Principal Software Engineer

Role Description

As a Senior Principal Engineer, you will serve as one of the primary technical leaders within the engineering organization. This is a highly hands-on role where you'll influence architecture, mentor senior engineers, and guide the evolution of large-scale distributed systems running in production.

You'll collaborate closely with engineering leadership, product managers, and cross-functional teams to design scalable solutions, establish engineering best practices, and drive technical decisions that will impact the business for years to come.

Responsibilities

• Lead the architecture and technical direction of mission-critical platform services.
• Build and evolve high-performance cloud-native applications and APIs.
• Mentor and coach engineers on software architecture, engineering excellence, and best practices.
• Design scalable, maintainable systems that support millions of users.
• Collaborate with Product and Engineering teams to deliver complex technical initiatives.
• Drive architectural decisions across multiple product releases.
• Improve deployment strategies, system reliability, and software quality.
• Participate in hands-on software development using modern technologies.
• Promote engineering standards, code quality, and continuous improvement throughout the organization.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience building enterprise-scale software products.
• Current experience as a Principal Engineer, Staff Engineer, Architect, or equivalent technical leadership role.
• Strong hands-on experience with:
  • Node.js
  • Python
  • Django
  • REST APIs
  • GraphQL
• Deep experience designing cloud-native applications on AWS.
• Strong knowledge of PostgreSQL and MySQL performance optimization.
• Experience with Docker and containerized environments.
• Experience implementing authentication and authorization solutions (OAuth2, token services, secrets management).
• Strong understanding of distributed systems and scalable software architecture.
• Experience collaborating with Product Managers and multiple engineering teams.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, or equivalent practical experience.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to mentor senior engineers.
• Curious mindset, low ego, and passion for continuous learning.
• Must be located within 3 hours of the Eastern Time Zone (EST) to support occasional collaboration with the team.

Nice to Have

• Experience with Laravel.
• Experience scaling applications serving millions of users.
• Architectural leadership through full software lifecycle (design, implementation, migration, production support, and iteration).
• Experience with concurrency, asynchronous processing, queues, sockets, and advanced concepts.
• Familiarity with modern SaaS infrastructure and third-party platform integrations.
• Experience with machine learning applications.
• Previous experience working at SaaS or software product companies.

Benefits

• Compensation in USD
• Fully remote work
• Long-term international opportunity
• Career growth within an innovative technology company
• Work alongside a highly experienced engineering team