Optimal Ways

Digital Analytics & Optimization for Ecommerce | Certified B Corp

Principal Software Engineer, Backend

Backend EngineerSoftware EngineerFull TimeRemoteTeam 1-10Since 2011H1B No SponsorCompany SiteLinkedIn

Location

United States

Posted

163 days ago

Salary

$200K - $240K / year

Bachelor DegreeEnglishAWSCloudKafkaPythonTerraform

Job Description

• Platform Architecture & Evolution: Design, implement, and scale core infrastructure to ensure reliability, performance, and security. • Developer Experience (DevEx): Build and improve tooling, CI/CD pipelines, and workflows, optimizing developer productivity and minimizing friction. • Security & Compliance: Champion security-by-design principles, implementing controls that safeguard systems and data without slowing innovation. • Mentorship & Influence: Serve as a technical leader across teams, coaching engineers, and driving alignment on platform strategy. • Collaboration: Partner with product and engineering leaders, balancing speed, cost, and resilience in every decision.

Job Requirements

  • Educated: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, or equivalent technical experience.
  • Experienced:
  • Principal-level expertise in Infrastructure & Platform Engineering
  • Proven track record of scaling cloud-native systems
  • Strong Python 3 expertise
  • Strong AWS expertise
  • Familiarity with event-driven architectures (Kafka or similar).
  • Hands-on experience with IaC tools (i.e. Terraform, CloudFormation), observability, monitoring, & incident response.
  • Optimization-Driven:
  • Proven track record of improving DevEx by leveling up tooling, pipelines, & automation.
  • Experience improving monorepo developer workflows (Bazel, Buck, Pants).
  • Security-Focused:
  • Knowledge of compliance frameworks (SOC 2, ISO 27001, etc.) and how to operationalize them.
  • Experience leading security initiatives(i.e. hardening environments; building secure-by-default workflows)
  • Leader: A history of mentoring engineers and shaping technical direction across teams.

Benefits

  • Competitive compensation, including Series C level equity
  • Health / Dental / Vision 100% covered for employee and 50% for dependents
  • Life Insurance, with optional supplemental insurance
  • Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
  • Health Spending Account (HSA)
  • 401(k) with match
  • Unlimited PTO (vacation, personal days, sick days, jury duty, military leave, bereavement)
  • 11 Holidays
  • Paid Parental Leave for all employees
  • Short-term and Long-term Disability Insurances, and AD&D Insurance
  • Fitness membership reimbursement
  • Commuter benefits

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