience (43% of 913 that say).

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How much experience does this job need?

The post asks for 13 Yrs experience.

Where is this job based?

In Pune (hybrid).

What kind of job is this?

It is a full time job.

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