Principal Software Engineer, Documents

Summary

Join a dynamic team at Coalition as a Principal Engineer on the document team and contribute to shaping the company's trajectory with your expertise in software architecture, performance enhancements, and business value.

Requirements

• Proven hands-on coding experience in developing complex software applications
• Deep understanding of microservice architectural design, with a specific focus on business logic
• Proficient in mentoring and guiding the team on design patterns and potential pitfalls
• Previous experience managing on-call duties for incident response, ensuring the team's ability to handle and resolve issues efficiently
• Demonstrated expertise in implementing monitoring and observability practices for maintaining system health and performance
• Proven track record of enhancing team practices to achieve improved reliability and performance
• A strong background in elevating software quality within a team
• Ability to guide and promote testing, continuous integration and deployment (CI/CD), code reviews, and other quality practices to ensure robust and bug-free software
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to effectively convey technical concepts to team members and stakeholders
• A collaborative and team-oriented mindset, capable of working effectively in a diverse and fast-paced environment
• Able to communicate pros and cons of solutions as well as garner buy in for leaders on technical investment
• Strong problem-solving skills to analyze complex technical issues and devise effective solutions
• Leadership capabilities to inspire and mentor team members, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and excellence

Responsibilities

• Utilize wide-ranging experience, professional concepts, and company objectives to creatively and effectively resolve complex issues
• Define technology strategies to address business problems and deliver solutions independently
• Focus on team architecture and product solutions, extending influence to related teams during projects
• Hands on coding and delivery, while also offering guidance and support for other engineers on the team
• Deliver and lead high impact projects and solutions
• Solve complex software problems with visible risks, roadblocks, and constraints, ensuring solutions are extensible and scalable
• Impact software architecture, dependencies, performance, and business value through innovative approaches
• Design, develop, test, and deploy software, while demonstrating leadership in managing large projects and delegating work for a small team of SDEs
• Proactively simplify code and resolve team architecture dependencies, taking a tactical and strategic approach to work
• Mitigate long-term risks and find viable paths forward in difficult situations
• Lead projects aimed at streamlining team processes and implementing mechanisms to reduce churn during implementation
• Exhibit self-driven and self-motivated behavior, actively finding time to prototype new ideas and resolving significant engineering problems without specific direction
• Communicate proactively and positively with teams across engineering, taking responsibility for communication on larger projects
• Influence peers, managers, PMs, and directors, actively mentoring individuals and driving learning opportunities for the entire team, such as brown bags and learning series

Benefits

• 100% medical, dental and vision coverage
• Flexible PTO policy
• Annual home office stipend and WeWork access
• Mental & physical health wellness programs (One Medical, Headspace, Wellhub, and more)!