Principal Software Engineer

Our client is seeking a highly skilled Principal Software Engineer to lead the design, development, and optimization of backend systems that power their platform. The ideal candidate will have deep expertise in Golang, experience with Java/Spring Boot, and a strong background in architecting scalable systems. This is a hands-on leadership role where you’ll collaborate across teams to build robust services, integrations, and APIs, while driving best practices in cloud and DevOps.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the architecture, design, and implementation of scalable backend services using Go (Golang).
• Design and optimize relational databases, with strong emphasis on PostgreSQL performance and schema design.
• Develop and maintain APIs and integrations with external/internal platforms.
• Contribute to backend services and microservices using Java/Spring Boot where needed.
• Drive cloud-native development and infrastructure solutions leveraging AWS.
• Collaborate with DevOps to optimize platform operations with tools such as Terraform, Kubernetes, Docker, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Provide technical leadership, mentorship, and guidance to engineering teams.
• Ensure systems are highly available, secure, and scalable.

Qualifications:

• 8+ years of professional software engineering experience, with at least 3+ years in a senior or principal-level role.
• Proven expertise with Go (Golang) for backend development.
• Hands-on experience with Java/Spring Boot in production environments.
• Deep understanding of PostgreSQL (schema design, query optimization, indexing, and tuning).
• Strong knowledge of API design, integrations, and microservices architecture.
• Solid experience with AWS services (ECS, Lambda, RDS, S3, etc.).
• Familiarity with infrastructure-as-code and container orchestration (Terraform, Kubernetes, Docker).
• Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to balance strategic thinking with hands-on coding.
• Strong communication and leadership abilities, with experience mentoring engineers.

Nice to Have:

• Experience in platform engineering or operations development.
• Knowledge of monitoring/observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, etc.).
• Prior experience in high-growth or startup environments.