Principal Software Engineer

Summary

Join our team as a Principal Software Engineer and help architect and build complex, high-scale systems across AI, data, and network-focused applications. This hands-on role involves solving system-level problems, writing high-quality code, and shaping architecture. You will collaborate with backend, DevOps, and AI engineers, contributing directly to production code. The ideal candidate enjoys solving complex technical challenges and working independently. This is a deeply technical role without formal management responsibilities. You will work alongside strong engineers across various teams, bringing clarity to technical decisions and contributing directly to production code.

Requirements

• 6+ years of backend or systems engineering experience, including large-scale production systems
• Proficiency in Python, Go, Java, or similar backend languages
• Experience designing distributed systems using microservices, messaging queues, and event-driven architectures
• Familiarity with cloud-native development (AWS/GCP), containers (Docker, Kubernetes), and IaC tools (Terraform, CDK)
• Exposure to secure system design, including auth flows and API hardening
• Strong system design skills with the ability to work independently on complex technical challenges

Responsibilities

• Design and develop core backend systems for secure, large-scale web applications, including authentication, access control, and network-aware services
• Build and integrate AI-powered services, such as agent workflows, RAG pipelines, and semantic search using vector databases
• Implement and scale data processing pipelines for real-time and batch workloads
• Collaborate with DevOps teams to maintain CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure as code, and observability
• Contribute high-quality code, conduct deep technical reviews, and advocate best practices

Preferred Qualifications

Understanding of data engineering or AI/ML integrations (e.g., RAG systems, vector stores)