Principal Software Engineer - Backend

Overview

Job Description

Responsibilities

• - Design, implement, and maintain sophisticated workflow and event-driven systems
• - Develop isolated execution environments using containers (Docker, Kubernetes)
• - Create and optimize runtime environments for performance and reliability
• - Architect, implement, and maintain modular systems and robust APIs (e.g., GraphQL subscriptions)
• - Conduct complex debugging sessions and resolve challenging system-level issues
• - Optimize memory management strategies to enhance system efficiency
• - Utilize Autogen 0.4 extensively to automate and streamline engineering processes
• - Design and implement enterprise software systems with an emphasis on security, operations, observability, and identity management
• - Ensure rigorous security standards and compliance with enterprise security policies
• - Integrate robust observability tools (logging, metrics, tracing) to enhance monitoring and troubleshooting capabilities
• - Implement identity management solutions, including authentication, authorization, and access control
• - Provide mentorship and technical leadership to junior engineers
• - Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, including product management and operations
• - Establish and promote engineering best practices and coding standards
• - Expected to participate in an on-call rotation to handle potential incidents

Required Skills

• - At least 10 years of professional experience with Python programming
• - Deep expertise in container technologies (Docker, Kubernetes)
• - Demonstrated mastery of workflow systems, event-driven architectures, and API development (e.g., GraphQL subscriptions)
• - Extensive experience in memory management, debugging complex systems, and creating runtime environments
• - Solid understanding and experience with modular software architecture
• - Experience designing and managing enterprise software systems focused on security, operations, observability, and identity
• - Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP)
• - Extensive proficiency with version control systems, particularly Git
• - Strong ability to document designs, specifications, and implementation details
• - Excellent communication skills, capable of clearly conveying complex technical concepts to technical and non-technical stakeholders

Benefits

• - Fair and competitive pay
• - Bonuses and equity included in offers above entry level
• - Compensation adjusted to reflect local market conditions and cost-of-living differentials
• - Additional details on total compensation and benefits will be discussed during the hiring process