Ethos
Job ID · 20202

Principal Security Engineer · Bengaluru

Ethos · ETHOS LIFE SCIENCES PRIVATE LIMITED

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Designation Offered

Principal Security Engineer

Job Role

Principal

Department

Engineering

Job Type

Fulltime

Salary

1

Experience

6–10 years

Job Location

Bengaluru

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Posted by

ETHOS

Posted On

14 Jul 2026

Valid until

12 Sept 2026

Skillset required

SDLCComplianceAPIsMicroservices

Job Description for Principal Security Engineer

A role-focused description with responsibilities, expectations, and qualifications for this opening.

Engineering

Principal Security Engineer is a delivery-focused opportunity based in Bengaluru, India.

You’ll lead the design and implementation of scalable, secure systems across cloud platforms and modern application stacks — including AI-powered tooling — guiding both strategic security initiatives and day-to-day security engineering operations. This is a high-impact role that will shape the security posture of our platforms and development practices, working across engineering, DevOps, architecture, and compliance teams.

Key Responsibilities

  • You’ll lead the design and implementation of scalable, secure systems across cloud platforms and modern application stacks — including AI-powered tooling — guiding both strategic security initiatives and day-to-day security engineering operations
  • This is a high-impact role that will shape the security posture of our platforms and development practices, working across engineering, DevOps, architecture, and compliance teams
  • Responsibilities Core Security Engineering Design and implement secure architectures for applications, APIs, microservices, and containerized workloads
  • Design, build, and improve software systems that support the goals of the Security Engineer function.
  • Translate product or business requirements into clean, maintainable technical solutions.
  • Write high-quality code with appropriate testing, code review, and documentation discipline.
  • Collaborate with product, design, QA, and peer engineers to deliver reliable releases.
  • Investigate bugs, performance issues, and production risks with a strong root-cause mindset.
  • Improve system reliability, observability, and maintainability through thoughtful engineering decisions.
  • Contribute to architecture and implementation discussions with pragmatic technical trade-offs.
  • Break down complex work into clear milestones and communicate status transparently.
  • Refactor and simplify existing code where it improves long-term velocity and quality.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience in computer science, engineering, or a related field.
  • Strong coding fundamentals with attention to reliability, performance, and maintainability.
  • Experience working with code reviews, testing practices, and collaborative delivery workflows.
  • Ability to break down ambiguous problems into clear technical solutions.
  • Comfort partnering with cross-functional teams in iterative product or platform environments.
  • Strong debugging, communication, and ownership skills across the software lifecycle.

Applications should be submitted through the listed apply link.

About this opening

Ethos is hiring a Principal in the Engineering team based in Bengaluru.

This role is fulltime, flexible, 6–10 years experience, up to ₹1 per year—matched against UnoJobs' verified employer data.

Skills evaluated for this opening include SDLC, Compliance, APIs, Microservices. Apply directly through UnoJobs to keep your application visible to Ethos without bouncing across multiple sites.

Role
Principal
Department
Engineering
Location
Bengaluru
Work mode
Flexible
Experience
6–10 years
Compensation
up to ₹1 per year

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