Principal Software Engineer - SRE

Job Description

Write and improve production Java code

Maintain existing Java services

Build occasional internal applications (Java backend / JavaScript frontend)

Improve system reliability, scalability, and performance

Improve caching, observability, and platform health

Troubleshoot production issues and perform root cause analysis after incidents

Prevent future outages through engineering improvements

Review architecture and influence design decisions

Partner closely with software engineering teams and mentor other engineers

Requirements

• 8+ years of Software Engineering / SRE experience
• Expert-level Java experience in a production environment
• Experience writing net-new Java code AND maintaining existing Java services
• Distributed systems experience
• Experience with RabbitMQ, Kafka, or similar messaging technologies
• MongoDB experience (building applications that interact with it)
• Experience supporting SaaS/cloud applications in production
• Strong debugging and root cause analysis skills
• Experience responding to production outages
• Performance tuning and reliability improvement experience
• Strong software engineering fundamentals
• Experience improving observability, monitoring, and system health

Benefits

• Eligible for Health, Dental, Vision
• 401K

Pay

• Compensation Range: $130,000-$185,000

Schedule

• Remote (Eastern Time zone only; Central Time acceptable if working ET hours)
• Travel into the Boston office once per quarter