Principal Software Engineer

Siemens enables sustainable progress through technology by combining the real and digital worlds. The Principal Software Engineer will set the technical direction for AI-native systems blending cloud infrastructure, machine learning, and hardware interaction, while leading architecture, scaling, technical strategy, and engineering excellence across teams.

Responsibilities:

• Define and evolve the technical architecture across core systems and products
• Provide hands-on technical leadership on strategic projects
• Lead technical reviews and mentor engineers across all levels
• Align engineering direction with product and ML research priorities
• Identify and address scaling challenges before they become bottlenecks
• Champion engineering excellence, reliability, and system sustainability

Requirements:

• 10+ years of professional software development experience
• Experience designing and scaling distributed systems and real-time applications
• Proven ability to lead technical strategy and cross-team architecture efforts
• Proficiency in at least one backend systems language (e.g., Python, Go, Java)
• Strong understanding of system design, performance optimization, and fault-tolerance
• Experience bridging machine learning research and production environments
• Background in building systems that operate in or interact with the physical world
• Ability to influence engineering orgs and contribute to hiring and culture
• Track record of mentoring senior and staff-level engineers