Principal Software Engineer, Java, Event-Driven

Role Overview

• Design, develop, test, deploy, and support capabilities for a world-class enterprise platform.
• Create scalable, high-performance microservices with exceptional availability, interoperability, and reliability.
• Contribute architectural designs and technical proof-of-concepts while adhering to established standards and architectural guidance.
• Foster software development best practices including pair programming, code formatting standards, secure coding practices, and peer code reviews.
• Champion and implement process improvements across the development lifecycle.
• Provide hands-on technical guidance and mentor team members to enhance their technical capabilities.
• Take accountability for scrum team success and delivery outcomes.
• Execute scrum processes while maintaining focus on technical excellence.
• Collaborate with senior engineers and product management to create epics and user stories, defining technical acceptance criteria.
• Work with enterprise architectural models and distributed software design patterns.
• Serve as a technical expert, mentoring junior engineers and elevating quality standards.
• Navigate ambiguity and moderate complexity while proactively identifying and resolving issues.
• Share ownership of quality assurance, test automation, continuous integration/delivery, and production operations.
• Escalate challenges and risks promptly to ensure timely resolution.

Requirements

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or related field, plus 12+ years of relevant experience.
• Deep expertise in Java; proficiency in Python/Go is advantageous.
• Strong backend/server-side development experience.
• Proven experience with large-scale platform engineering and distributed systems.
• Demonstrated leadership of technical initiatives with a track record of successful delivery despite complex technical challenges, organizational dynamics, and ambiguity.
• Experience with Spring Framework, Spring Boot Microservices, and Spring Cloud Stream preferred.
• Proficiency with gRPC services.
• Experience with event-driven architecture and messaging systems (Kafka, Pulsar, RabbitMQ).
• Preferable experience working with Dapr.
• Full-stack development experience with JavaScript and Angular is beneficial.
• Amazon Web Services (AWS) experience required; Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud Platform (GCP) experience preferred.
• AWS certifications (Cloud Practitioner, Developer, Solutions Architect) are advantageous.
• Strong knowledge of relational databases, SQL, and object-relational mapping (Hibernate).
• Demonstrated expertise in unit testing, functional testing, automated regression testing, and test integration.
• Experience with containerization technologies (Docker/Kubernetes).
• Familiarity with Helm, Amazon EKS/OpenShift, and Terraform for cloud provisioning preferred.
• Proficiency with Git, Maven, Gradle, and CI/CD tools.
• Strong understanding of Scrum methodology.
• Ability to collaborate effectively within geographically distributed teams.

Tech Stack

• Angular
• AWS
• Azure
• Cloud
• Distributed Systems
• Docker
• Google Cloud Platform
• Gradle
• GRPC
• Hibernate
• Java
• JavaScript
• Kafka
• Kubernetes
• Maven
• Microservices
• OpenShift
• Pulsar
• Python
• RabbitMQ
• Spring
• Spring Boot
• SpringBoot
• SQL
• Terraform
• Go

Benefits

• Highly competitive compensation, benefits and rewards programs that encourage you to bring your best every day and be recognized for doing so.
• An engaging, people-first work environment offering work/life balance, employee resource groups, and social events to promote interaction and camaraderie.