Principal Software Engineer - Java Developer

What you'll Do

• Lead the end-to-end development lifecycle of complex software products, from requirements gathering to maintenance.
• Determine plans-of-attack on large projects.
• Solve complex architecture challenges, apply architectural standards, and implement them in new projects.
• Lead code reviews and documentation, and handle complex bug fixes, especially on high-risk problems.
• Analyse production incidents and provide both short-term and long-term solutions.
• Drive alert and monitoring metric definitions for owned services and identify areas for improvement.
• Collaborate with teams, including product managers, designers, and other engineers, to define product requirements and specifications.
• Develop programming environments with peer engineers and architects to deliver end-to-end components and features.
• Mentor and provide technical guidance to junior members of the engineering team.
• Promote best practices for code quality, testing, and deployment automation.
• Participate in code reviews and offer constructive feedback to ensure code quality and maintainability.

What Wed Like to See

• Experience in designing and managing cloud-based solutions.
• Proficiency in observability, monitoring, performance tuning, and ensuring scalability of cloud applications and services.
• Understanding of SaaS, PaaS, IaaS, with hands-on experience in public cloud offerings (e.g., AWS, GCP, or Azure).
• Strong programming skills in languages such as Java, and experience with microservices development (Spring, REST), SQL/NoSQL databases, queues, and caches.
• Experience with cloud-native development and deployment processes.
• Experience with distributed systems, microservices architecture, and cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP).
• Solid understanding of data structures, algorithms, and software design principles.
• Relevant cloud certifications (e.g., AWS Certified Solutions Architect, Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect).

Role Essentials

• 7+ years of experience in software development, focusing on building complex, scalable systems.
• BA/BS or equivalent educational background, we will consider an equivalent combination of relevant education and experience
• Minimum 7+ years of relevant professional experience

Perks & Benefits

• Comprehensive health, vision, and we'llness benefits (Paid parental leave, adoption benefits, life insurance, disability insurance and 401k plan or international pension/retirement plans
• Flexible time-off policy and hybrid working practices
• Equity opportunities and an employee stock purchase program (ESPP)
• Comprehensive Mental Health and Employee Assistance Program (EAP) benefit