Principal Software Engineer

ResponsibilitiesTechnical Leadership & Architecture: Serve as a technical authority, define cloud-native standards, and own end-to-end system design for complex, distributed, and high-scale solutions.Engineering Excellence: Lead modernization initiatives, transition legacy systems to microservices, and ensure performance, scalability, and security.Platform & Cloud Enablement: Champion GCP-native services (GKE, Cloud Run, Pub/Sub, BigQuery, Cloud SQL, Spanner), influence CI/CD, and drive FinOps strategies.Mentorship & Organizational Impact: Mentor Lead and Senior Engineers, foster engineering rigor, and collaborate with Product Management to translate business strategy into technical solutions.Required Skills, Experience & Background12+ years of professional experience building enterprise-grade software systems.Proven experience operating at a Lead or Principal Engineer level.Strong hands-on experience with Java or another major programming language (e.g., Go, Python, C#).Deep expertise in microservices architecture, RESTful APIs, and distributed systems.Strong experience with SQL and NoSQL databases and data modeling.Expertise in cloud-native design principles (stateless services, scalability, resiliency).Strong experience building and operating systems on Google Cloud Platform (GCP).Proficiency with containers and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes, GKE).Experience with CI/CD pipelines, Git-based workflows, and observability.Experience with Big Data and data engineering technologies (e.g., BigQuery, Spark).QualificationsBachelor’s degree in computer science or related field (required).Master’s degree in computer science or related field (preferred).