Principal Software Engineer

We're seeking a Principal Software Engineer to lead the architectural evolution of our platform as we scale to meet growing demand from the world's largest engineering companies. This is a hands-on technical leadership role where you'll drive critical architectural initiatives while mentoring our engineering team.

You'll be owning in conjunction with the VP Engineering the technical vision and execution of our platform's evolution to a more distributed architecture, making it AI-agentic ready for the next generation of AI applications

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Key Responsibiliti

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  Technical Leadership & Architect
• ureDrive the ongoing transition from monolithic to distributed architect
• ureDesign and implement architecture to be AI-agentic ready, enabling rapid deployment of AI products and MCP server integrati
• onsOwn technical decisions balancing immediate business needs with long-term architectural go

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Hands-On Develop

• ment
  Write production-quality Python code for critical platform compo
• nentsBuild and optimize distributed compute ser
• vicesImplement reliable workflow orchestration pat

terns
Team Mentorship & Collabo

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  Mentor mid-level developers, elevating the technical capabilities of the enti
• re teamEstablish engineering best practices and architectural p
• atternsCollaborate with product and business stakeholders to translate requirements into technical so
• lutionsGuide technical decision-making and prioritization across the engineering organ
• izationInterview and onboard new en

gineers
Technical Requ

irements

• Must-Have
  12+ years of software engineering experience with at least 2 years in principal/staff enginee
• ring rolesExpert-level Python development skills with production experienc
• e at scaleDeep expertise in distributed systems ar
• chitectureStrong Kubernetes experience with production
• workloadsHands-on experience with workflow orchestration tools (Temporal, Airflow, o
• r similar)Cloud platform expertise (AWS required, Azure b
• eneficial)Experience with data processing frameworks (Spark, Athena, o
• r similar)Proven track record of leading architectural transformations in growing
• companiesExcellence in technical communication and stakeholder

management
What We're

• Looking For
  Technical Excellence: You write clean, maintainable code and design system
• s that scalePragmatic Problem-Solver: You balance perfectionism with shipping, making smart trade-offs between short-term delivery and lon
• g-term goalsStrong Leadership: You proactively identify problems and drive solut
• ions forwardMentorship Mindset: You elevate others through knowledge sharing and pati
• ent guidanceOwnership Mentality: You take full responsibility for outcomes and drive initiatives t
• o completionCustomer Obsession: You understand that our success is measured by our custom

ers' success