Principal Engineer Software (Prisma AIRS Core Services Backend)

Qualifications

• Required Qualifications
• 10+ years of software engineering experience, building and designing large distributed systems and web services in the cloud.
• Expertise in at least one strongly typed programming language (Go (preferred!), or Java, C#, C++) or modern Python (type hints, Pydantic, etc).
• Experience with a major cloud provider like GCP (preferred), AWS, or Azure.
• Hands-on experience with SQL/NoSQL based databases such as Postgres, MySQL, Spanner, BigTable, BigQuery, MongoDB, etc.
• Experience with graph databases such as Neo4j is highly desired.
• Experience with a queuing system such as RabbitMQ or Kafka or PubSub.
• Experience with microservices architecture (Kubernetes, GKE, EKS, AKS, Docker, Serverless, etc).
• Experience writing comprehensive unit and end-to-end tests.
• Prior on-call troubleshooting abilities. Isolate issues found during testing and verify bug fixes once they are resolved.
• Experience partnering with product managers and front end engineers.
• Experience in leading and doing big projects end to end.
• Self-disciplined, self-managed, self-motivated, and strong sense of ownership, urgency, and drive.
• Excellent verbal and written communication and collaboration skills.
• Preferred Qualifications
• Deep knowledge in at least one public cloud (GCP, AWS, or OCI).
• Experience with infra tools (docker, kubernetes, terraform), CI/CD pipelines (GitLab or GitHub), and observability tools such as Grafana.
• Experience using AI tools to aid design and development.
• Experience with the agile process and working with software development teams involved with building out full stack products, deployed on the cloud at scale.
• Ready to understand and dissect new technology stacks quickly.
• High energy and the ability to work in a fast-paced environment with a can-do attitude.
• Familiarity with Cyber Technologies, Information Security, and Software Security is a plus.
• BS or MS in Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent professional experience or equivalent military experience.
• Compensation Disclosure
• The compensation offered for this position will depend on qualifications, experience, and work location. For candidates who receive an offer at the posted level, the starting base salary (for non-sales roles) or base salary + commission target (for sales/com-missioned roles) is expected to be the annual range listed below. The offered compensation may also include restricted stock units and a bonus. A description of our employee benefits may be found here.
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