Principal/Senior Principal Software Engineer (Grails Server Page)

TL;DR

Principal/Senior Principal Software Engineer (Grails Server Page): Design, build, and maintain features in the Access Request stack, from UI to backend, focusing on validation logic, database persistence, and workflow execution. Focus on scalability, modularity, and maintainability, while mentoring engineers and driving adoption of engineering best practices.

Location: Bengaluru

Company

hirify.global's AI-powered identity platform manages and governs human and non-human access to all of an organization's applications, data, and business processes.

What you will do

• Design, build, and own end-to-end features in the Access Request stack.
• Write high-quality code daily in Java, Groovy on Grails, SQL/HQL, and React.
• Debug and resolve complex, production-critical issues.
• Work directly with Product Managers, Support, QA, and other engineering teams to triage live customer issues.
• Act as the go-to expert for the Request Framework, ARS tasks, dynamic field logic, entitlement selection, and access request lifecycle across hirify.global.
• Proactively identify architectural gaps and lead design and implementation of enhancements.

Requirements

• 15+ years of full-stack, hands-on software development experience.
• Expert-level command of Groovy on Grails, including GSP templating and dynamic form rendering.
• Strong experience designing and maintaining Access Request Platforms.
• Proficiency in: Grails, Groovy, GSP, Spring Boot, Hibernate, Quartz Scheduler, React, JavaScript/TypeScript, AJAX, SQL, HQL, and RESTful API design.
• Strong communicator and collaborator who pairs well, mentors others, and thrives in agile, cross-functional teams.

Nice to have

• Working knowledge of CI/CD and DevOps practices: Git/GitHub, GitLab CI, Jenkins, Docker, Kubernetes.

Culture & Benefits

• Write code and build systems every day.
• Own critical modules that impact millions of end-users in global enterprises.
• Join a collaborative team that believes in pairing, mentoring, and pushing code with confidence.
• Help shape the future of Access Requests at hirify.global.