Principal Software Development Engineer
About The Position
Core Responsibilities The Principal Engineer's focus shifts from project-level delivery to company-wide strategic impact and vision setting: Strategic Design and Development: Defines the high-level architecture and long-term technical roadmap for large-scale, distributed systems that span multiple teams or business units. Acts as the final decision-maker on complex system design trade-offs, ensuring scalability, performance, and security across the platform. Company-wide Problem-Solving: Independently tackles the most ambiguous and complex technical challenges that have no clear owner, setting the standard for technical excellence and innovation. Drives initiatives to significantly improve overall code performance, system efficiency, and foundational infrastructure health across the organization. Technical Governance and Code Quality: Establishes technical standards and best practices that influence the work of many engineering teams. Mentors senior engineers (SDE 3s) and holds a deep responsibility for the quality, reliability, and maintainability of the company's core systems. Collaboration and Influence: Works directly with executive leadership, product managers, and engineering directors to influence business strategy through technical expertise. Influences the work of many engineers across organizational boundaries, securing alignment on critical technical initiatives. Operational Excellence: Responsible for the long-term operational health and resilience of critical, company-wide services. Designs and advocates for architectural changes that reduce operational toil and improve on-call responsiveness at scale. About GTT GTT is a leading networking and security as a service provider for multinational organizations, simply and securely connecting people and machines to data and applications - anywhere in the world. We serve thousands of organizations, bringing together the right people, partners and technology to reduce the burden on IT teams and solve the most pressing networking and security challenges. Built on our top-ranked global Tier 1 network, GTT Envision is a single global technology platform to connect, orchestrate, virtualize and automate enterprise networks, enabling customers with consumable solutions to achieve business missions and meet ongoing demand when, where and how needed. Our portfolio includes SASE, SD-WAN, security, internet, voice and other connectivity options, complemented by a suite of professional services and exceptional sales and support teams in local markets around the globe. We partner with our customers to deliver Greater Technology Together. www.gtt.net.
Responsibilities
- Strategic Design and Development: Defines the high-level architecture and long-term technical roadmap for large-scale, distributed systems that span multiple teams or business units.
- Acts as the final decision-maker on complex system design trade-offs, ensuring scalability, performance, and security across the platform.
- Company-wide Problem-Solving: Independently tackles the most ambiguous and complex technical challenges that have no clear owner, setting the standard for technical excellence and innovation.
- Drives initiatives to significantly improve overall code performance, system efficiency, and foundational infrastructure health across the organization.
- Technical Governance and Code Quality: Establishes technical standards and best practices that influence the work of many engineering teams.
- Mentors senior engineers (SDE 3s) and holds a deep responsibility for the quality, reliability, and maintainability of the company's core systems.
- Collaboration and Influence: Works directly with executive leadership, product managers, and engineering directors to influence business strategy through technical expertise.
- Influences the work of many engineers across organizational boundaries, securing alignment on critical technical initiatives.
- Operational Excellence: Responsible for the long-term operational health and resilience of critical, company-wide services.
- Designs and advocates for architectural changes that reduce operational toil and improve on-call responsiveness at scale.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Principal
Education Level
No Education Listed
