Principal Software Engineer

Principal Software Engineer - Klocwork (BB)

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Position Summary:
Perforce is looking for a Principal Software Engineer to join our Static Analysis (Klocwork) team in India. We are seeking an experienced engineer who enjoys solving complex problems, building reliable software, and taking ownership of technical execution.
Our mission is to help ensure our customers’ source code is bug-free and vulnerability-free before it ships. Leading companies across automotive, aerospace, telecom, medical devices, and other safety/mission-critical industries rely on us to prevent showstopper defects and security issues from reaching production. Chances are, you use technology today that was scanned by Klocwork.
Klocwork is a highly accurate and trusted SAST (Static Application Security Testing) and static code analysis solution supporting languages such as C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, Python, Kotlin, and more. It is designed to scale to large codebases and fit into modern Agile/DevOps workflows via integrations such as IDE plugins, web portals, APIs, and command-line automation.

Responsibilities :

• Design, develop, and enhance static code analysis capabilities and associated tooling (e.g., IDE plugins, Web UI/Portal, Web APIs, CLI tools, integrations), primarily using Java and relevant UI technologies.
• Take technical ownership of medium-to-large features, driving solution design, implementation, and high-quality delivery.
• Work closely with cross-functional teams (engineering, QA, support) to diagnose and resolve complex customer issues, including deep debugging in distributed and multi-component environments.
• Apply strong fundamentals in data structures, algorithms, and design patterns to build scalable and maintainable solutions.
• Contribute to system/design discussions and help improve architecture, performance, and reliability.
• Write clean, well-tested code; create and maintain unit/integration tests; improve automation and regression coverage.
• Review code from peers, provide constructive feedback, and raise the overall engineering bar.
• Provide effort estimates, communicate progress, and deliver consistently in an Agile environment.
• Familiarity with indexing, search, and caching technologies such as Apache Lucene and Redis (or equivalent tools).
• Mentor other engineers (as needed) and help establish best practices for coding, debugging, and operational excellence.

Requirement :

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science (or equivalent).
• 12+ years of professional software development experience.
• Strong hands-on experience with Java (core + server-side development).
• Experience with UI technologies (e.g., modern web UI frameworks and frontend/backend integration).
• Proven strong debugging skills, including root-cause analysis of complex issues and effective handling of customer-reported problems.
• Strong fundamentals in data structures and algorithms; ability to design efficient solutions.
• Solid experience with databases:
• RDBMS (SQL, schema design, performance tuning concepts)
• NoSQL (basic modelling and practical usage in production systems)
• Experience developing and debugging in Linux and Windows environments.
• Good understanding of software quality practices: testing strategies, code reviews, CI/CD mindset.

Preferred / Nice-to-Have :

• Experience in applying AI and agentic development approaches to improve developer productivity and product capabilities.
• Ability to design and integrate AI-powered agents responsibly into existing tooling, including evaluation, observability, and safe handling of customer/code data.
• Experience with static analysis, compilers, or program analysis concepts.
• Experience building developer tools (IDEs/plugins), workflow automation, or CI integrations.
• Exposure to security tooling (SAST) and secure coding practices.
• Experience with performance profiling and improving scalability of backend systems.

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Experience Level

Senior Level