Principal Software Engineer-SRE

Boston, MA, USA💼 Full-time💰 $131,000–$131,000🗓 2026-08-28 → 2026-09-26

Core

Lead reliability, scalability, and operational excellence for a large-scale distributed CAD platform serving enterprise customers.

Role type

Principal Software Engineer (SRE)

Builds

High-availability, resilient distributed systems and internal automation tooling for Java-based services.

Domain

Industrial software / CAD / Distributed Systems

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | infrastructure

Required skills

Java, distributed systems architecture, incident management, observability, SLO/SLI definition, cloud infrastructure, CI/CD, infrastructure-as-code, system design, technical mentorship

Preferred skills

MongoDB, ZooKeeper, RabbitMQ, performance tuning, AWS, engineering standards

Technologies

Java, MongoDB, ZooKeeper, RabbitMQ, AWS

Responsibilities

Design and evolve reliability strategies for distributed systems; lead incident response and post-mortems; build automation and tooling to reduce toil; mentor SREs and engineers; define reliability standards and organizational strategy.

Seniority

Principal, hands-on IC with strategic influence

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About Ptc

PTC has a unique culture, which is fast-paced, driven and self-reliant. We are looking for talented, enthusiastic, and career-minded individuals to join our Professional Services PMO organization where you will have the opportunity to lead consulting services projects while working with a well-established and growing number of companies in a range of industries. From Aerospace & Defense to High Tech to Industrial Products and even Footwear & Apparel, PTC’s customer base is as far reaching as the products you use every day. As a member of the Global PMO team, you lead clients to value with PTC