Principal Software Engineer

Principal Software Engineer

This role has been designed as 'Hybrid' with an expectation that you will work on average 2 days per week from an HPE office.

Who We Are:

Hewlett Packard Enterprise is the global edge-to-cloud company advancing the way people live and work. We help companies connect, protect, analyze, and act on their data and applications wherever they live, from edge to cloud, so they can turn insights into outcomes at the speed required to thrive in today's complex world. Our culture thrives on finding new and better ways to accelerate what's next. We know varied backgrounds are valued and succeed here. We have the flexibility to manage our work and personal needs. We make bold moves, together, and are a force for good. If you are looking to stretch and grow your career our culture will embrace you. Open up opportunities with HPE.

Job Description:

We are seeking a talented and motivated Principal Engineer to join our dynamic team in building carrier-grade networking solutions on a multi-tenant SaaS platform. In this role, you will play a pivotal role in designing, developing, and optimizing our core services. As a key member of our engineering group, you will work on cutting-edge technologies, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and drive impactful solutions. You will leverage your deep understanding of networking principles, distributed systems, and cloud technologies to deliver a reliable, performant, and secure solution to our global customer base.

Responsibilities

• Technical Leadership: Work with product managers, architects, and other engineers to understand the software requirements, and define corresponding functional and design specifications. Drive technical decisions and contribute to the overall strategy.
• Software Development: Design, develop, test, deploy, and maintain high-quality, production-grade software, with a strong emphasis on backend systems. Write clean, efficient, and well-documented code.
• System Design & Optimization: Design and implement micro-services for high availability, scalability, performance, and security within our SaaS platform. Identify and resolve complex performance bottlenecks and system issues.
• Networking Expertise: Apply deep knowledge of networking protocols (e.g., TCP/IP, DNS, NAT), network security, and cloud networking concepts to build robust and secure solutions.
• SaaS & Cloud Native Development: Design and implement solutions leveraging cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP) and containerization technologies (e.g., Kubernetes, Docker).
• Collaboration: Collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams including product management, QA, SRE, and technical assistance team.
• Code Quality & Best Practices: Champion best practices in software development, including code reviews, testing methodologies, CI/CD, and DevOps principles.
• Problem Solving: Troubleshoot and resolve complex technical issues in a timely and effective manner, often in production environments.
• Innovation & Research: Stay abreast of emerging technologies and industry trends in networking, SaaS, and software engineering. Propose and prototype new ideas and solutions.
• Documentation: Create and maintain comprehensive technical documentation for designs, APIs, and operational procedures.

Qualifications

• Experience: A minimum of 15 years of professional software development experience, with a significant portion focused on backend systems and distributed applications.
• Programming Languages: Proven expertise in one or more backend programming languages such as Golang (preferred), Java or Python.
• Networking Fundamentals: Deep understanding of networking protocols, network architectures, network security, and common networking concepts is essential.
• Microservices & Orchestration: Proven experience in designing, building, and deploying scalable microservices using Docker, Kubernetes, etc.
• SaaS & Cloud Experience: Significant experience in building, deploying, and operating scalable SaaS applications in a Public Cloud (AWS/GCP) environment.
• Distributed Systems: Strong understanding of distributed systems principles, including concurrency, scalability, fault tolerance, and consistency.
• Databases: Experience with various database technologies, including relational (e.g., PostgreSQL, MySQL) and NoSQL (e.g., DynamoDB, Redis) databases.
• APIs & Integrations: Experience designing, building, and consuming RESTful APIs and other integration technologies like WebSocket, Kafka, etc.
• Security Focus: Experience with network security principles, threat modelling, and secure coding practices is an added advantage.
• Problem-Solving Skills: Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to tackle complex technical challenges.
• Communication & Collaboration: Strong verbal and written communication skills. Ability to articulate complex technical ideas clearly and concisely. Proven ability to work effectively in a collaborative team environment.
• Leadership: Demonstrated ability to provide technical leadership, mentor other engineers, and drive projects to successful completion.

Additional Skills

Cloud Architectures, Cross Domain Knowledge, Design Thinking, Development Fundamentals, DevOps, Distributed Computing, Microservices Fluency, Full Stack Development, Security-First Mindset, Solutions Design, Testing & Automation, User Experience (UX)

What We Can Offer You

Health & Wellbeing: We strive to provide our team members and their loved ones with a comprehensive suite of benefits that supports their physical, financial and emotional wellbeing.

Personal & Professional Development: We also invest in your career because the better you are, the better we all are. We have specific programs catered to helping you reach any career goals you have — whether you want to become a knowledge expert in your field or apply your skills to another division.

Unconditional Inclusion: We are unconditionally inclusive in the way we work and celebrate individual uniqueness. We know varied backgrounds are valued and succeed here. We have the flexibility to manage our work and personal needs. We make bold moves, together, and are a force for good.