Remote Principal Software Engineer

Summary

Join our team at GoDaddy Engineering as a Principal Software Engineer to build and scale product experiences and capabilities for Web Designers and Developers. This role involves architecting innovative solutions, enabling teams to deliver customer value, improving observability of production services, leading by example with high coding standards, sharing expertise through training and guiding other engineers, and engaging with engineers and partners across the organization.

Requirements

• Track record of delivering capabilities that build customer value and business impact
• 7+ years of software engineering experience and a proven track record of success
• Experience with Amazon Web Services (AWS), Testing, CICD, Git, Streaming technologies like RabbitMQ and Kafka, Relational and no-SQL Databases, and Docker/Kubernetes Python
• Knowledge of principles for high-performance design for both REST APIs and web vitals

Responsibilities

• Architect and implement innovative solutions by identifying and tackling opportunities in complex systems, and making trade-offs between balancing new technology, providing incremental business value, and simplifying our platform
• Enable teams to deliver customer value, drive business growth, and build scalable technology platforms for the future, by sharing expertise, fostering collaboration, and coordinating technical aspects of projects
• Improve the observability of our production services, allowing the team to quickly highlight gaps, resolve issues, and understand the performance of our systems
• Lead by example with a high standard for coding practices, including practical coding standards, modern software development approaches, test automation, and a strong focus on security
• Share your expertise by training and guiding other engineers, encouraging a collaborative and nurturing environment for learning
• Engage with engineers and partners across the organization to solve problems with broad impact, stay ahead of the curve with new technologies, and advocate for modern and effective tech stacks

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