Principal Engineer Software, Dev & Production Infrastructure (Chronosphere)

Job Summary

Workplace

• The role is explicitly remote.

Production Engineering

• Solve complex distributed systems problems at very large scales.
• Scale global production infrastructure and architecture using Kubernetes, GCP, and AWS.
• Build and operate highly scalable, resilient backend services.
• Develop internal monitoring, alerting, and production optimization tools.

Developer Infrastructure

• Design high-scale developer tooling, dynamic testing environments, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Define and manage ephemeral environments with declarative infrastructure as code using Terraform.
• Eliminate development lifecycle bottlenecks through architecture, tooling, and telemetry processing.

Principal-Level Leadership

• Own large technical initiatives from inception through delivery while balancing feature velocity and technical debt.
• Define platform standards and reference architectures across a one- to three-year horizon.
• Consult on infrastructure best practices and mentor engineering teams.

Required Qualifications

• 8–10+ years of relevant experience in high-scale infrastructure, production engineering, systems architecture, or developer platform roles.
• 7+ years of experience in at least one backend language, including Go, Python, Java, C++, or Rust.
• 5+ years of deep experience with distributed systems, distributed tracing, AWS or GCP, and Kubernetes.
• Deep knowledge of Linux internals, process management, resource isolation, and networking protocols.
• Proven ability to estimate complex work, debug distributed architectures, and identify design edge cases.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience or active interest in AI coding assistants and agentic platforms.
• Experience with AI-enabled agentic development workflows or LLM-driven orchestration tools.
• Active engagement with or experience in open-source communities.

Compensation

• The annual base salary range is $147,000–$237,500.
• Compensation may also include restricted stock units and a bonus.