Principal Software Engineer

Remote contract. Work to be done in PST hours only.

We are seeking a Principal Software Development Engineer. The candidate will be building and maintaining our developer enablement solutions, and working with partner platform teams to ensure the platform meets their needs.

Qualifications

• 8-12 years managing resources within cloud computing platforms such AWS
• 8-12 years of experience automating the software development lifecycle with continuous integration/delivery (CI/CD) tools like Jenkins, CloudBees and Spinnaker
• 8-12 years of experience with Infrastructure Provisioning and Automation tools like Terraform
• 8-12 years of experience with development, build, and deploy process for workloads including serverless, container-based, enterprise, and other application implementations
• Good hands-on experience with containerization technologies such as Docker or Kubernetes
• Network Policy and Security Management: Design, implement, and automate custom network policies to ensure secure, compliant, and high performance communication across distributed systems and microservices.
• Cloud, Networking, and Service Mesh Expertise: Architect and deploy scalable cloud-native solutions leveraging AWS. Manage Layer 4/Layer 7
• (L4/L7) networking, traffic routing, and Service Mesh platforms such as Istio, Linkerd, or Consul to enable reliable and secure inter-service communication.
• Cloud Development and Automation: Develop and integrate cloud-native applications, CI/CD pipelines, and Infrastructure-as-Code automation using tools like Terraform, Helm, and Kubernetes. Drive innovation through continuous improvement and platform scalability initiatives.
• Product Development: Experienced in developing scalable, cloud-native applications using Python, Node.js, and related frameworks. Contribute to feature development, integration, and performance optimization as part of end-to-end product lifecycle initiatives
• Creation of technical documentation in the form of runbooks, notes, and engineering resources
• Good inter-team communication, coordination and collaboration skills
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or a related field.

Responsibilities

• Help application teams to standardize the service deployment configuration and process
• Help application team to accelerate the deployment duration
• Work closely with application teams to get onboarded to internal developer platforms
• Provide technical support to developers who are using platform services
• Assist developers in building and deploying their applications
• Troubleshoot issues and work with development teams to resolve problems
• Help developers to onboard their products on internal development platforms
• Collaborate with development teams to ensure the platform meets their needs
• Maintain documentation and training materials for the platform
• Stay up to date with new technologies and trends in the industry

Our Fortune Technology client is ranked as one of the best companies to work with, in the world. As a global leader in 3D design, engineering, and entertainment software, they foster a progressive culture, creativity, and a flexible work environment using cutting-edge technologies.