Equifax is seeking a visionary Principal Engineer to lead the charge in revolutionizing their product by embarking on a transformation journey. The goal is to create a highly leveraged engineering organization where GitHub Copilot acts as a true autonomous agent. The role requires being in the office 3 days/week on Tues - Thurs.

Company: Equifax

Role: Principal Engineer - Agentic Engineering

Location: Pune, India (3 days/week in office on Tues - Thurs)

Experience:

7+ years of hands-on software engineering experience
7+ years experience writing, debugging, and troubleshooting code in mainstream Java, SpringBoot, TypeScript/JavaScript, HTML, CSS
7+ years experience designing and developing cloud-native solutions
7+ years experience designing and developing microservices using Java, SpringBoot, GCP SDKs, GKE/Kubernetes
3+ years of GitHub Copilot experience, preferably an expert
3-5+ years of hands-on experience in building and architecting intelligent agent systems or platforms that integrate with LLMs

Key Skills:

Java
SpringBoot
TypeScript/JavaScript
HTML
CSS
GCP
Kubernetes
GitHub Copilot
GitHub Actions
Jenkins CI/CD pipelines
Terraform
Helm Charts
ServiceNow
Atlassian
DataDog
GCP SDKs
GKE
Python
Go
Node.js

Qualification:

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience

Role Focus:

Define the strategic roadmap for the platform with GitHub Copilot
Architect the complete system for Copilot's invocation, context retrieval, and action execution using custom tools
Design and manage the Model Context Protocol (MCP) toolset
Engineer the strategy for providing scalable context to GitHub Copilot
Design, test, and refine complex prompts and contextual data frameworks
Define and monitor key performance indicators (KPIs) for the agentic system's effectiveness
Establish the platform's security posture by implementing safeguards for custom tools and APIs exposed to Copilot
Define and enforce granular, code-driven permissions (RBAC) for the custom GitHub Actions and APIs that Copilot can invoke

Additional responsibilities:

Build strong relationships with both internal and external stakeholders
Demonstrate excellent communication skills
Build and manage strong technical teams
Provide deep troubleshooting skills
Mentor, coach and develop junior and other engineers
Ensure compliance with EFX secure software development guidelines and best practices
Define, maintain and report SLA, SLO, SLIs meeting EFX engineering standards
Collaborate with architects, SRE leads and other technical leadership on strategic technical direction, guidelines, and best practices
Drive up-to-date technical documentation
Create and deliver technical presentations to internal and external technical and non-technical stakeholders

Nice to have:

GitHub Ecosystem Mastery
Software Engineering Excellence
API and Integration Mastery
Cloud-Native Proficiency
Systems Thinking
Event-Driven Architecture
Applied LLM Expertise
Tool-Use and Function-Calling Paradigm
Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) Expert
Pragmatic Agent Orchestration

Other:

Hybrid work setting
Comprehensive compensation and healthcare packages
Attractive paid time off
Organizational growth potential through online learning platform with guided career tracks

Principal Engineer - Agentic Engineering

Skills Required

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