Principal Software Engineer – Performance

Principal Software Engineer – Performance

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree program in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
• 8+ years of proven Full Stack Development experience building sophisticated applications and APIs in Cloud and hybrid cloud environments at large scale preferably in Java and React JS.
• 8+ years of solid experience and understanding of software engineering principles, design patterns, and best practices for building highly scalable and maintainable systems.
• 5+ years of working experience with high-volume websites and high-velocity transactions and designing systems that can handle the demands of real-time or near-real-time data.
• 5+ years of experience in using observability tools such as APM, analytics platforms, etc.
• 5+ years of experience with identifying and solving performance bottlenecks of web pages at 90th + percentile with under 3 seconds load time.
• In-depth understanding and practical application of networking architecture principles and security: caching and content delivery (CDN).
• 5+ years of experience working with cloud platforms, such as Azure, AWS or Google Cloud, to architect and implement scalable, high performance and efficient solutions.
• 5+ years of experience in using Synthetic Monitoring tools for analyzing and optimizing Front end performance metrics.
• 3+ years of experience in using Log Monitoring tools.

Responsibilities

• Lead and deliver highly available and scalable solutions leveraging multi-region principles.
• As a Principal Engineer, monitors the performance of web applications and provides technical leadership to drive performance improvements with industry standard and innovative techniques.
• Define and track key software performance indicators to drive continuous performance optimizations.
• As a Principal Engineer, build sophisticated test suite and integrate with CI/CD to continuously measure performance and make it part of development practices.
• Recommends infrastructure upgrades to support business growth and evolving technology requirements.
• Ensures the integrity, security, compliance, and performance of platforms and the applications or services that reside within by partnering with peer engineering leads and architects.
• Partners with engineering teams to create and maintain documentation for key architecture and design decisions related to performance, availability, scalability and caching strategies.
• Adheres to and drives modern software engineering practices through design reviews.
• Develops ‘best-in-class’ engineering for our applications by ensuring that the services and the components are well-defined and modularized, high performance, secure, reliable, diagnosable, actively monitored, and reusable.
• Improves test coverage for services; promotes a ‘shift-left’ mindset; organizes and implements integration tests; and resolves problem areas.
• Stays abreast of emerging technologies and assesses their applicability to the organization.
• Fosters a collaborative environment that encourages knowledge sharing and skill development.
• Leads and mentors a team of engineers; provides technical guidance, sharing best practices, and fostering a culture of continuous learning and growth.

Preferred Qualifications

• Demonstrated ability to drive innovation, adapt to emerging technologies, and implement industry best practices.
• Experience in building applications and performance scripts using AI Peer Programming tools.
• Proficient in using modern software development tools, version control systems (ex. Git), and continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines.
• Strong communication and leadership abilities, with a proven track record of collaborating effectively in cross-functional teams and mentoring junior engineers.
• Demonstrated ability to take ownership and responsibility of critical issues and conclude them to resolution.
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills, with the ability to dissect complex technical challenges and propose innovative solutions.