[Hiring] Principal Cyber Security Engineer @Vertex Inc.

Role Description

This role owns domain-level solutions, core technologies, and cross-cutting features shared across multiple engineering teams, setting technical vision and ensuring consistency, extensibility, and long-term maintainability at scale. Operating with full autonomy, the position combines deep technical expertise with organization-wide influence, driving architectural decisions, engineering standards, and talent development across complex, distributed software environments.

• Own domain-level solutions and cross-cutting features; set technical vision and ensure consistency, extensibility, and long-term maintainability across implementations.
• Architect scalable, modular, secure, and performant systems; develop shareable, well-documented code libraries, frameworks, and APIs adopted across multiple teams and initiatives.
• Provide technical direction and mentorship across large or multiple engineering teams; align execution with strategic goals through collaborative planning and oversight.
• Author, review, and approve technical requirements and design documents; lead architecture and code reviews to ensure quality, consistency, and engineering excellence across domains.
• Define and lead testing strategy for shared technologies; ensure robust coverage and automation through unit, integration, and system-level testing.
• Identify and resolve complex performance bottlenecks; guide teams through debugging, refactoring, and architecture decisions using expertise in distributed systems and cross-platform environments.
• Engage with product owners, architects, and engineering leadership to shape roadmap priorities, inform technical direction, and negotiate technical processes and success metrics with internal and external stakeholders.
• Promote innovation through technology consolidation, process improvements, and system-wide enhancements; contribute to strategic initiatives and special projects as assigned.
• Occasional travel may be required.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of software application development experience with deep proficiency in Java, JavaScript, Spring, RESTful services, and relational databases; bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field required.
• Proven ability to architect and deliver large-scale, distributed, cloud-native systems focused on modularity, scalability, and long-term maintainability, using Java/Spring (backend), React/Redux or Angular (frontend), Docker, and AWS.
• Deep expertise in engineering best practices, including design patterns, object-oriented and functional programming paradigms, DI/AOP frameworks, and asynchronous/event-driven architectures.
• Experience leading organization-wide testing strategies; proficiency with unit, integration, and functional testing methodologies, test-driven development, and test automation frameworks.
• Strong proficiency in SQL, T-SQL, and NoSQL; expertise in schema design, data modeling, and performance tuning for relational and distributed database systems including PostgreSQL and SQL Server.
• Experience architecting SOA and SaaS systems with knowledge of ESB, messaging platforms, CI/CD pipelines, and Elastic Stack observability tooling; familiarity with authentication and authorization frameworks including OpenID and OAuth.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate complex technical concepts clearly to technical and non-technical audiences; proven track record of technical leadership, cross-functional collaboration, and engineering talent development.

Requirements

• Experience implementing n-tiered, distributed systems across varied hardware and operating system platforms.
• Proficiency with Git version control, Jenkins or comparable CI/CD build environments, and automated testing frameworks.
• Experience with iterative and incremental software development processes across all phases of the software development lifecycle.
• Equivalent combination of education, training, and relevant professional experience accepted in lieu of a formal degree.

Benefits

• Annual Salary Range: ₹2,805,495.00 - ₹3,667,440.00
• Pay Basis: Monthly
• Participation in the Vertex Bonus Plan (VOB), a role-specific sales commission or bonus, and/or equity grants, where applicable.