Principal Engineer

About the Role

Principal Engineer

Key Responsibilities

Technical Leadership

• Define the architecture and long-term technical roadmap for our SaaS platform.
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• Provide guidance on system design, scalability, data security, and performance optimization.
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• Set and enforce engineering best practices across coding, testing, and deployment.

Hands-on Tech

• Contribute to critical parts of the codebase, focusing on quality, maintainability, and reusability.
• Lead design reviews, code reviews, and performance audits.
• Champion innovation by identifying and evaluating new technologies relevant to SaaS development.

Collaboration & Stakeholder Alignment

• Partner with Product Managers and Designers to translate business needs into technical solutions.
• Collaborate with DevOps and Data Engineering teams to ensure smooth CI/CD pipelines, observability, and monitoring.
• Influence leadership with clear technical vision and trade-off analysis.

Mentorship & Team Growth

• Mentor senior engineers and provide technical direction to multiple squads.
• Build a culture of knowledge sharing, technical excellence, and continuous improvement.
• Inspire teams to push boundaries while delivering robust and customer-focused solutions.

Quality & Delivery

• Ensure the platform meets enterprise-grade requirements for reliability, uptime, and performance.
• Lead initiatives for automated testing, observability, and system reliability engineering.
• Drive architectural decisions for microservices, APIs, and multi-tenant SaaS models.

Qualifications

• Education

  : Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience).

• Experience

  : 12+ years of software engineering experience, including at least 4+ years in senior technical leadership roles.

• Technical Expertise

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• Strong expertise in at least one modern backend language (Java, Go, Python, Node.js, etc.).
• Experience in building

  SaaS applications at scale

  , including multi-tenant, distributed, and event-driven systems.
• Proven skills in

  cloud-native development

  (AWS, GCP, or Azure), microservices, REST/gRPC APIs, and databases (SQL/NoSQL).
• Strong knowledge of system security, compliance, and data privacy standards (GDPR, SOC2, etc.).
• Familiarity with frontend frameworks (React, Angular, Vue) is a plus.

• Soft Skills

  : Excellent communication, collaboration, and influencing skills to align cross-functional stakeholders.

• Leadership

  : Demonstrated ability to mentor, guide, and inspire senior engineers.