Principal Software Engineer

Summary

Join GoDaddy's Cloud Platforms team as a Principal Software Engineer to lead and accelerate the company's cloud transformation. You will architect and build platform technologies used by thousands of GoDaddy engineers daily, supporting millions of small businesses globally. This remote position offers the chance to shape the cloud platform underpinning GoDaddy's core services and empower developers. You will provide technical leadership, design and build scalable cloud-native systems, drive innovation through AI integration, and mentor engineers. The role requires significant experience in software engineering, cloud platforms, and microservices architecture. GoDaddy offers a range of benefits, including paid time off, retirement savings, bonuses, equity grants, health benefits, and parental leave.

Requirements

• 6+ years of software engineering experience building large-scale distributed systems
• Proficiency in multiple programming languages (e.g., Python, Java, Go, Node.js)
• 2+ years of hands-on experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure) and microservices architecture
• Strong understanding of data structures, algorithms, system design, containerization, and familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and automated deployments

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership and architectural guidance across multiple domains, establishing best practices for cloud-native development on AWS
• Design, build, and maintain scalable, reliable, and secure cloud-native systems utilizing modern technologies such as microservices, containers, serverless, and distributed architectures
• Drive innovation by integrating AI tools and new AWS services, and consistently promote the adoption of emerging technologies and practices
• Ensure code quality, operational excellence, and system reliability through code reviews, monitoring, testing, and maintaining comprehensive technical documentation
• Mentor engineers at all levels, foster cross-team collaboration, and lead initiatives to improve processes, productivity, and engineering direction

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Kubernetes and Docker in production environments
• Agile development experience and familiarity with DevOps practices
• Exposure to AI/ML integration in developer tools
• Knowledge of LLMs and AI-enhanced development workflows
• Experience designing enterprise-grade cloud-native architectures

Benefits

• Paid time off
• Retirement savings (e.g., 401k, pension schemes)
• Bonus/incentive eligibility
• Equity grants
• Participation in our employee stock purchase plan
• Competitive health benefits
• Parental leave