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Principal Engineer, Platform Engineering

San FranciscoFull-time2026-10-20 → 2026-11-10

Core

Lead the architecture, reliability, and automation of cloud network foundations supporting engineering organizations across AWS, GCP, and Azure.

Role type

Principal Cloud Network & Reliability Engineer

Builds

Cloud networking infrastructure, routing, segmentation, firewalls, NAT, private connectivity, and automation tools

Domain

Cloud Infrastructure / Networking / Site Reliability Engineering

Deliverable

infrastructure

Required skills

Cloud networking architecture, routing, segmentation, firewalls, NAT, DNS, VPN, private connectivity, Terraform, OpenTofu, Terragrunt, Python, Go, SRE, incident response, Kubernetes, infrastructure automation

Preferred skills

Multi-cloud (AWS, GCP, Azure), cloud WAN technologies, BGP, hybrid cloud networking, private-access technologies (Tailscale, WireGuard), IPAM/DCIM, Kubernetes CNI, observability tools, IAM/identity technologies, policy-as-code

Technologies

AWS, GCP, Azure, Terraform, OpenTofu, Terragrunt, Python, Go, Tailscale, Headscale, WireGuard, Kubernetes, Grafana, Prometheus, Mimir, Loki, CloudWatch, PagerDuty, NetBox, Okta, Keycloak, FreeIPA, OIDC, SAML, SCIM

Responsibilities

Define cloud networking architecture and standards, design and evolve routing/segmentation/firewalls/NAT/DNS/VPN/private connectivity, lead technical direction for private-access technologies, establish SLOs/monitoring/alerting/recovery procedures, lead diagnosis and mitigation of network incidents, develop and maintain infrastructure using IaC, build reusable automation patterns, improve infrastructure change safety, partner with cross-functional teams on architecture, serve as senior technical escalation point, create architecture standards and runbooks, mentor engineers, identify and drive resolution of architectural gaps

Seniority

Principal, hands-on IC with strategic influence and mentorship