Software Engineer IV Hybrid — Full-time Hyderabad

PDI Technologies partners with leading convenience retail and petroleum brands worldwide, delivering innovative technology solutions that enhance growth and operational efficiency. By “Connecting Convenience” globally, we enable businesses to boost productivity, make data-driven decisions, and engage customers rapidly through loyalty programs, shopper insights, and real-time market intelligence via mobile apps like GasBuddy. Our diverse, collaborative global team is dedicated to excellence and impactful innovation. We invite you to join a company that values integrity, diversity, and continuous growth.

Key Responsibilities

- Own the technical architecture and solution design for your product area, making critical design decisions for new and existing applications while proactively addressing challenges.
- Define and document target-state architecture, system designs, and architecture decision records (ADRs); lead design reviews to ensure alignment with architectural standards.
- Design systems with a focus on scalability, availability, performance, security, and compliance requirements such as PCI DSS, clearly articulating trade-offs.
- Establish service boundaries, API contracts, integration patterns (REST, messaging, event-driven), and data models across services and third-party integrations.
- Lead medium to large projects end-to-end, from architecture and design through deployment.
- Set technical direction, coding standards, and engineering best practices across teams; mentor engineers through code and design reviews.
- Actively develop and maintain critical services and enterprise applications using .NET Framework, .NET Core, and React, including building reference implementations and proofs of concept.
- Collaborate with Product Management on solution feasibility, effort estimation, and technical roadmaps.
- Provide project status updates and risk assessments, highlighting technical and architectural risks to ensure timely delivery.
- Work with Software Architects and DevOps to evaluate tools, processes, technologies, and cloud infrastructure, including build-versus-buy decisions.
- Recommend technology adoption and framework improvements, analyzing industry trends and best practices, including AI-assisted development (AIDLC).
- Serve as a technology and architecture evangelist and custodian.
- Identify and address systemic performance, reliability, and scalability risks; lead root-cause analysis and implement architectural fixes.
- Apply disciplined Agile methodologies to analyze and resolve technical challenges.
- Troubleshoot, test, and validate software issues promptly, maintaining thorough documentation.
- Collaborate with Product Owners and QA Engineers to clarify feature requirements, estimate work, and support release stabilization.
- Manage the technical debt roadmap by prioritizing and driving modernization efforts across teams.

Required Qualifications

- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field, with 9+ years of experience in software product development or equivalent experience.
- Minimum 4 years in a technical leadership or architecture role.
- Proven experience designing and delivering distributed, cloud-native systems, including microservices, event-driven architecture, and API design.
- Expertise in .NET Framework, .NET Core, C#, SQL, ASP.NET, ASP.NET Core, MVC, REST API, and React.
- Strong understanding of architecture and design principles such as design patterns, domain-driven design, SOLID principles, scalability, resiliency, caching, and messaging (e.g., Azure Service Bus).
- Extensive experience with SQL Server and NoSQL databases (e.g., Cosmos DB), including data modeling and query optimization.
- Deep knowledge of C# development, including multi-threading, memory management, async programming, microservices, and dependency injection.
- At least 3 years designing and operating cloud-native applications on Azure (or AWS/GCP), with experience in Infrastructure as a Service, Docker/containers, CI/CD, and observability.
- Familiarity with application security and compliance standards (OWASP, PCI DSS), preferably with experience in payments or regulated industries.
- Hands-on experience with AI-assisted development tools and driving their adoption.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Visual Studio IDE and Azure DevOps or Jira.
- 2+ years working in Agile development environments.
- Strong communication skills, capable of translating technical concepts for diverse audiences and influencing decisions without direct authority.
- Excellent problem-solving, multitasking, and analytical abilities, with a commitment to best practices and organizational policies.

Preferred Qualifications and Benefits

Experience in retail or payments solutions is highly valued. PDI Technologies offers a comprehensive benefits program designed to support employees and their families, including competitive salary, market-aligned benefits, and quarterly perks. We promote a healthy work-life balance with generous time off and flexible hybrid work options where applicable. Employees benefit from continuous learning opportunities, professional certifications, and leadership development programs. Our inclusive global culture fosters authenticity, trust, curiosity, and diverse perspectives, creating a supportive environment for all.

PDI may utilize AI tools to assist in parts of the hiring process, such as resume review and application analysis. These tools support but do not replace human judgment, with final hiring decisions made by people. Further information on data processing is available upon request.