Principal Engineer

Summary

Join Arkose Labs, a leader in bot detection and mitigation, as a Principal Engineer. You will architect and evolve the product architecture, focusing on stream processing and distributed systems. Collaborate with various teams to ensure alignment on technical designs and business goals. Provide technical leadership, mentor engineers, and drive critical projects to completion. This role requires extensive experience in software engineering, expertise in stream processing, and strong leadership skills. Arkose Labs offers a competitive salary, equity, robust benefits, and a collaborative work environment.

Requirements

• 15+ years in software engineering (or 12+ with a Master’s degree), including cloud-native application development and distributed systems at web scale
• Hands-on experience with stream processing frameworks like Apache Flink
• Proficiency in Go (Python familiarity is a plus)
• Strong understanding of web/HTTP protocols, DNS, TLS, browser caching, and CDNs (e.g., Cloudflare, CloudFront)
• Proven track record of leading large-scale SaaS product architectures and delivering exceptional business outcomes
• Demonstrated ability to mentor senior engineers and elevate team performance
• Adept at balancing high-level business needs with deep technical decisions
• Familiarity with A/B testing, blue-green environments, and canary deployments
• Deep experience across architectural reviews, technical design, implementation, CI/CD, and testing

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and evolution of Arkose’s product architecture, focusing on stream processing and distributed systems to handle high-volume data at scale
• Collaborate with engineering, product, and leadership teams to ensure alignment on technical designs and business goals
• Gain deep knowledge of our product, data flows, and customer use cases to guide architecture decisions with performance, cost, and reliability in mind
• Provide technical leadership across product areas, mentor engineers at all levels, and foster a culture of innovation and collaboration
• Take ownership of critical projects, independently driving them to completion while maintaining the highest standards of quality and scalability
• Bring creativity and a customer-focused approach to influence the strategic direction of our technology and products

Preferred Qualifications

• Advanced proficiency in Go
• Experience in cybersecurity or fraud prevention technologies

Benefits

• Competitive salary + Equity
• 401k plan
• Robust benefits package- 85% medical, dental, vision coverage for employees and 75% for dependents
• Flexible PTO
• Life insurance coverage
• Short and Long Term Disability Insurance paid by the company
• Generous nationwide parental leave policy
• Amazing discounts program
• Wellbeing package including mental health and gym discounts
• Flexible working hours to support personal well-being and mental health
• Employee Assistance Program