Principal Software Engineer

• Drive backend best practices around code quality, testing, observability, and security

• Mentor and review code for senior and mid-level engineers

• Participate in architectural reviews and influence long-term platform strategy

• Support production systems through monitoring, troubleshooting, and performance tuning

**You have what it takes if you have...
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Python Stack (Must Have)

• Python 3.11+ - async/await, type hints, dataclasses

• FastAPI & Pydantic - API development, request/response validation, OpenAPI specifications

• SQLAlchemy - ORM usage, async queries, Alembic migrations

• Async Programming - asyncio, async DB access, non-blocking I/O

• Testing - pytest, async testing patterns, mocks, fixtures

Java Stack (Must Have)

• Java 17 / 21 - modern Java features, records, pattern matching, virtual threads

• Spring Boot 3.x - REST APIs, validation, Actuator, configuration management

• Spring Data JPA - repositories, custom queries, entity relationships

• Spring Security - JWT, OAuth2, authentication and authorization

• Testing - JUnit 5, Mockito, integration testing, Testcontainers

Backend & Architecture

• REST APIs - API-first design, OpenAPI/Swagger documentation

• Microservices - service decomposition, inter-service communication

• Data Pipelines & Events - asynchronous processing, messaging patterns

• Database Design - relational databases, schema design, performance tuning

DevOps & Cloud

• Docker - containerization, multi-stage builds

• Build Tools

• Maven (Java)

• Pants / pip / poetry (Python ecosystem)

• AWS - EKS, ECR, RDS

• Cloud-Native Patterns - scalable deployments, resilience, fault tolerance

CI/CD, Monitoring & Collaboration

• CI/CD - GitHub Actions, automated testing and deployments

• Monitoring & Observability - logging, metrics, tracing, error tracking

• Version Control - Git, pull requests, code reviews

• Collaboration - working effectively in cross-functional agile teams

**Extra dose of awesome if you have...
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• Experience with event-driven systems (Kafka, SNS/SQS, etc.)

• Exposure to GraphQL or gRPC

• Experience building SaaS platforms with multi-tenant architectures

• Knowledge of security best practices and compliance requirements

• Familiarity with AI/ML data pipelines or analytics platforms

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