Principal Cloud Developer
Core
Senior individual-contributor technical leader responsible for end-to-end system and cloud architecture, providing organization-wide technical direction to Experts and engineering teams.
Role type
Principal Cloud Architect / Senior IC
Builds
Next-generation cloud platform (Green Lake), hybrid cloud, distributed systems, APIs, Kubernetes, automation, observability, and infrastructure management.
Domain
Cloud infrastructure, hybrid cloud, enterprise systems, compute, networking, storage, virtualization, security.
Required skills
Cloud architecture, distributed systems, Kubernetes/containers, REST APIs, microservices, Python/Java/Go/C++, system-level troubleshooting, technical leadership, cross-team decision making.
Preferred skills
None explicitly stated as preferred, only required skills listed.
Technologies
Kubernetes, containers, REST APIs, microservices, Python, Java, Go, C/C++, JavaScript/TypeScript, Linux, Windows.
Responsibilities
Own and drive end-to-end architecture for complex cloud and infrastructure solutions; Provide technical leadership and architectural direction to Experts and engineering teams; Define reference architectures, interfaces, integration patterns, and engineering standards; Lead architecture/design reviews and drive critical decisions involving scalability, performance, availability, security, resiliency, and cost; Drive architecture for cloud-native, hybrid-cloud, distributed systems, APIs, Kubernetes, automation, observability, and infrastructure management; Identify cross-stack dependencies, failure modes, technology risks, and system bottlenecks and lead resolution of complex customer and production issues; Evaluate emerging technologies, drive proof-of-concepts and innovation, and influence multi-year technology and product roadmaps; Mentor and develop Experts and senior engineers, establish engineering best practices, and raise technical capability across the organization; Influence customers, product management, senior technologists, and leadership through clear articulation of architecture options, trade-offs, risks, and business value.
Seniority
Principal, hands-on IC with strategic direction