Principal Engineer (Python)

Job Requisition ID #

26WD94886

Position Overview

We are seeking a Principal Software Development Engineer to contribute at a senior individual contributor level to the development and evolution of large-scale internal automation platforms. This role is expected to deliver high-impact, reliable, and scalable systems that improve productivity across the organization.

As a Principal Engineer, you will operate with a high degree of autonomy, take ownership of complex technical problem spaces, and influence system design, engineering practices, and execution quality across team boundaries.

Responsibilities:

• Own and deliver complex, high-impact software initiatives that span multiple components and services, from design through production readiness

• Collaborate closely with engineering leaders and architects to design, evolve, and refine system architectures that meet long-term scalability, reliability, and maintainability goals

• Translate ambiguous or high-level requirements into well-defined technical solutions, driving execution while balancing scope, quality, and timelines
• Act as a strong individual contributor on large-scale, distributed systems, contributing hands-on code while maintaining a system-level perspective
• Demonstrate ownership of assigned platform capabilities, including:
  Engineering best practices
  Code quality and maintainability
  Operational readiness and reliability
  Deployment and lifecycle considerations

• Identify opportunities to simplify systems, reduce operational overhead, and improve internal efficiency through automation and thoughtful design

• Partner effectively with cross-functional stakeholders (engineering, product, operations) to ensure solutions align with business and organizational goals

• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to other engineers through design reviews, code reviews, and knowledge sharing

• Play a key role in incident response and post-incident improvement, driving root-cause analysis and long-term corrective actions

• Contribute to the continuous improvement of engineering standards, development workflows, and quality practices across the team

• 8 to 12 years of experience in software development
• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Software Engineering, or a related field
• Strong proficiency in Python for building large-scale, maintainable systems
• Strong understanding of HTTP-based services and API design
• Experience in AWS services and operating production workloads in cloud environments
• Exposure to AI/ML systems, particularly NLP-based solutions and Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)
• Extensive experience delivering production-grade systems
• Strong expertise in software system design, including decomposition, abstraction, and long-term maintainability
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively in distributed systems and service-oriented architectures
• Proven experience delivering solutions in environments with unclear requirements or evolving constraints
• Hands-on experience building, deploying, and operating services in cloud environments
• Deep understanding and practical application of software design patterns and engineering best practices, independent of programming language
• Experience with containerized applications and modern deployment workflows
• Familiarity with infrastructure as code and automated provisioning
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to explain complex technical concepts clearly to diverse audiences
• Self-directed, highly motivated, and comfortable working autonomously while collaborating closely with senior technical leaders

• Experience with event-driven architectures and asynchronous processing
• Experience with Docker, container orchestration, and service discovery
• Familiarity with Terraform or similar infrastructure-as-code tools
• Experience designing or operating CI/CD pipelines for reliable and repeatable deployments
• Experience with search, analytics, or observability platforms (e.g., Elasticsearch/OpenSearch)