Principal Software Engineer, Workload Orchestration (Distributed Compute))

nTop builds computational design software and is hiring a Principal Software Engineer to address complex platform challenges. The role will shape long-term architecture, resolve platform bottlenecks, and enable teams to build sophisticated capabilities across the software platform.

Responsibilities:

• You'll be the "solver" for our most complex technical challenges
• You'll architect solutions over 1-3 years that compound in value, define our platform direction, and unlock entirely new capabilities
• You'll have genuine autonomy to identify the highest-leverage problems across the entire platform
• Your "domain" is making the system coherent—from customer interfaces to infrastructure to how we build software
• You'll enable deep specialists to build increasingly sophisticated features without the system collapsing under complexity
• Identify and solve 2-3 critical architectural bottlenecks limiting the team today
• Drive at least one foundational platform initiative from design through deployment
• Establish yourself as the technical escalation point
• Define architectural direction for major platform capabilities that will serve us for 3+ years
• Lead multi-quarter initiatives that fundamentally change how we build or how customers use our platform

Requirements:

• 8+ years software engineering with increasing scope and demonstrated impact across multiple teams
• Deep platform/infrastructure expertise: APIs, abstractions, system architecture, performance at scale
• Track record of improving software quality and engineering velocity, not just building features
• Leadership without authority- you build consensus through technical credibility and clarity
• Experience mentoring engineers and elevating team capabilities
• High-performance computing, scientific computing, or CAD/CAM systems
• Programming language design or domain-specific languages
• Working with technically sophisticated customers