Principal Cloud Software Engineer

Responsibilities

• Define and evolve system and platform architectures for large scale, distributed Private Cloud systems
• Provide architectural guidance on multiaccount, multitenant, and isolated cloud environments
• Review and influence designs across compute, networking, identity, data, and observability layers
• Ensure architectural decisions align with long term platform strategy and operational realities
• Advise teams on scalability, fault tolerance, availability, and resilience in complex distributed systems
• Identify systemic risks and architectural tradeoffs early, and guide teams toward sustainable solutions
• Act as a point of escalation for complex cross system design challenges
• Serve as a security design review authority, participating in and leading formal architecture and security reviews
• Evaluate designs for compliance with security, privacy, and data protection principles
• Partner with security teams to ensure consistent application of threat modeling, identity architecture, and defense-in-depth strategies
• Help raise the overall security architecture maturity across the organization
• Act as a consulting architect to engineering and platform teams - providing guidance rather than owning delivery
• Mentor senior engineers and architects, raising the technical bar through design reviews, architectural critiques, and 1:many influence
• Help establish architectural best practices, reference architectures, and shared principles

Requirements

• A bachelor's degree and 10 years of professional work experience (or equivalent experience) is required.

Qualifications

• Deep experience designing and reviewing large scale distributed systems in production
• Expert level knowledge of cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or equivalent), including account structures, networking, identity, and security
• Proven track record as a system or platform architect influencing designs across multiple teams
• Strong background in security architecture, including design reviews, risk assessment, and mitigation strategies
• Ability to communicate complex architectural concepts clearly to senior technical and nontechnical stakeholders