Principal Engineer - Data Engineering

Hyderabad, Telangana, India • Posted June 19, 2026

Job Type: full-time
Location: Hyderabad, Telangana
Posted: June 19, 2026
Category: Computer Occupations
Application Deadline: July 29, 2026

Role Description

Job Description

As the most senior individual contributor within our data engineering organization, the Principal Staff Engineer – Data will define the long-term technical vision for Freshworks' data platform. This strategic leader will orchestrate architectural decisions across data ingestion, processing, storage, governance, analytics, and AI/ML enablement to fuel global enterprise scale.

Impact You Can Create

  • Architect the Future Platform: Define and own the multi-year architectural vision and roadmap for Freshworks' enterprise data platform, aligning engineering capabilities with core business goals.

  • Scale Global Data Ingestion: Design and optimize real-time streaming and high-volume batch data platforms engineered to process complex workloads with ultra-low latency.

  • Accelerate AI/ML & GenAI Initiatives: Build the foundational, high-fidelity data cap...

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