Principal Software Engineer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in California.

📋 Description

• Act as a senior technical force multiplier across Integrations, Workflows & Orchestration, and Data Management.

• Collaborate with the three platform engineering teams on a rotating basis, producing production-quality code and resolving challenging technical issues.

• Design and advance scalable, fault-tolerant, event-driven architectures utilizing Java/Spring Boot, Node.js/NestJS, Kafka, and workflow orchestration platforms.

• Lead the response and root-cause analysis for critical incidents and systemic reliability challenges.

• Propel platform modernization by streamlining integration patterns, re-architecting outdated systems, and enhancing observability.

• Set best practices for idempotency, retries, error management, state handling, API and webhook versioning, and workflow design.

• Develop multi-quarter roadmaps in collaboration with engineering and product leadership.

• Oversee build-vs-buy assessments and create architecture decision records and design documentation.

• Mentor engineers of all levels and act as a senior interviewer.

• Report directly to the Senior Director of Software Engineering and closely collaborate with three Engineering Leaders and their teams.

⛳️ Requirements

• 12+ years of software engineering experience, including substantial time in senior or staff-level positions, with a proven record of technical leadership across various teams.

• Extensive experience in designing and managing backend distributed systems at scale, with strong expertise in Java (Spring Boot) and/or Node.js (NestJS).

• Proven experience in building or owning integrations or connectors with CRM, marketing automation, sales engagement, or data warehouse platforms (Salesforce, HubSpot, Marketo, Snowflake, or similar).

• Demonstrated capability to influence without authority by aligning teams, driving decisions, and establishing trust across engineering, product, and business stakeholders.

• Strong background in leading platform modernization, reliability, and observability initiatives, with excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to present to executive leadership.

• Hands-on experience with event-driven architectures and streaming technologies such as Kafka, as well as workflow orchestration platforms like Temporal, Google Cloud Workflows, or Airflow.

• Practical knowledge of data quality practices: deduplication, standardization, enrichment, and GDPR/CCPA compliance.

• Experience with API strategy, webhooks, partner/ISV integration programs, and no-code/low-code workflow builders.

• Familiarity with multi-cloud environments (AWS, GCP), build-vs-buy assessments, vendor management, and SaaS cost optimization.

🏝️ Benefits

• Variable compensation.

• Comprehensive benefits.

• Holistic mind, body and lifestyle programs designed for overall well-being.

• Bonus, commission, equity, and other benefits may also apply.