Principal Software Engineer – Streaming Insights

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

📋 Description

• Design, develop, and implement critical aviation intelligence projects.

• Create real-time data streaming and inference systems.

• Develop solutions for high-throughput data availability.

• Utilize AI/ML techniques to convert raw data into actionable insights.

• Strategize and communicate project tasks effectively.

• Leverage technologies to manage very large datasets.

• Address open-ended challenges related to performance, efficiency, and scalability.

• Enhance aviation products and predictions utilized by airlines and airports.

• Manage production workloads on Kubernetes.

• Establish and maintain CI/CD pipelines.

• Collaborate within an agile development framework.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) with at least 8 years of relevant experience, or an advanced degree in a related field with a minimum of 5 years of experience.

• Must have authorization to work in the U.S. without company sponsorship now or in the future.

• Intermediate proficiency in Rust.

• Experience with Python.

• Familiarity with Unix-style systems, including basic administration tasks.

• Practical experience with Kubernetes for managing production workloads.

• Proven track record of building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using tools like GitLab, GitHub Actions, or similar platforms.

• Ability to operate within an agile development environment.

• Preferred: Experience with AWS, including EKS, IAM, VPCs, and networking.

• Preferred: Knowledge of Terraform for infrastructure as code.

• Preferred: Familiarity with Kafka.

• Preferred: Experience with Nix.

• Preferred: Understanding of distributed systems, reliability, and scalability concepts.

• Preferred: Experience with observability stacks such as Prometheus, Grafana, or Thanos.

• Preferred: Familiarity with modern ETL orchestration tools like Dagster or Airflow.

• Preferred: Background in production ML/AI systems and MLOps.

• Preferred: Experience in infrastructure performance and cost optimization.

• Preferred: Knowledge of large-scale data processing systems such as Iceberg, Spark, Elasticsearch, etc.

• Preferred: Experience with hybrid cloud and on-premises Kubernetes infrastructures.

🏝️ Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.

• Three weeks of vacation for newly hired team members.

• Competitive 401(k) plan with employer matching contributions and additional employer retirement contributions.

• Lifetime Income Strategy option available.

• Tuition reimbursement program offered.

• Student Loan Repayment Program available.

• Life insurance and disability coverage provided.

• Optional insurance for pets, home and auto, additional life and accident, critical illness, group legal services, and ID theft protection.

• Parental leave benefits for birth, adoption, and parental responsibilities.

• Ovia Health services for fertility and family planning support.

• Assistance available for adoption.

• Autism benefit offered.

• Employee Assistance Plan including up to 10 free counseling sessions.

• Healthy You Incentives wellness rewards program.

• Access to Doctor on Demand for virtual healthcare visits.

• Bright Horizons services for child and elder care.

• Teladoc Medical Experts for second opinion consultations.

• Comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term and long-term disability, 401(k) matching, flexible spending accounts, flexible work schedules, Employee Assistance Program, Employee Scholar Program, parental leave, paid time off, and holidays.

• Potential eligibility for annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs.