Principal Software Engineer
About The Position
Join our Cloud Technology's Compute division, formerly Linode, which consists of collaborative, inclusive, and creative teams. We develop applications and services to empower our customers. Our mission is to accelerate innovation by making cloud computing simple, scalable, affordable, and accessible to all. We design, develop, test, and maintain products that run on our IaaS platform. Help us shape the future of our cloud-native and Kubernetes services. We are looking for a Principal Software Engineer with deep expertise in Kubernetes and cloud-native architectures to lead the evolution of our managed services. You will be responsible for helping to support the scale, performance, security, and capabilities of our managed Kubernetes product and integrating open-source technologies to supply simple-to-use managed services to the public.
Requirements
- 8+ years of relevant experience and a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field.
- Demonstrate experience building and scaling managed services and Kubernetes-based platforms
- Possess expert knowledge of container runtimes (e.g., docker, containers) and orchestrators.
- Showcase mastery in Go, Python, or Bash.
- Be a champion for sustaining an exceptional work environment and advocating for diverse opinions in technical debates.
Responsibilities
- Providing cross-team architectural oversight and strategic guidance to ensure cloud-native efforts are cohesively implemented across all product development teams.
- Acting as a unifying technical authority for cloud-native initiatives, ensuring architectural alignment, standardization, and technical excellence organization-wide.
- Partnering with cross-functional leadership to integrate diverse cloud-native technologies, bridging gaps between individual product teams and core platform infrastructure.
- Facilitating a unified technical strategy that empowers teams to deploy and operate cloud-native services efficiently, rather than focusing on a single product silo.
- Mentoring engineering teams across the organization, fostering a culture of innovation, collaboration, and shared technical standards.
Benefits
- healthcare
- 401K savings plan
- company holidays
- vacation (in the form of PTO)
- sick time
- family friendly benefits including parental leave
- employee assistance program including a focus on mental and financial wellness
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Principal
