Senior Principal Software Engineer
On-siteBeaverton, Oregon, United States
Job Summary
Design, develop, and integrate scalable platforms and applications while championing best practices in software development across multiple engineering teams. Lead by example to define technical priorities, translate complex business challenges into actionable solutions, and oversee end-to-end project lifecycles from requirements to optimization. Collaborate with cross-functional peers to activate technical designs, evaluate emerging technologies, and drive adoption of modern DevOps, MLOps, and agile frameworks. Mentor senior engineers to foster technical excellence and ensure all services meet stringent security and compliance standards.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or a related field
- 14+ years hands-on software engineering experience
- 5+ years experience as a Principal or Staff Engineer, accountable for multiple engineering teams
- 5+ years native cloud engineering experience in a high scale, business critical domain
- Excellent computer science fundamentals including algorithms, data structures, and modern cloud native design patterns
- Deep experience with distributed cloud systems tech (Java/node.js, EC2, Lambda, DynamoDB, Elasticsearch, or Google Cloud/Azure equivalents)
- Hands‐on experience with modern data platform technologies (e.g., Databricks, Snowflake, Kafka/Kinesis, Apache Spark, Apache Airflow, dbt)
- Experience with modern ML stacks (e.g., LLMs, PyTorch, TensorFlow, Spark, and cloud-native MLOps tools)
- Strong track record with modern DevOps methodologies, automation, CI/CD pipelines, and infrastructure as code (IaC)
- Experience with front-end web application tech (javascript, CSS, html5, Vue, React/redux)
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, both technical and business-facing
- Ability to build and maintain relationships with multiple senior stakeholders
Desired Qualifications
- Domain experience in product creation, design, innovation or manufacturing is a major plus
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