Principal Software Engineer

About You

As a Principal Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in architecting, designing, and delivering the SGNL platform that can meet the needs of our current and future customers. Your expertise and leadership will be instrumental in guiding and mentoring teams, influencing technical direction, and driving innovation and business impact.

You are versatile, able to thrive in a dynamic, entrepreneurial setting and you are comfortable managing competing and rapidly changing priorities and are able to bring order to ambiguous scenarios. You are data-driven and analytical. You can clearly & effectively communicate (written as well as verbally) deep technical concepts across the organization and customers.

You will

• Lead the design, development, and implementation of complex and scalable services
• Provide technical guidance, mentorship, and coaching to engineers, fostering a culture of continuous learning and growth
• Collaborate cross-functionally with product managers and other stakeholders to define and execute technical strategies aligned with business objectives
• Drive innovation through research, prototyping, and implementing cutting-edge technologies or methodologies
• Contribute proactively to technical discussions, code reviews, and implementation
• Champion best practices, coding standards, and methodologies to uphold high-quality engineering principles and continuously improve engineering efficiency
• Evaluate and optimize system performance, ensuring reliability, scalability, and security
• Provide technical leadership both within and outside of SGNL by actively contributing to blog posts, technical articles, and engaging in tech talks
• Collaborate cross-functionally with industry partners, fostering relationships to drive joint initiatives and stay abreast of industry trends

Basic Qualifications

• 15+ years of professional software development experience
• 12+ years of programming experience with at least one modern language such as Go, Java, C++, or C# including object-oriented design
• 10+ years of experience contributing to the architecture and design (architecture, design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and current systems
• Experience building cloud-deployed applications
• BS/BE in CS or related field

Preferred Qualifications

• 10+ years experience building high scale, distributed systems that handle large amounts of data
• Proven track record of building and delivering mission critical, production software systems from ground up
• Proven track record of designing systems for performance, scalability, reliability, and availability
• Solid knowledge of data structures and algorithms especially graphs
• Deep understanding and proven experience working with various types of data stores (relational DBs, KV, NoSQL, GraphDB)
• Experience with Microservices/Containerization/Kubernetes
• Experience with Golang will be a big plus
• Experience with Authz/n concepts and technologies will be an advantage
• Masters/PhD in CS or related field

Additional Information

• Base salary range for this position: $200,000.00 - $300,000.00 per year
• Eligible to participate in SGNL's Equity Incentive Plan

*Final offer will be at the company's sole discretion and determined by multiple factors, including years and depth of relevant experience and expertise, location, and other business considerations.