Principal Software Engineer

Summary

Join Pulumi's Ecosystem team as a Software Engineer and contribute to the development and expansion of the Pulumi ecosystem. You will build and maintain Pulumi providers and higher-level libraries, collaborate with a distributed team and the open-source community, and lead projects to enhance the developer experience. This remote-first role requires 5+ years of professional software development experience, familiarity with Go or a willingness to learn new languages, and a strong understanding of cloud infrastructure. The position offers a competitive salary, comprehensive benefits including unlimited PTO and parental leave, and opportunities for professional development. The role is based remotely in the US or Europe with occasional travel.

Requirements

• Be familiar with Go and/or have an interest in learning new programming languages
• Have an understanding of the cloud infrastructure ecosystem (e.g. AWS, GCP, Azure, Kubernetes)
• Care about delivering value for customers and users
• Have experience with deployment orchestration and infrastructure-as-code tools
• Have a strong interest in building the next generation of developer tools that help build real world solutions
• Have 5+ years of professional software development experience

Responsibilities

• Expand the Pulumi ecosystem by building providers and higher level libraries that interact with the larger cloud and DevOps tooling ecosystem
• Interact with a distributed team and the Pulumi open source community to determine roadmaps, scope features, and improve documentation
• Lead projects from concept to completion that improve the Developer experience and leverage for users of Pulumi providers and components
• Evolving the existing platform by guiding standards, and bringing a fresh perspective for improvements
• Help mentor and foster good development practices both within the team and the wider Pulumi community
• Work from home with global travel 2 to 4 weeks a year for internal and external events

Benefits

• Health (US Only) - We offer competitive medical, dental, vision, and supplemental insurance. It is free for our direct employees to be on our insurance
• Time Off - Unlimited personal time off (PTO). We ask that employees take at least 3 weeks off during the year in addition to the 13 US holidays we recognize
• 401K (US Only) - With employer match
• Parental Leave - 20 weeks paid parental leave for the birthing parent or primary caregiver, and 16 for non-birthing parent or secondary caregiver
• Remote-First - We are a 100% remote-first company with employees in nearly 20 states, and growing internationally; we encourage asynchronous communication and autonomy. We also provide an annual work from anywhere fund to help cover the employee costs of working remotely
• Professional Development & Growth - We encourage a lifelong learning mindset and every employee is given an annual professional development budget
• Equity - As a small but growing startup, we all act like owners and you will earn equity in the company
• Additional Funds - We offer employees a monthly wellness fund to be spent on anything physical and/or mental wellbeing related. We also provide a quarterly happiness fund to be used toward anything that makes our employees happy!