Join the EngageNest team

Principal Software Engineer

About the job

Do you want to work on a product that is used by millions of people around the world daily, and growing rapidly? Do you care deeply about how software is designed with a focus on supporting global-scale? Do you want to be part of a world-class team that continuously pushes the boundary of service and engineering excellence?

A Principal Software Engineer role :

• Conceives product and service architecture
• Ensures scalability, availability, reliability and ease of operations
• Collaborates with technical leaders
• Mentors the internal engineering talent.

On a given day, you may write and / or review architecture and design docs, and / or code for a new product, service or proof-of-concept for your team or perhaps other teams across the company, participate in strategic discussions on programs that impact the company, help with career growth of your team members, assess other technical leaders for promotion readiness, influence other Director / VP organizations.

Responsibilities

• Drive architectural improvements across the product suite to improve performance, reliability, and scale.
• Lead the transition from VM based capacity management to containers: determine system-wide requirements, ensure delivery from the platform, build the shared foundational pieces, and guide app teams through adoption and safe rollout.
• Lead and mentor other engineers and provide technical direction at the team level.
• Drive engineering excellence and best practices across the team and the organization.
• Research and evaluate new technologies and trends and propose new ideas and solutions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, or related field, or equivalent work experience.
• 10+ years of professional software engineering experience, preferably in cloud infrastructure management, web, or mobile development.
• Expertise in one or more programming languages, such as C#, Java, Python, or JavaScript.
• Strong knowledge of software engineering principles, patterns, and practices, such as object-oriented design, test-driven development, and agile methodologies.
• Experience with cloud platforms and services in MS Azure.
• Experience with container technologies, such as Docker, Kubernetes, or AKS.
• Experience with artificial intelligence, machine learning, or data science, or a strong interest in learning and applying these technologies.
• Excellent communication, collaboration, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team in a fast-paced and dynamic environment.
• Passion for learning new skills and technologies and sharing them with others.

Or reach out at : contact@engagenest.com