Principal Software Engineer

Summary

Join Pulumi as a Software Engineer and contribute to the development of its open-source platform. You will design and build SDKs in multiple programming languages, lead projects from concept to completion, and engage with the community. This remote-first role requires experience in API and SDK design, multiple programming languages, and cloud platforms. You'll need strong communication and problem-solving skills. Pulumi offers a competitive salary, comprehensive benefits including health insurance, paid time off, 401k matching, parental leave, and professional development opportunities. The role can be based remotely in the US or Europe.

Requirements

• Experience in designing APIs, SDKs, developer tools
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal
• Experience in multiple programming languages such as Go, TypeScript, Python, Java, C#, Rust, Kotlin, Scala, Haskell, Ruby, F#, Lisp
• Systematic problem-solving approach, first principles and critical thinking skills, good design sensibilities
• Mindset of a community builder, focus on driving users and contributors to success
• Understanding of compilers, graph algorithms, data structures, and software architecture
• Experience building and running services in platforms such as Kubernetes, AWS, Azure, Google Cloud
• Experience with deployment orchestration and infrastructure as code tools

Responsibilities

• Design and build open-source Pulumi SDKs in multiple programming languages
• Provide appropriate test coverage, clearly document design choices, ensure great performance, reliability, and maintainability of your code
• Lead projects from concept to completion: collaborate with fellow engineers and customers to prototype, design, engineer, and test new features
• Determine roadmaps and scope features based on your interaction with the team and the open source community
• Contribute to the Pulumi community: engage with users to gather feedback, produce new sample content, and increase excitement about what we’re building

Benefits

• We provide comprehensive medical, dental, vision, and supplemental insurance at no cost to U.S. employees, and comply with local health benefit requirements internationally
• We have an unlimited Personal Time Off (PTO) policy and require employees to take at least three weeks off annually, in addition to 13 U.S. holidays
• We offer a 401(k) with an employer match for U.S. employees to support long-term financial security
• We provide 20 weeks of paid leave for the birthing parent or primary caregiver and 16 for the non-birthing parent or secondary caregiver
• Our workforce is fully remote, spanning over 20 states and 12 countries. We encourage asynchronous collaboration and support remote work with an annual "work from anywhere" fund
• Each employee receives an annual development budget, reinforcing our commitment to continuous learning
• As a growing startup, all employees receive equity and are encouraged to be frugal, scrappy, and to act like owners
• We offer a monthly wellness fund for physical or mental well-being and a quarterly happiness fund for personal and team use