Principal Software Engineer, Developer Platforms
$223,100–$301,100 year
On-siteBoulder, Colorado, United States
Job Summary
Provide senior technical leadership for quality systems across Developer Platforms, designing production-grade platforms that improve software validation and release confidence. Partner with technical leaders to translate architectural change into practical platform direction and guide modernization and migration efforts across multiple engineering teams. Contribute hands-on while mentoring senior engineers to ensure durable platforms that teams adopt and measurably improve delivery confidence. This role supports the cross-functional team building internal systems for over 3,000 Splunk engineers, shaping the next generation of quality platforms that give engineers greater confidence in software delivery.
Required Qualifications
- 8+ years of professional software engineering experience designing, building, and operating production-grade systems or internal platforms
- 3+ years of experience in one or more of developer platforms, quality engineering, test frameworks, CI/CD, build systems, release automation, infrastructure platforms, or developer tooling
- Experience with automated testing, release pipelines, service architecture, distributed systems, or comparable modern software development practices
- Experience leading architectural change, platform modernization, or large-scale technical migrations across multiple engineering teams
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience
Desired Qualifications
- Experience providing technical leadership across teams without direct reporting authority
- Experience building platforms for large internal engineering communities or organizations with thousands of developers
- Experience with AI-enabled engineering workflows, quality analytics, or emerging developer productivity technologies
- Ability to create clarity, communicate complex technical ideas, and align engineers, managers, and cross-functional stakeholders
- Passion for improving developer experience, engineering quality, automation, and software delivery confidence
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