Principal Engineer, Cloud Transition

• Lead the design and development of scalable and reliable backend systems for cloud-based applications.
• Collaborate with product managers, architects, and other stakeholders to define technical requirements and system architecture.
• Mentor and guide junior engineers, fostering a culture of continuous learning and improvement.
• Implement best practices for software development, including code reviews, testing, and documentation.
• Analyze and optimize system performance to ensure high availability and low latency.
• Stay current with industry trends and emerging technologies related to cloud computing and backend development.
• Participate in the full software development lifecycle, from concept to deployment and maintenance.
• Work on platform capabilities to power customer-facing solutions/experiences such as migration assistants (JCMA, CCMA), App Migrations, and Routine Admin tasks (sandbox data clone, cloud-to-cloud data transformation, backup-restore).
• Engage in compliance initiatives across platform and product stacks ranging from cloud infrastructure to product experiences.
• Collaborate with Core Engineering, products, and platform teams on high-scale and high-reliability transformative architecture, such as Kafka Kafka Stream adoption.
• Ensure the adoption of world-class engineering and operational practices across teams.
• Partner across the enterprise group and various Platform teams to deliver key architecture outcomes for strategic programs.
• Act as a change agent in bringing in industry standards to boost velocity and engineering best practices.
• Provide architecture guidance for various critical programs in partnership with different Engineering Managers, other Engineers, and cross-functional teams.
• Add AI capabilities to our migration products and platform to make the migration process efficient

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• Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• Preferably 10+ years of experience in the industry with proven AWS and SaaS skills.
• 8+ years of experience in backend software development, with a strong emphasis on cloud technologies.
• Extensive experience in streaming platforms such as Kafka or Flink
• Experience interacting with internal and external customers
• Must have worked on complex architectural challenges and at scale.
• Proficiency in programming languages such as Java, Python, or Go.
• Extensive experience with cloud platforms ( AWS, Azure, Google Cloud) and microservices architecture.
• Strong understanding of database technologies (SQL and NoSQL) and data modeling.
• Experience with containerization and orchestration tools (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to communicate crisply and talk technology to engineering and cross-functional teams