Overview

Principal Engineer Experience : 12+ Years Employment Type: Full-Time Reporting To: Head of Engineering

Responsibilities

• microservices, event-driven systems, distributed computing, caching, queueing and high-throughput data pipelines.
• CI/CD, IaC (Terraform, CloudFormation), containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), observability (Prometheus, Grafana, Open Telemetry) and model monitoring.
• This is an opportunity based out of our Trivandrum office.
• Occasional travel may be required for team meetings, customer engagements, industry conferences or knowledge-sharing forums.
• Light on-call rotation may be required to support critical production systems, depending on operational needs.
• Monday to Friday, 40 hours per week, with overlap with PST required as needed to collaborate with global teams.
• We pursue true innovation by solving problems and meeting unarticulated needs. Ownership: We are all responsible for our shared long-term success.

Qualifications

• Familiarity with government digital standards, procurement environments, and compliance regimes (e.g., Exposure to responsible AI practices — bias evaluation, model governance, AI safety, and red-teaming of LLM systems.
• Certifications in cloud architecture (AWS/Azure/GCP) or AI engineering are an added advantage.
• Work Arrangement: This is an opportunity based out of our Trivandrum office.
• Travel Requirements: Occasional travel may be required for team meetings, customer engagements, industry conferences or knowledge-sharing forums.
• On-Call Requirements: Light on-call rotation may be required to support critical production systems, depending on operational needs.
• Hours of Work: Monday to Friday, 40 hours per week, with overlap with PST required as needed to collaborate with global teams.
• Every role at AOT is expected to embody and promote these values:
• Innovation: We pursue true innovation by solving problems and meeting unarticulated needs. Ownership: We are all responsible for our shared long-term success.