Principal Software Engineer

Digital Turbine•Durham, CA

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

At Digital Turbine, we make mobile advertising experiences more meaningful and rewarding for users, app publishers, and advertisers — intelligently connecting people in more ways, across more devices. We provide app publishers and advertisers with powerful ads and experiences that captivate consumers, fuel performance, and help telecoms and OEMs supercharge awareness, acquisition, and monetization. In a rapidly evolving industry, we are constantly innovating and creating better paths of discovery to connect consumers, publishers, and advertisers across the mobile ecosystem. Please note that Digital Turbine is a hybrid work environment-only candidates local to the posting location will be considered. The Principal Software Engineer is a top-tier technical leader who drives the architecture, design, and implementation of highly complex and critical software systems, setting technical direction and influencing engineering excellence across multiple teams or organizational boundaries. About the Principal Software Engineer: Defines and champions the technical vision and strategy for major product areas or critical infrastructure Leads the design and implementation of highly complex, cross-functional software systems that have significant organizational impact Provides expert technical guidance and mentorship to other software engineers, fostering their growth and development Identifies and resolves the most challenging technical problems, often involving multiple systems or ambiguous requirements Collaborates with executive leadership, product management, and other stakeholders to align technical strategy with business goals Drives the adoption of innovative technologies often through build vs. buy analysis Sets the standards for architectural patterns and engineering best practices across the organization Accountable for the overall technical quality, performance, and scalability of large-scale systems or platforms Recognized as a top expert in multiple broad technical domains and drives architectural decisions that have significant company-wide impact Sets the technical direction for major initiatives Solves the most challenging and undefined technical problems, often requiring novel approaches Foresees and mitigates risks at an organizational level Shapes the technical culture of the organization and communicates complex technical concepts to diverse audiences, including executives Works directly with customers, both at technical and leadership levels, to understand and address concerns Owns initiatives impacting software development, quality engineering, customer support process, and Dev Ops Accountable for the technical quality and strategic direction of large parts of the engineering organization and drives significant technical shifts and transformations Mentors and cultivates future technical leaders About you as the Principal Software Engineer: Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or a related field and 10 years of experience, or 15 years of practical experience Possesses extensive and deep expertise in multiple domains, such as distributed systems, cloud infrastructure, and highly scalable architectures Demonstrated ability to define and lead multi-year technical roadmaps, mentor engineers, and resolve the most challenging technical obstacles Proficient in leading technical strategy, evaluating new technologies, and making significant architectural decisions About Digital Turbine: Digital Turbine (NASDAQ: APPS) powers superior mobile consumer experiences and results for the world’s leading telcos, advertisers and publishers. Our end-to-end platform uniquely simplifies the ability to supercharge awareness, acquisition and monetization — connecting our partners to more consumers, in more ways, across more devices. The company is headquartered in Austin, Texas, with global offices in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, London, Berlin, Singapore, Tel Aviv, and other cities around the world, serving top agency, app developer, and advertising markets. We are honored to have achieved numerous awards as an employer of choice, around the world, including: BuiltIn's Best Places to Work Awards in 2022, 2023 and 2024, DUNS 100 Best Places to Work in Tech for 2023 and 2024, and BDICode's 100 Best Companies to Work in 2024. Digital Turbine is an equal opportunity employer committed to exemplifying diversity and inclusion around the world. We welcome people of different backgrounds, experiences, abilities, and perspectives. We embed diversity in our mindset, products, and teams to empower an inclusive, equitable, and culturally fluent environment. Building and continuously fostering this culture within our teams makes us better collaborators, partners, and innovators. Digital Turbine will process the information you provide during the application process in accordance with the Digital Turbine Global Recruitment Privacy Notice. As a fast-growing public company, with a startup mindset, our values guide us and reflect how we operate as individuals, team members and as a company Find a Way. Creative solutions are part of our DNA, it’s a solution seeking mindset that gets the job done. Open to New Ways. We embrace our global teams and diverse perspectives. Having a global mindset is core to our mission and success. Be Your Way. We say what we mean and mean what we say by bringing our true self to work. We admit and learn from our mistakes. Own Your Way. Take ownership of responsibilities. You’re in the driver’s seat: See it, own it, solve it, do it. Work Your Way. We get it, a flexible environment makes balancing life and work easier. Choose the way you work best. Enjoy Your Way. We spend valuable time at work that's why we make sure to have fun by celebrating big and small wins.

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or a related field and 10 years of experience, or 15 years of practical experience
Possesses extensive and deep expertise in multiple domains, such as distributed systems, cloud infrastructure, and highly scalable architectures
Demonstrated ability to define and lead multi-year technical roadmaps, mentor engineers, and resolve the most challenging technical obstacles
Proficient in leading technical strategy, evaluating new technologies, and making significant architectural decisions

Responsibilities

Defines and champions the technical vision and strategy for major product areas or critical infrastructure
Leads the design and implementation of highly complex, cross-functional software systems that have significant organizational impact
Provides expert technical guidance and mentorship to other software engineers, fostering their growth and development
Identifies and resolves the most challenging technical problems, often involving multiple systems or ambiguous requirements
Collaborates with executive leadership, product management, and other stakeholders to align technical strategy with business goals
Drives the adoption of innovative technologies often through build vs. buy analysis
Sets the standards for architectural patterns and engineering best practices across the organization
Accountable for the overall technical quality, performance, and scalability of large-scale systems or platforms
Recognized as a top expert in multiple broad technical domains and drives architectural decisions that have significant company-wide impact
Sets the technical direction for major initiatives
Solves the most challenging and undefined technical problems, often requiring novel approaches
Foresees and mitigates risks at an organizational level
Shapes the technical culture of the organization and communicates complex technical concepts to diverse audiences, including executives
Works directly with customers, both at technical and leadership levels, to understand and address concerns
Owns initiatives impacting software development, quality engineering, customer support process, and Dev Ops
Accountable for the technical quality and strategic direction of large parts of the engineering organization and drives significant technical shifts and transformations
Mentors and cultivates future technical leaders