Principal Software Engineer, Full Stack

Responsibilities

• Lead the development of critical features and components, ensuring high quality and timely delivery
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to engineering teams, fostering a culture of excellence
• Identify and resolve complex technical challenges, proactively mitigating risks
• Lead cross functional technical projects
• Evaluate and recommend new technologies and approaches to improve system performance and efficiency
• Design and implement robust, scalable, and maintainable architectures for complex systems
• Collaborate with product and engineering leaders to define technical roadmaps and strategies
• Anticipate future technical needs and ensure the platform is prepared for growth
• Contribute to the development of best practices and standards for software development
• Ensure the reliability and performance of production systems, providing on-call support as needed
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives to enhance operational efficiency
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex production issues, minimizing downtime
• Follow company defined development and operational standards and processes
• Mentor and guide senior and junior engineers, fostering their technical growth
• Lead code and design reviews, ensuring adherence to best practices
• Collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams, including product, QA, and operations
• Participate heavily in the hiring process, and improve the hiring process
• Complete any additional tasks as they arise

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent years of experience and/or certification in a technical field
• 7+ years of relevant professional experience
• Deep expertise in web technologies (HTML, CSS, JavaScript, TypeScript) and modern web frameworks (e.g., React, Django)
• Extensive experience designing or developing Restful APIs or web services
• Strong proficiency in a backend development language (e.g. Python, Java)
• Expertise in cloud platforms (e.g., AWS), including services like EC2, S3, Lambda, SNS, SQS, RDS (Postgres), and NoSQL databases
• Proven ability to design and implement scalable and resilient systems
• Strong understanding of software development best practices, including testing, CI/CD, and DevOps
• Understanding of Agile development methodologies (specifically Scrum)
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills
• Customer obsessed, demonstrates initiative, has a learning mindset, takes ownership
• Demonstrated ability to drive technical initiatives and influence architectural decisions
• Strong experience with system design

Pay

Base Salary Range: $167,200 to $209,000

Schedule

Flexible scheduling and work from home policy depending on role and responsibilities