Principal Software Engineer (React/Golang) - Peer Communities

Gartner•Irving, TX

10d•$128,000 - $186,000•Hybrid

About The Position

This Principal role owns technical leadership for the Peer Community product within Digital Product Technology (DPT), partnering with two Scrum teams to deliver mobile, web and backend platforms and to drive discovery and the architectural runway. Gartner Peer Community Gartner Peer Community is a peer-driven platform where thousands of verified enterprise leaders connect to share knowledge, ask questions, and provide peer feedback that helps inform technology and business decisions.

Requirements

8+ years of professional software engineering experience building production systems.
Demonstrated experience leading architecture and delivery across multiple teams.
Strong proficiency with React/Next.js, Go.
Hands-on experience with observability, incident response, and performance tuning.
Proven track record delivering systems with strong UX, maintainability, and operational quality.
Excellent written and verbal communication across technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Nice To Haves

Experience with Kubernetes, cloud platforms (AWS/GCP), CI/CD and infrastructure-as-code (Terraform/Scalr).
Experience with Next.js and server-side rendering patterns.
Prior experience in distributed systems, high-traffic services, or data-intensive platforms.
Experience with data science platforms

Responsibilities

Lead system architecture, run technical reviews, and own cross-team integration and interfaces across two Scrum teams.
Participate and lead discovery, prototyping, and the architectural runway to ensure delivery readiness and technical alignment.
Design and evolve client-side architecture for web and mobile while ensuring consistency across platforms.
Design and build effective, observable, and scalable backend services in Go.
Define and drive non-functional requirements: scalability, availability, security, observability, and performance.
Coach and mentor senior engineers; influence hiring, on-call practices, and engineering standards.
Work closely with Product and Design to translate customer problems into technical solutions and measurable outcomes.
Improve engineering processes and tooling to reduce cycle time and increase reliability.

Benefits

Competitive compensation.
Limitless growth and learning opportunities.
Ongoing mentorship and apprenticeship; Leadership courses, development programs, technical courses, certification opportunities and more!
A collaborative and positive culture - join a diverse team of professionals that are as smart and driven as you.
A chance to make an impact – your work will contribute directly to our strategy.
Enjoy the flexibility of working from home and the energy of collaborating with peers in our dynamic offices.
20+ PTO days plus holidays and floating holidays in your first year.
Extensive medical, dental insurance and vision plan.
401K with corporate match, immediate vesting.
Health-and-wellness-related allowance programs.
Parental leave.
Tuition reimbursement.
Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
Employee Assistance Program.
Gartner Gives Charity Match.
And much more!