Principal Engineer

Summary

Im a hands-on staff/senior engineer with over 15 years of experience architecting and delivering large-scale e-commerce and SaaS platforms for Fortune 500 clients and fast-moving product teams. My background spans roles at Automattic and Publicis Sapient, where Ive led globally distributed, remote-first teams and built scalable systems across industries.

I specialize in headless commerce, payments, and CMS integrations, with deep expertise in Node.js, Java, REST APIs, and microservices architecture. Notable achievements include launching a full-featured checkout solution for WooCommerce Paymentspowering \$8M+ in transactionsand scaling a high-performing engineering team from the ground up. Ive also led complex multi-country ecommerce rollouts, balancing deep technical leadership with a strong product mindset.

Expectations

I'm looking for senior software engineering roles where I can work on world-class products, ideally in the payments or e-commerce domain. I enjoy solving real-world problems at scale and value teams that focus on high-quality engineering, clear communication, and practical, user-driven development.

Employment Preferences

Expected Base Salary

*,*00,000 INR

Expected Hourly Rate

*,*00 INR/hr

Academic Degree

Experience

Skills

• E-commerce
• SaaS
• Content Management Systems
• Payments
• Node.js
• React
• Java
• Python
• PHP
• WordPress
• WooCommerce
• Spring Boot
• REST API Design
• Microservices Architecture
• Docker
• CI
• CD
• AWS
• GCP
• NoSQL Databases
• Software Architecture
• Technical Leadership
• Agile Methodologies
• Communication Skills
• Remote-first