Principal Backend Software Engineer Jobs

Principal Software Engineer

About LogRocket: Founded in 2016, LogRocket's goal is to make every experience o...

Location

United States , Boston or NYC

Salary:

225000.00 - 260000.00 USD / Year

LogRocket

Expiration Date

Until further notice

Requirements

7+ years of experience in a full stack or backend development role, preferably with a SaaS company
Experience with state of the art cloud technologies, including architectural principles, specific tools of the trade, and their strengths and weaknesses
Hands-on experience building and redesigning highly available distributed systems
Familiarity with modern Javascript-based applications and frameworks
Experience in development environments with demanding scalability or availability requirements
A strong collaborator who is transparent about progress on tasks, seeks feedback early and often, works effectively with the team to deliver on engineering estimates
Acts as a mentor to junior engineers and provides coaching to upskill other team members

Job Responsibility

Design a system to automatically detect the most common user paths across millions of events
Implement a search backend that allows users to search in real time across billions of log entries
Build a machine learning pipeline that automatically detects bugs in our users' apps
Automate database scaling to improve operating cost while maintaining the ability to respond to traffic spikes
Build a system that automatically recommends integrations for customers based on their toolset

What we offer

Catered lunch and an impressive array of your favorite snacks (healthy AND non-healthy!)
Unlimited vacation policy
Health, Dental, Vision benefits, 401k, commuter benefits
Generous stock options
Regular team outings and activities (from boat rides to paintball, we’ll try anything!)

Fulltime

Principal Software Engineer in Test

We are seeking a highly experienced Principal Engineer – Testing to join our dyn...

Location

Brazil , São Paulo

Salary:

Not provided

Invisible Technologies

Expiration Date

Until further notice

Requirements

10+ years of experience in software quality engineering, test automation, or systems testing roles
Expertise in test automation frameworks (e.g., Pytest, Playwright, etc.) and infrastructure-as-code pipelines
Strong programming skills in Python, JavaScript/TypeScript
Experience designing and validating tests in distributed, event-driven, and microservices architectures
Familiarity with testing in AI/ML systems, including model output validation and behavior-driven testing
Experience with containerized environments (Docker), and cloud platforms (AWS/GCP/Azure)
Strong understanding of CI/CD systems (particularly Git,) and modern observability tooling (e.g., Grafana, Prometheus)
Excellent problem-solving, debugging, and documentation skills
A track record of technical leadership and mentoring in cross-functional environments

Job Responsibility

Design, implement, and own the testing architecture across the AI platform, spanning backend, APIs, data pipelines, and AI models
Build and scale automation frameworks to support unit, integration, regression, performance, and AI-specific testing
Develop test strategies that balance reliability, speed, and coverage for complex, dynamic, and data-heavy systems
Create simulation and sandbox environments to test AI workflows and orchestration logic
Integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines, enabling confident, rapid deployments with safety guarantees
Lead root cause analysis and implement practices that prevent regressions across systems and features
Champion a quality-balanced culture and mentor engineers in best practices for building robust, testable systems

Senior Principal Software Engineer

To become a 100 year company, we need a world-class engineering organisation mad...

Location

India , Bengaluru

Salary:

Not provided

Atlassian

Expiration Date

Until further notice

Requirements

15+ years of experience building and developing backend applications - Bachelor's or Master's degree with a preference for Computer Science degree
Experience crafting and implementing highly scalable and performant micro-services
Proficiency in any modern object-oriented programming language (e.g., Java, Kotlin, etc.)
Real passion for collaboration and strong interpersonal and communication skills
Familiarity with cloud architecture patterns and an engineering discipline to produce software with quality
Experience in Elasticsearch, being able to deep dive into performance at scale problems, is a bonus

Job Responsibility

Build and ship JQL Search features and capabilities daily in highly scalable, cross-geo distributed environment
Be responsible technical evolution for products and platforms in JQL Search and partially in Jira Platform
Be part of an amazing open and collaborative work environment with other experienced engineers, architects, product managers, and designers, working closely with JQL Search and collaborating with other Jira Platform or Jira product teams
Mentor and level up the skills of your teammates by sharing your expertise in formal and informal knowledge sharing sessions
Ensure full visibility, error reporting, and monitoring of high performing backend services
Foster a culture of efficient delivery

What we offer

Health coverage
Paid volunteer days
Wellness resources
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Fulltime

Principal Software Engineer

The Principal Software Engineer role involves tackling complex problems, deliver...

Location

United States , Mountain View; San Francisco

Salary:

170800.00 - 274300.00 USD / Year

Atlassian

Expiration Date

Until further notice

Requirements

Expertise in multiple backend technologies
Ability to mentor junior members
Experience in tackling complex architecture challenges
Ability to lead code reviews and documentation
Experience in delivering solutions used by other teams and products

Job Responsibility

Tackle the largest and most complex problems on the team
Deliver solutions that are used by other teams and products
Determine plans-of-attack on large projects
Tackle complex architecture challenges and apply architectural standards
Lead code reviews & documentation
Take on complex bug fixes
Set the standard for thorough, meaningful code reviews
Partner across engineering teams to take on company-wide initiatives
Transfer depth of knowledge from current language to excel as a Software Engineer
Mentor more junior members

What we offer

Health coverage
Paid volunteer days
Wellness resources

Fulltime