Software Engineer Senior Staff

Summary

Join Phaidra, a company building the future of industrial automation, as a Principal Engineer. This leadership role requires a deeply technical individual who can influence teams, design and implement complex systems, and mentor others. The position involves owning the software architecture, leading large-scale technology efforts, setting development standards, and driving customer obsession. You will also lead process engineering initiatives, tooling efforts, and operational excellence across the organization. Phaidra is a 100% remote company with a global team, offering competitive compensation and benefits. The ideal candidate has 10+ years of experience in a technical role, a relevant degree, and expertise in distributed systems and machine learning.

Requirements

• 10+ years of progressive work experience in a deeply technical role solving complex problems in distributed systems and/or machine learning systems; 2+ years of experience as the leading technologist across several teams
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical discipline
• Experience crafting north star architectures that enables system & organizational scalability and driving a team towards it
• Expertise operating autonomously and leading large scale technology efforts across multiple teams
• Expertise building & operating large scale multi-tenant distributed systems with high availability, fault tolerance, performance tuning and monitoring
• Experience in productionizing realtime AI/ML systems
• Experience delivering solutions on a combination of cloud and on-prem environments
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with an ability to influence, direct and motivate individuals and teams with or without formal authority
• Shares our company values: transparency, collaboration, operational excellence, ownership, and empathy

Responsibilities

• Own the north star architecture for our software systems, and influence org-wide work to drive towards it
• Lead large scale technology efforts spanning multiple teams, contributing to the design and implementation of systems where deep expertise is needed
• Help set global development standards and practices that unlock organizational scalability and enable a culture of engineering excellence
• Deeply understand our customers and drive a culture of customer obsession in the team. Work closely with product & customer success leadership in identifying customer use cases to inform org wide technical decisions
• Drive process engineering initiatives in collaboration with the Solutions team, identifying opportunities for optimization, automation, and efficiency improvements
• Lead tooling ideation and prototyping efforts to develop innovative solutions that enhance productivity, streamline workflows, and improve overall customer experience
• Lead the banner for operational excellence across the org. Co-own org SLOs with other engineering leadership and co-represent engineering in company wide operational reviews
• Be a technical role model; Guide & mentor senior & staff engineers

Preferred Qualifications

• Exposure to industrial control systems and/or processes
• Expertise in data centers

Benefits

• Fast-paced and team-oriented environment where you will be instrumental in the direction of the company
• Phaidra is a 100% remote company with a digital nomad policy
• Competitive compensation & equity
• Outsized responsibilities & professional development
• Training is foundational; functional, customer immersion, and development training
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance (exact benefits vary by region)
• Unlimited paid time off, with a minimum of 20 days off per year requirement
• Paid parental leave (exact benefits vary by region)
• Home office setup allowance, coworking space stipend, and company MacBook