Join our India Tech Hub – Be among the first hires!
Kobie, a 35-year veteran of the loyalty industry, a multi-year Forrester Leader, and USA Top Workplace is expanding its global footprint by establishing a Tech Hub in India. Kobie partners with global brands to build deep connections with their customers through personalized, data-driven loyalty experiences and has a mission of growing enterprise value through loyalty. The Tech Hub will serve as a Global Capabilities Center for a broad range of technology roles, and this is your chance to play a pivotal role in shaping our presence in India. Join us as we continue to lead in loyalty, delivering innovative customer experiences for some of the world’s most recognized brands while working alongside some of the best and brightest in loyalty.
About the team and what we will build together
The Principal Software Engineer is responsible for the design of our software products. The successful Principal Software Engineer partners with software developers and business stakeholders to internalize requirements, schematically design solutions, present options and trade-offs, and work alongside developers and testers to ensure software is modular, extensible, testable, and reliable. The Principal Software Engineer’s impact is far-reaching as the role ensures that we’re able to deliver world-class software in our company’s fast-paced environment.
How you will make an impact
- Work alongside and mentor software developers to design and implement robust, high-quality software used by millions of customers every day.
- Working with product owners, product managers, and engineering team leads providing designs and estimates for proposed initiatives.
- Drive innovation and adoption of industry best practices through code examples, pairing, teaching, and designing highly performant, extensible systems.
What you need to be successful
- Deep experience designing, building, delivering, and operating enterprise-grade production software.
- Strong mentoring and coaching instincts. Leads conversations to drive engineering decisions in a positive, yet critical manner.
- Designs distributed; service-oriented software organized around functional capabilities.
- Fluent in modern software design patterns and principles—SOLID, Twelve-Factor, DRY
- 5+ years of Java/J2EE development experience is required
- Proficient in RDBMS technology, for real time systems
- Responsible for enforcing / defending the business interest in executing on those decisions at all layers of the application stack.
- Broad technology knowledge, having worked with custom development projects, systems integration efforts and database systems
- Clearly communicates trade-offs and relative costs of different approaches to a given problem or requirement.
- Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), preferred
- New Relic, preferred
About Kobie
Named a Top Workplace in the USA and Top Remote Workplace, Kobie is where the best minds in loyalty come together, driven by passion and innovation. We’re always looking for talented individuals ready to join a collaborative, growth-focused culture.
As a trusted partner to some of the world’s most recognized brands, we are loyalty leaders, helping brands build lasting emotional connections with their consumers. We do this with a strategy-led technology approach that uncovers the truth behind what drives consumers on an emotional level. As we launch our India Tech Hub, we are excited to bring our award-winning culture to a new region - creating an environment where collaboration, flexibility, and career growth come together to build something truly special.
We are proud to be the only loyalty provider to be externally recognized for their culture. We believe people thrive when they feel valued, supported, and empowered to be their authentic selves. Our commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion ensures every teammate has a voice and the opportunity to be heard.
Giving back is in our DNA at Kobie, through an annual fundraiser, charitable partnerships, and volunteer opportunities, we encourage our teammates to make a difference in their communities.
To support our teammates beyond just their careers, we offer highly competitive benefits, comprehensive health coverage, and well-being perks that support our teammates and their dependents. We understand the importance of time for life outside of work - recognizing public holidays, offering flexible time off, and prioritizing work-life balance.
As we expand into India, our new teammates will be fully integrated with our U.S. teams, working on global projects and gaining exposure to top industry leaders. With continued growth, we will establish a physical office in Bengaluru, India, giving teammates a space for collaboration and fostering connection.
Now is the perfect time to join Kobie. Be part of something big and help shape the future of our global capabilities center, the Kobie India Tech Hub.
