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Principal Software Engineer – Infrastructure

US, CA, Santa Clara💼 Full-time💰 $248,000–$248,000🗓 2026-08-25 → 2026-09-25

Core

Architect and build foundational software systems for enterprise infrastructure automation, configuration management, and operational platforms across compute, storage, networking, and hybrid environments.

Role type

Principal Software Engineer (Infrastructure Automation & Configuration Management)

Builds

Multi-year technical vision and architecture for IT infrastructure automation, orchestration, and self-service platforms.

Domain

Enterprise Infrastructure, Cloud/Hybrid Environments, Configuration Management

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | infrastructure

Required skills

Enterprise configuration management, Infrastructure automation, Go/Python/Java systems programming, Linux, Kubernetes, Containers, CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code, Large-scale data pipelines, Distributed systems, Scalability engineering

Preferred skills

Ansible Automation Platform, AI-enabled configuration management, Autonomous operations platforms, Global infrastructure fleet management

Technologies

Ansible Automation Platform, AWX, Salt, Databricks, Kubernetes, Linux, Go, Python, Java

Responsibilities

Define multi-year technical vision and architecture for infrastructure automation; Establish strategy for applying AI to configuration management; Develop prototypes and production software; Build secure and scalable integrations across infrastructure platforms; Mentor senior and staff engineers; Partner with leadership to translate business challenges into technical strategy.

Seniority

Principal, hands-on IC with strategic leadership

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