Principal Software Engineer

About This Role

Serve as a senior technical leader and hands-on contributor, designing and evolving backend systems for high-traffic APIs, data-intensive services, and revenue-critical workflows within podcast hosting, content delivery, and advertising technologies.

Responsibilities

• Lead the architecture, design, and delivery of complex software systems
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to engineering teams
• Set coding standards, best practices, and ensure high-quality engineering execution
• Collaborate with product, design, and leadership to define technical strategy and roadmap
• Drive innovation by evaluating new technologies and improving system performance
• Oversee code reviews, identify risks, and ensure scalable, secure solutions

Requirements

• Proficiency in designing and architecting software, including interactions with hardware, databases, browsers, file systems, and various infrastructure types
• Strong grasp of how design decisions affect comprehensibility, maintainability, performance, and availability in software systems
• Deep expertise in writing, analyzing, and debugging code in various programming languages
• Excellent problem solving skills, including a strong understanding of data structures and algorithms
• Sound understanding of computer networks, protocols, network security, and internet data transmission
• A rigorous approach to achieving software privacy and security, including secure coding practices, threat avoidance, and threat mitigation
• Procedural knowledge for when and how to leverage parallel and distributed computing
• Demonstrated ability to learn new skills and technologies
• Excellent communication skills
• Ethical, pragmatic approach to computation theory, considering automation, human involvement, and ethical boundaries
• Commitment to incorporating human-centered, universal design with empathy for user and developer experiences
• NodeJS, koa / express / tRPC, and either or both of JavaScript and TypeScript
• At least one top tier front-end framework (e.g. React, VueJS, Svelte, Angular), HTML, CSS/SCSS/SASS/LESS

Skills

* Required skills

Benefits