Principal Engineer

About Chubb

Chubb is a world leader in insurance. With operations in 54 countries and territories, Chubb provides commercial and personal property and casualty insurance, personal accident and supplemental health insurance, reinsurance and life insurance to a diverse group of clients. The company is defined by its extensive product and service offerings, broad distribution capabilities, exceptional financial strength and local operations globally. Parent company Chubb Limited is listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: CB) and is a component of the S&P 500 index. Chubb employs approximately 40,000 people worldwide. Additional information can be found at: www.chubb.com.

About Chubb India

At Chubb India, we are on an exciting journey of digital transformation driven by a commitment to engineering excellence and analytics. With a team of over 2500 talented professionals, we foster a startup mindset that promotes collaboration, diverse perspectives, and a solution-driven attitude. We are dedicated to building expertise in engineering, analytics, and automation, empowering our teams to excel in a dynamic digital landscape.

We offer an environment where you will be part of an organization that is dedicated to solving real-world challenges in the insurance industry. Together, we will work to shape the future through innovation and continuous learning.

Position Details:

• Job Title: Principal Engineer
• Function/Department:
• Location: Bengaluru
• Employment Type: Full-time
• Reports To: Gopalakrishnan Veeraraghavan 
• Role Overview 

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, deliver, and maintain shared engineering platforms, products, and solutions.
• Contribute to the design and standards that enable the development team to create highly functional, sustainable, scalable, and high-performing solutions that meet or exceed customer expectations.
• Collaborate with business teams, technical leaders, software engineers, and architects to identify the appropriate architecture and design while developing software platforms, products, and solutions.
• Effectively communicate software architecture and design ideas to other software engineering team members through code, textual documentation, and visual representations as needed.
• Take ownership and accountability for the work delivered by the team.
• Improve the scalability and maintainability of applications.
• Document and share design and architecture insights.
• Provide technical leadership and guidance to team members.
• Identify and recruit skilled integration engineers to meet business needs.
• Foster a culture of continuous improvement and innovation.
• Create onboarding documentation for chapter members.
• Lead and manage engineering teams, ensuring alignment with business goals.
• Ensure that application designs conform to business objectives.
• Transform requirements into specifications.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define and achieve project objectives.
• Strategically plan and execute long-term technology roadmaps.
• Contribute to all stages of the software development lifecycle.
• Represent the engineering team in executive meetings and decision-making processes.

 

 

Skills and Qualifications:

• 10 - 18 years of experience with java, J2EE, integration tools / technologies 
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, or related STEM fields, or equivalent experience.
• Proficient in Java, Spring Boot, OAuth, OIDC2, REST, and SOAP.
• Experience with Enterprise Integration frameworks, such as Apache Camel (preferred), Spring Integrator, Mule, and Apache ServiceMix.
• Hands-on experience with messaging technologies, particularly Kafka.
• Familiarity with cloud environments, preferably Azure.
• Knowledge of containerization using Docker and deployment using Kubernetes.
• Experience in DevOps practices and tools like Jenkins, GitLab, and Azure DevOps.
• Exposure to database management systems, including SQL and MongoDB (NoSQL).
• Strong understanding of engineering practices, such as Test-Driven Development (TDD), Behaviour-Driven Development (BDD), unit testing, SONARQube, and Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD).
• Knowledge of the Property and Casualty (P&C) insurance domain is critical.
• Nice to have: Strong knowledge of transformation tools like XSLT.
• Nice to have: Experience with Volante.

Why Chubb?

Join Chubb to be part of a leading global insurance company!

Our constant focus on employee experience along with a start-up-like culture empowers you to achieve impactful results.

• Industry leader: Chubb is a world leader in the insurance industry, powered by underwriting and engineering excellence
• A Great Place to work: Chubb India has been recognized as a Great Place to Work® for the years 2023-2024 and 2024-2025
• Laser focus on excellence: At Chubb we pride ourselves on our culture of greatness where excellence is a mindset and a way of being. We constantly seek new and innovative ways to excel at work and deliver outstanding results
• Start-Up Culture: Embracing the spirit of a start-up, our focus on speed and agility enables us to respond swiftly to market requirements, while a culture of ownership empowers employees to drive results that matter
• Growth and success: As we continue to grow, we are steadfast in our commitment to provide our employees with the best work experience, enabling them to advance their careers in a conducive environment

Employee Benefits

Our company offers a comprehensive benefits package designed to support our employees’ health, well-being, and professional growth. Employees enjoy flexible work options, generous paid time off, and robust health coverage, including treatment for dental and vision related requirements. We invest in the future of our employees through continuous learning opportunities and career advancement programs, while fostering a supportive and inclusive work environment. Our benefits include:

• Savings and Investment plans: We provide specialized benefits like Corporate NPS (National Pension Scheme), Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP), Long-Term Incentive Plan (LTIP), Retiral Benefits and Car Lease that help employees optimally plan their finances
• Upskilling and career growth opportunities: With a focus on continuous learning, we offer customized programs that support upskilling like Education Reimbursement Programs, Certification programs and access to global learning programs.
• Health and Welfare Benefits: We care about our employees’ well-being in and out of work and have benefits like Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Yearly Free Health campaigns and comprehensive Insurance benefits.

Application Process:

Our recruitment process is designed to be transparent, and inclusive.

• Step 1: Submit your application via the Chubb Careers Portal.
• Step 2: Engage with our recruitment team for an initial discussion.
• Step 3: Participate in HackerRank assessments/technical/functional interviews and assessments (if applicable).
• Step 4: Final interaction with Chubb leadership. 

Join Us

With you Chubb is better. Whether you are solving challenges on a global stage or creating innovative solutions for local markets, your contributions will help shape the future. If you value integrity, innovation, and inclusion, and are ready to make a difference, we invite you to be part of Chubb India’s journey.

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Experience Level

Senior Level