Principal Software Engineer

Position Overview:

Weʼre seeking a principal software engineer who is passionate, experienced and skilled, versatile, and customer-and business- oriented. In this role, we will also need someone who is full-stack and polyglot (see specific technologies below). This is a critical technical leadership role. As a principal engineer you will define the technical direction of our forecasting product, allowing us to scale and mentoring other engineers. You will also operate as a primary technical authority across multidisciplinary teams, partnering tightly with customers, partners and especially internal stakeholders, translating fundamental needs into technological solutions that drive the business.Responsibilities

Partner closely with product and executive leadership to inform and implement company strategy. Work with internal stakeholders such as Product and UX to rapidly distill initially ambiguous requirements into concrete and actionable plans

Be a strong, hands-on contributor delivering code and features day-to-day

Drive technical strategy and architecture for our product across all engineering domains

Champion operational excellence: reliability, quality, and continuous risk reduction across the product. Document and oversee implementation of the engineering standards that ensure it.

Own the security and compliance posture appropriate our product, e.g. SOC 2,data integrity, and potentially GxP/21 CFR Part 11 consideration

Accelerate application development and uplevel engineering staff via mentorship and selecting relevant trainings, conferences, and events for the team

Help grow the team: interviewing, hiring, and raising the technical bar as we scale

Represent engineering with customers and other internal and external stakeholders

Be AI-literate, leveraging the latest technologies to inform the technical and

Product roadmap. You will educate internal stakeholders on how the latest technologies work and contribute key ideas to conversations about how they can be leveraged in the product

Required Skills

A proven track record of architecting, scaling, and maintaining complex, scaled systems

Past responsibilities involve systems with large numbers of users in environments where quality, security, and reliability are critical

Polyglot mastery and a proven ability to learn new languages and architectures.

Ability to hit the ground running — someone who is already proficient in our current stack:

TypeScript, React, and NodeJS

Rust ideally (ideally), or Go/C++

Amazon Web Services and Azure (ideally), or equivalent

CI/CD: GitHub Actions, or equivallent

Infrastructure-as-code solutions like Terraform, Pulumi or equivalent

Experience12+ years of engineering excellenceEducationBachelors degree or higher in Computer Science or other relevant field preferredWe may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses and identifying potential inconsistencies or verification signals in application materials based on available information. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.