(USA) Principal, Software Engineer

About the Role

Key Responsibilities

• Provide deep technical expertise and thought leadership to accelerate adoption of best engineering practices while staying informed on industry innovations, trends, and practices.
• Lead and participate in medium to large-scale projects by reviewing requirements, translating them into technical solutions, developing code, conducting unit testing, and communicating progress to stakeholders.
• Develop highly scalable services capable of processing millions of requests per day and solving complex software system problems using state-of-the-art technology.
• Design and develop backend microservices and APIs for web applications using JVM ecosystem (Kotlin, Java) and other languages (Python, Go).
• Collaborate with project teams and cross-functional teams, troubleshoot issues, ensure on-time delivery, and facilitate hand-offs.
• Troubleshoot business and production issues by gathering information, engaging support teams, performing root cause analysis, and documenting solutions.
• Support the business by responding to user questions, concerns, and issues, and facilitate resolutions through cross-functional partnerships.
• Drive high-visibility projects across the organization and lead the team in designing systems and applications.
• Lead project discovery phases, produce high-level designs, and partner with product, project, and business teams.

Requirements

• At least 7 years of experience in architecting large-scale systems with challenges of scalability and delivering sub-second latencies on 99.99% uptime.
• Expertise in one or more programming languages such as Java or Python.
• Strong background in algorithms and data structures.
• Experience leading teams and delivering large-scale distributed systems and event-driven architecture.
• Proven understanding of microservices-oriented architecture and extensible REST APIs.
• Experience with cloud application development, including scalable, data-driven, cloud cost-optimization, and message-oriented architecture.
• Understanding of SaaS, PaaS, or IaaS industry with hands-on experience with public or private cloud offerings (e.g., AWS, GAE, Azure).
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and automated deployment practices.
• Knowledge of relational and non-relational databases such as MySQL, Oracle, Cassandra.
• Strong inclination towards exploring and learning new technologies.
• Preferred: Understanding machine learning concepts and previous experience in the marketplace domain.

Nice to Have

• Experience with automation tools like Appium, Selenium, Jira, Rest Assured, Gatling, etc.
• Experience with performance testing and optimization tools.
• Knowledge of accessibility standards such as WCAG 2.2 AA, assistive technologies, and creating accessible digital experiences.

Qualifications

• Option 1: Bachelor's degree in computer science, computer engineering, computer information systems, software engineering, or related area and 5 years' experience in software engineering or related area.
• Option 2: 7 years' experience in software engineering or related area.
• Preferred: Master's degree in relevant field and 3 years' experience in software engineering or related area.

Benefits & Perks

• Competitive pay with incentive awards based on performance.
• 401(k) match, stock purchase plan, paid maternity and parental leave, PTO, and multiple health plans.
• Flexible working hours and a transition to virtual work environment.
• Health benefits including medical, vision, and dental coverage.
• Paid time off including sick leave, parental leave, family care leave, bereavement, jury duty, and voting.
• Additional benefits such as short-term and long-term disability, company discounts, military leave pay, adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement.
• Live Better U education benefit program covering tuition, books, and fees.