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We’re looking for a Principal Software Engineer to help lead these efforts - someone who combines architectural depth, technical breadth, and the ability to mentor and influence other engineers.\nThis is a role for engineers who’ve moved beyond being great individual contributors - and now amplify their impact through teams, design patterns, strategic guidance, and strong technical leadership.\nWhat You Could Be Doing\nIn this role, you’ll work closely with engineering teams, technical leaders, and business stakeholders to:\nDefine and lead technical direction across complex systems, projects, or client engagements\nArchitect scalable, fault-tolerant solutions that solve real business problems\nWork hands-on with modern cloud-native technologies - AWS, Azure, GCP, Kubernetes, container orchestration, and more\nDesign and deliver APIs and service architectures that enable fast, stable delivery and long-term maintainability\nSet and uphold high engineering standards - reliability, testability, performance, and security\nGuide multiple teams through ambiguous technical challenges and trade-offs\nCollaborate with cross-functional partners (product, design, business) to align engineering with business needs\nCoach, mentor, and elevate other engineers - sharing knowledge and driving best practices\nAct as a trusted advisor for clients - bringing credibility, clarity, and calm to high-stakes situations\nIdentify emerging technologies and evaluate their application in real-world systems\nOccasionally prototype ideas or lead technical spikes to de-risk and accelerate delivery\nWhat You Bring to the Table\nYou're a proven technical leader with experience guiding teams and delivering complex software in production environments.\n8+ years of professional software engineering experience\nDemonstrated leadership of teams or multiple teams - setting direction, coaching others, and owning outcomes\nDeep experience building and operating distributed systems, microservices, or high-scale platforms\nExpertise in modern cloud environments - AWS, Azure, or GCP - and cloud-native design patterns\nStrong working knowledge of containerization, orchestration, and CI/CD pipelines (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes, GitHub Actions, ArgoCD)\nProven experience designing and consuming RESTful APIs, GraphQL, and service-layer architectures\nExperience with backend languages like Python, Java, Node.js, or .NET - and the ability to pick up new stacks\nComfort working in agile environments with cross-functional teams\nConsulting mindset: you bring clarity to chaos, ask the right questions, and know how to deliver value\nExceptional written and verbal communication skills - you influence through clarity, not control\nBonus Points for Experience With:\nWe value engineers who combine technical strength with humility, curiosity, and the ability to lead through collaboration. \n(Not required, but highly valued - especially if you’ve worked in consulting or client-facing roles.)\nDesigning real-time, event-driven, or data-intensive systems\nInfrastructure-as-Code tools (e.g., Terraform, Pulumi)\nStrong understanding of software reliability engineering (SRE) practices - observability, alerting, incident response\nHands-on experience with AI-assisted development tools (e.g. Copilot, Claude, Cursor)\nOpen-source contributions or experience building internal frameworks / libraries\nPrior consulting or pre-sales engineering experience - especially with complex stakeholder environments\nExperience influencing technical roadmaps, org-wide standards, or platform strategy\nBenefits and Other Fun Stuff\nWe’re a fast-growing consulting firm with a reputation for technical excellence and a healthy, supportive culture. 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