Principal Software Engineer

TL;DR

Principal Software Engineer: Building cloud-native applications using Spring Boot and Spring Cloud with an accent on scalability, maintainability, security, and performance. Focus on modernizing legacy systems, integrating AI-powered development tools, and providing technical leadership to multiple software engineers.

Location: Westlake, Texas

Company

hirify.global is an equal employment opportunity employer.

What you will do

• Act as an individual contributor, writing production code daily.
• Design and develop cloud-native applications using Spring Boot and Spring Cloud.
• Build scalable microservices architecture serving multiple host-side and mobile applications.
• Provide technical leadership and guidance to multiple software engineers.
• Diagnose and resolve performance and stability issues.
• Document and communicate technical specifications to diverse audiences.

Requirements

• 10+ years of professional backend development experience.
• 2+ years in a technical leadership position.
• Expert-level proficiency in Spring Boot and Spring Cloud.
• Hands-on experience with container orchestration (Kubernetes preferred).
• Proficiency with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
• Must be based in the US.

Nice to have

• Experience with message queuing and event streaming (Kafka, RabbitMQ).
• Familiarity with service mesh architectures.
• Knowledge of GraphQL or gRPC in addition to REST.
• Experience with serverless architectures.
• Understanding of distributed tracing and APM tools.

Culture & Benefits

• Foster team collaboration and a culture of continuous learning.
• Partner with product, QA, and technical teams for test strategy and release planning.
• Implement observability, monitoring, and logging best practices.
• Bias toward action and shipping working solutions.
• Comfortable challenging the status quo constructively.