Principal Software Engineer

Job Description

You will be the most senior engineer on the team and set the technical direction for a group of 2 lead engineers and 1 senior engineer. You are the technical anchor -- the person who enables the team to self-direct on implementation while you own architectural decisions and technical strategy.

In this role, you'll architect and implement automation tools and internal platforms that transform how our Infrastructure Group delivers and operates services. Your work will focus on delivering durable, maintainable software solutions that abstract infrastructure complexity and promote scale and autonomy.

Tactical Work (40%)

● Design and implement backend systems that abstract infrastructure concerns and enable self-service capabilities.

● Own the development and support of internal tools, APIs, and automation frameworks used by infrastructure and application teams.

● Drive enhancements to CI/CD pipelines using GitLab, focusing on security, repeatability, and observability.

Solutions Architecture (35%)

● Define backend architectures and patterns that scale across infrastructure domains.

● Create design documents, system diagrams, and proof-of-concepts that guide development and integration.

● Leverage Kubernetes and infrastructure-as-code tools to deliver reusable software components and automation services.

Strategic Work (25%)

● Collaborate with senior stakeholders to align platform modernization initiatives with long-term goals.

● Guide technology direction and best practices across teams.

● Mentor engineers and foster a culture of strong backend engineering, maintainability, and continuous improvement.

● Over time, this role grows beyond the immediate team to provide technical advisory across infrastructure domains -- influencing architecture decisions, reviewing cross-team technical proposals, and serving as a go-to technical authority for the broader infrastructure organization.

Required Skills & Experience

• Golang (preferred, Python/Rust next option)

• Event-driven architecture

• gRPC + Protobufs

o Using code generation to auto-generate services/functions

• Kubernetes - writing Kubernetes controllers, strong understanding of deployments

• AWS operations • Programmatic / code-gen mindset