Principal Software Engineer (YC Experience)

Pragmatike • San Francisco, CA

1d • $180,000 - $300,000 • Onsite

About The Position

Pragmatike is recruiting on behalf of a fast-growing technology company building sophisticated software systems and infrastructure at scale. Pragmatike is recruiting on behalf of a rapidly scaling technology company seeking a Principal Software Engineer with experience in YC-backed or Venture backed start-ups to provide technical leadership across critical systems and engineering initiatives. This is a high-impact individual contributor role focused on architecture, technical strategy, and solving complex engineering problems.

Requirements

• 8+ years of software engineering experience.
• Exceptional system design and architecture skills.
• Deep production experience with TypeScript, Python, Go, or similar.
• Strong distributed systems knowledge.
• Proven experience solving complex problems at scale.
• Strong technical leadership without requiring direct management authority.
• Excellent communication and judgment.
• Willingness to work on-site in San Francisco.
• Fluent English required.

Nice To Haves

• Cloud and Kubernetes.
• AI/ML infrastructure.
• High-performance or distributed systems.
• Experience in a rapidly scaling startup.

Responsibilities

• Define architecture for complex, high-scale systems.
• Lead company-critical technical initiatives.
• Design distributed services and platforms using TypeScript, Python, and Go.
• Solve challenging scalability, reliability, and performance problems.
• Establish engineering patterns and technical standards.
• Influence architecture across multiple engineering teams.
• Partner with Product and Engineering leadership.
• Mentor Staff and Senior engineers.
• Drive long-term technical strategy.

Benefits

• Full benefit package and competitive compensation.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Principal
• Education Level: No Education Listed