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Principal Software Engineer (Substrate Store)

United States, Washington, Redmond💼 Full-time🗓 2026-08-05 → 2026-09-27

Core

Lead architecture, design, and implementation for modernizing Store Access APIs, search systems on Azure, and integration with the Substrate storage fabric.

Role type

Principal Software Engineer (Storage & Search Infrastructure)

Builds

High-throughput, low-latency access APIs, search/indexing systems on Azure, and integrated storage fabric components.

Domain

Cloud Infrastructure, Storage Systems, Search Engineering

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | infrastructure

Required skills

C#, Rust, API design, system performance optimization, concurrency control, caching strategies, observability, technical mentorship, cross-team architecture leadership

Preferred skills

Experience with AI-native development practices, disaster recovery planning, security and compliance governance

Technologies

Azure, C#, Rust

Responsibilities

Define high-throughput, low-latency access contracts and resource-governance models; lead design and scaling of search/indexing systems on Azure; broker cross-team architecture decisions; produce extensible, secure, performant code and review team code; define quality metrics, telemetry, and dashboards; mentor engineers and influence technical direction.

Seniority

Principal, hands-on IC with strategic ownership

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