Principal Software Engineer

Summary

Join Akoya, a cutting-edge API-based network revolutionizing financial data sharing, as a Software Engineer. You will build and maintain high-performance, scalable systems, lead technical projects, and collaborate with cross-functional teams. This role requires 5+ years of experience in designing and developing large-scale infrastructure or distributed systems, a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent, and strong software engineering skills. The position offers a remote work opportunity within specified geographic areas and a competitive salary range of $140,000 - $180,000 USD. Akoya values diverse experiences and encourages applications from individuals with varied backgrounds. We are looking for someone with a passion for building scalable and performant systems and a customer-obsessed mindset.

Requirements

• 5+ years of professional hands-on experience in designing and developing large-scale infrastructure or distributed systems
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related technical field, or equivalent practical experience
• Strong software engineering skills and a passion building scalable and performant systems
• Have the ability to thrive on a high level of autonomy, responsibility, and think of yourself as entrepreneurial
• Customer obsession, ability to articulate and represent customer experience in various forums to drive the right outcome
• Experience with Unix/Linux operating systems internals (e.g. filesystems, system calls), and with networking and

Responsibilities

• Write clean, maintainable, and well-documented code optimized for performance and scalability to handle high-volume traffic
• Scope and lead medium to large technical projects that align with Akoya’s broad strategic initiatives
• Monitor and debug production issues across services and several levels of the stack
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define API requirements and deliver high-quality features
• Grow the team via mentorship and leadership, reviewing technical documents and code changes

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with container and serverless architectures (Docker, Kubernetes, etc.)
• Development and/or Operations experience with a production AWS environment
• Experience optimizing the end to end performance of distributed systems
• Experience with message queues and event driven architectures (e.g., ActiveMQ, RabbitMQ)
• Knowledge of observability tools like Datadog, Grafana, or OpenTelemetry
• Contributions to open-source Go projects

Benefits

• This remote position is only available to individuals living in the greater Boston, MA, New York City, NY and Raleigh, NC areas
• Hiring Range: $140,000 — $180,000 USD