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Principal Software Engineer, AI Tools, Security

Security EngineerSecurity EngineerFull TimeRemoteTeam 51-200H1B No SponsorCompany Site LinkedIn

Location

Washington

Posted

116 days ago

Salary

$232K - $319K / year

Bachelor Degree12 yrs expEnglishAWSAzureCloudDistributed SystemsGoogle Cloud PlatformJavaRustGo

Job Description

• Define the technical solution for a new product • Help shape the product with peers in Product and Design • Mentor other technical team members • Be the technical point of contact for the team

Job Requirements

12+ years of backend engineering experience, including extensive work on production-grade, distributed systems at scale.
Technical leadership across multiple teams or domains, with a proven ability to drive architectural vision, set technical direction, and influence long-term product strategy.
Exceptional product and platform mindset—you think beyond implementation details to how technology shapes developer and business outcomes.
Expertise in designing and evolving large-scale, cloud-native systems, with deep knowledge of distributed computing, service-oriented architecture, and performance optimization.
Demonstrated experience building secure, resilient, and high-throughput backend services, with a strong grasp of reliability engineering principles (SLOs, observability, incident response).
Fluency in Go (preferred) or another modern systems language (Rust, Java, C++, etc.), with the ability to lead technical design reviews and mentor others in language-specific best practices.
Strong grasp of software engineering fundamentals—CI/CD, testing strategy, source control, and deployment automation—applied in complex, multi-service environments.
Proven track record of technical mentorship and cross-functional collaboration, enabling teams to deliver high-impact, high-quality software efficiently.
Deep experience with major cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and infrastructure-as-code tooling.
Ownership mentality with a bias for action and iterative delivery, balancing short-term impact with long-term architectural health.
Excellent communication skills, with the ability to clearly articulate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.
Comfortable operating autonomously in distributed, remote-first teams, and leading through influence rather than authority.

Benefits

Freedom & flexibility; fit your work around your life
Designated quarterly Whaleness Days
Home office setup; we want you comfortable while you work
16 weeks of paid Parental leave
Technology stipend equivalent to $100 net/month
PTO plan that encourages you to take time to do the things you enjoy
Quarterly, company-wide hackathons
Training stipend for conferences, courses and classes
Equity; we are a growing start-up and want all employees to have a share in the success of the company
Docker Swag
Medical benefits, retirement and holidays vary by country