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Principal Software Engineer

Location: Remote
Compensation: Salary
Reviewed: Mon, Sep 07, 2026
This job expires in: 29 days

Job Summary

Seeking a Principal Software Engineer to provide technical leadership for the Location Services team in a full-time remote position, responsible for shaping architecture, driving technical strategy, and ensuring the operational excellence of location-based systems across the company.

Key Responsibilities
  • Own and evolve the architecture of core Location Services and geospatial capabilities
  • Serve as technical owner for critical geospatial components and guide teams through complex technical initiatives
  • Drive improvements in observability, resilience, and fault tolerance for geospatial systems
Required Qualifications
  • 10+ years of professional software engineering experience with demonstrated senior technical leadership
  • Deep experience designing and operating large scale distributed systems
  • Strong expertise in geospatial concepts, including spatial data models and geospatial queries
  • Proficiency in one or more backend programming languages (e.g., Java, C++, Python)
  • Experience building and operating cloud native services (e.g., GCP, AWS, or Azure)

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