Principal Backend Software Engineer

Job Summary

A company is looking for a Principal Software Engineer - Backend.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership across multiple backend and platform teams, shaping architecture and technical strategy
• Author and evolve backend systems and APIs to ensure scalability, reliability, and extensibility
• Lead the design of distributed, event-driven systems while establishing service and API standards

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience
• 10+ years of professional software engineering experience with a focus on backend and distributed systems
• Demonstrated expertise in building and operating backend services and APIs in production environments
• Strong experience with distributed systems design and cloud-native architectures, particularly AWS
• Proven ownership of mission-critical systems, including design accountability and operational responsibility