Principal Engineer - Agentic Engineering

Equifax

Thiruvananthapuram

10+ years

45 days ago

₹38–63 LPA

Full-time

Hybrid

Skills Required

LLM

Prompt Engineering

Python

Node.js

Java

Spring Boot

GCP

Kubernetes

Terraform

Helm

GitHub Actions

GitHub Apps

REST API

GraphQL APIs

Description

Equifax is seeking a visionary Principal Engineer to act as the single-threaded owner for their Agentic SDLC Strategy. The ideal candidate will architect an ecosystem where GitHub Copilot operates as an autonomous agent. Equifax offers a hybrid work setting, comprehensive compensation and healthcare packages, and organizational growth potential.

Company: Equifax

Role: Principal Engineer - Agentic Engineering

Location: Trivandrum, India (Full-time)

Experience:

10+ years of total software engineering experience
7+ years in cloud-native distributed systems
2+ years of experience working with LLMs, Prompt Engineering, and building agentic workflows

Qualification:

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related technical field

Role Focus: • Define and own the internal product roadmap for GitHub Copilot • Design and manage the Model Context Protocol (MCP) toolset • Translate Equifax engineering standards into version-controlled custom instructions and RAG frameworks • Establish a 'human-in-the-loop' framework for critical actions and enforce code-driven RBAC • Implement a robust stack to track Copilot’s KPIs • Mentor senior engineers across Pune and Trivandrum

Nice to have:

Early adoption and implementation of Model Context Protocol (MCP)
Proven track record of building RAG systems or developer productivity tools at scale
Experience with event-driven architectures reacting to GitHub webhooks
Contributions to open-source AI projects or developer tooling

More skills:

Java/SpringBoot, REST/GraphQL APIs, AWS, Kubernetes (GKE), Infrastructure as Code (Terraform/Helm)

Other:

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