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Principal Software Engineer

United States, Washington, Redmond💼 Full-time🗓 2026-09-24 → 2026-09-25

Core

Design, implement, and operate cloud-scale solutions, telemetry platforms, data pipelines, and resilient distributed systems at global scale.

Role type

Principal Software Engineer (Infrastructure & Distributed Systems)

Builds

Cloud-scale telemetry platforms, data pipelines, and distributed system infrastructure

Domain

Cloud Infrastructure & Distributed Systems

Deliverable

production ML models | infrastructure

Required skills

C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, Python, Rust, observability systems, telemetry pipelines, monitoring platforms, Open Telemetry, Kubernetes, containers, cloud platforms, large-scale data processing

Preferred skills

Rust, observability systems, telemetry pipelines, monitoring platforms, Open Telemetry, Kubernetes, containers, cloud platforms, large-scale data processing

Responsibilities

Design resilient, observable, and secure distributed systems; Drive technical direction for significant product areas; Lead complex engineering initiatives from definition to production; Partner with product, SRE, security, and platform teams; Establish engineering best practices for design/code reviews, testing, and incident response; Investigate and resolve complex production issues via root cause analysis; Drive cross-team alignment for multi-service initiatives

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