Principal Software Engineer, DX

This position is posted by Jobgether on behalf of a partner company. We are currently looking for a Principal Software Engineer, DX in United States.

In this role, you will take on a key technical leadership position driving architecture, performance optimization, and engineering excellence across a highly scalable developer platform. You will work closely with cross-functional teams to design robust systems, mentor engineering talent, and guide the long-term technical vision. Your work will directly impact developer productivity, platform reliability, and the overall quality of high-throughput services used globally. This position requires proven expertise in distributed systems, deep performance insight, and the ability to influence engineering strategy. You will collaborate with a remote, globally distributed team, contributing both through hands-on engineering and high-level architectural direction. This is an opportunity to shape core technical foundations and deliver meaningful impact at scale.

Accountabilities:

·         Lead architectural decisions for complex, scalable systems, ensuring alignment with security, performance, and compliance standards.

·         Mentor engineers and establish best practices for testing, code quality, performance tuning, and maintainability.

·         Provide authoritative technical leadership during code reviews to ensure reliability and scalability across services.

·         Collaborate with product leaders and technical stakeholders to refine requirements and incorporate engineering feedback into future design iterations.

·         Serve as an expert in debugging, incident response, and proactive optimization across distributed systems.

·         Improve deployment processes and runtime performance to ensure safe, efficient, and high-quality releases.

·         Advance development quality through tooling, automation, telemetry, and efficient experimentation frameworks.

·         Analyze performance metrics and drive product improvements informed by data, observability insights, and experimentation results.

·         Identify technical risks and develop frameworks for risk mitigation, contingency planning, and long-term platform stability.

·         Contribute to defining the technical vision, identifying innovation opportunities, and leading strategic engineering initiatives.

Requirements

·         Extensive experience building and maintaining production software in languages such as C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, Go, Ruby, Rust, or Python (experience level varies depending on education path).

·         Strong background in high-throughput, cloud-native, distributed systems operating at scale.

·         Proven expertise in performance profiling, observability, and telemetry-driven optimization.

·         Experience contributing to enterprise environments requiring reliability, scalability, and secure architectures.

·         Ability to drive cross-functional initiatives and collaborate closely with product, design, and engineering teams.

·         Excellent communication and leadership skills, with a track record of mentoring senior engineers and elevating engineering culture.

·         Preferred: experience with AKS, Azure management services, and large-scale Go-based systems.

Benefits

·         Competitive base salary range: USD 145,600 – 386,400 per year.

·         Eligibility for annual bonus and stock compensation depending on impact and role.

·         Remote-first flexibility within the United States.

·         Comprehensive healthcare coverage and wellness programs.

·         Learning and development opportunities to support continuous growth.

·         Collaborative, inclusive culture grounded in innovation and engineering excellence.

·         Additional incentives may apply based on revenue or utilization for eligible roles.

Jobgether is a Talent Matching Platform that partners with companies worldwide to efficiently connect top talent with the right opportunities through AI-driven job matching.
When you apply, your profile goes through our AI-powered screening process designed to identify top talent efficiently and fairly.
🔍 Our AI evaluates your CV and LinkedIn profile thoroughly, analyzing your skills, experience and achievements.
📊 It compares your profile to the job’s core requirements and past success factors to determine your match score.
🎯 Based on this analysis, we automatically shortlist the 3 candidates with the highest match to the role.
🧠 When necessary, our human team may perform an additional manual review to ensure no strong profile is missed.
The process is transparent, skills-based, and free of bias — focusing solely on your fit for the role.
Once the shortlist is completed, we share it directly with the company that owns the job opening. The final decision and next steps (such as interviews or additional assessments) are then made by their internal hiring team.
Thank you for your interest!

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