Principal Software Engineer (Java)

TL;DR

Principal Software Engineer (Java): Leading crucial foundational services for the hirify.global Platform, guiding a team, and driving architectural and technical strategy for a cloud-native SaaS platform with an accent on delivering high-impact software solutions and championing engineering excellence. Focus on balancing technical leadership from sprint planning to code design, mentoring developers, roadmap planning, dependency management, and cross-functional collaboration.

Location: Remote (United States)

Salary: $146,000–$229,000

Company

hirify.global is a leading global analytics software company helping businesses in 100+ countries make better decisions with big data analytics, AI, and machine learning.

What you will do

• Design, develop, test, deploy, and support enterprise platform capabilities.
• Create scalable, high-performance microservices with high availability, interoperability, and reliability.
• Contribute architectural designs and technical proof-of-concepts, adhering to established standards.
• Foster software development best practices, including secure coding and peer code reviews.
• Provide hands-on technical guidance and mentor team members to enhance their capabilities.
• Take accountability for scrum team success and delivery outcomes.

Requirements

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or related field plus 12+ years of relevant experience.
• Deep expertise in Java with strong backend/server-side development experience.
• Proven experience with large-scale platform engineering and distributed systems.
• Experience with Spring Framework, Spring Boot Microservices, gRPC services, and event-driven architecture (Kafka, Pulsar, RabbitMQ).
• Amazon Web Services (AWS) experience required, along with strong knowledge of relational databases, SQL, and object-relational mapping (Hibernate).
• Demonstrated expertise in unit testing, functional testing, automated regression testing, and test integration.

Nice to have

• Proficiency in Python/Go and experience working with Dapr.
• Experience with Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud Platform (GCP), and AWS certifications.
• Familiarity with Helm, Amazon EKS/OpenShift, and Terraform for cloud provisioning.
• Full-stack development experience with JavaScript and Angular.

Culture & Benefits

• An inclusive culture strongly reflecting core values: Act Like an Owner, Delight Our Customers, and Earn the Respect of Others.
• Opportunity to make an impact and develop professionally by leveraging unique strengths and participating in valuable learning experiences.
• Highly competitive compensation, benefits, and rewards programs.
• An engaging, people-first work environment offering work/life balance, employee resource groups, and social events.