Principal Software Engineer
Principal Cloud Engineer designs, automates, and scales AWS and Kubernetes-based payment infrastructure using IaC, CI/CD, and cloud-native security to support global payment solutions.
- Compensation
- Not disclosed
- Location
- Pune, Maharashtra, India
- Work setup
- Hybrid
- Seniority
- Principal
- Employment
- Not specified
- Experience
- 12+ years
- Category
- Software engineering
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or related field.
- 12+ years of experience in Cloud Engineering, Platform Engineering, DevOps, or Infrastructure Engineering.
- Proven experience designing and delivering large-scale cloud infrastructure solutions.
- Strong experience leading architecture, automation, and cloud transformation initiatives.
- Experience influencing technical direction and mentoring engineering teams.
- Experience in Payments, Financial Services, FinTech, or other regulated industries preferred.
Nice to have
- Advanced AWS, Kubernetes, or Cloud Platform Certifications.
- Experience leading enterprise cloud transformation initiatives.
- Experience with FinOps, cloud cost optimization, and cloud governance frameworks.
- Knowledge of continuous compliance and automated audit evidence generation.
- Windows administration experience is considered a plus.
- Industry thought leadership, conference speaking, publications, or technical community contributions.
Full description
Powering the world’s payments ecosystem
ACI powers the payments ecosystem – globally, and you power ACI. You’ll innovate, collaborate, and grow in an energetic technology culture with decades of proven success. ACIers – in all roles and levels – are truly your colleagues and many are your friends. Our size and reach allow you to see the global impact of your work. You are visible, your talents are valued, and you are empowered to shape the future of payments.
As a Principal Cloud Engineer in Pune, you will join a diverse, passionate team dedicated to powering the world’s payments ecosystem. This role is focused on designing, automating, and evolving cloud platform capabilities that support ACI’s enterprise infrastructure strategy and next-generation payment solutions. AWS, Kubernetes, Infrastructure as Code, automation, and continuous compliance are key focus areas for this role.
Job Summary
ACI Worldwide is seeking a highly experienced Principal Cloud Engineer to provide technical leadership for enterprise cloud infrastructure, platform engineering, automation, and cloud governance initiatives. This role is ideal for a hands-on technical leader with AWS, Kubernetes, EKS, Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD, Platform Engineering, Cloud Security, and Automation expertise who can drive technical strategy, influence engineering direction, and mentor engineering teams across the organization. The ideal candidate will bring a software-defined mindset and the ability to architect, automate, and orchestrate cloud solutions at scale.
Key Responsibilities
- Define and drive cloud architecture, technical strategy, and engineering standards across enterprise platforms.
- Lead the design and implementation of scalable, secure, highly available cloud infrastructure solutions.
- Drive adoption of Infrastructure as Code (IaC), automation, and platform engineering best practices.
- Architect and implement AWS and Kubernetes-based solutions, including Amazon EKS environments.
- Build and optimize CI/CD pipelines, automated deployment workflows, and cloud operational frameworks.
- Lead cloud governance, security, compliance automation, and operational excellence initiatives.
- Provide technical leadership across engineering teams and serve as the escalation point for complex cloud infrastructure challenges.
- Partner with Product, Engineering, Infrastructure, and Security teams to align technology investments with business objectives.
- Mentor engineers and promote engineering excellence, innovation, automation, and cloud-first strategies.
- Drive enterprise cloud modernization and continuous compliance initiatives through automated controls and evidence generation.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or related field.