Principal Software Engineer

Akoya

Principal Software Engineer architecting secure AWS microservices and APIs for Akoya’s financial-data network. Building resilient, high-throughput systems protecting sensitive customer financial data.

Posted 8/20/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $134,868 - $165,000 per yearWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in architecting and building secure, high-performance applications on AWS and multi-Cloud platforms, with a strong focus on microservices, APIs, and CI/CD practices. Proven ability to lead Agile teams in the financial services sector while ensuring data governance and quality assurance.

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AWS Cloud ArchitectureMicroservices DevelopmentCI/CD Pipeline ImplementationAPI Design and DevelopmentContainerization with Docker and Kubernetes

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Hard Skills

GolangJavaPythonSQLNoSQLRESTful PrinciplesPerformance BenchmarkingQuery TuningAutomated TestingData Architecture

Soft Skills

LeadershipMentoringCollaborationProblem-SolvingCommunication

Tools & Technologies

GitHubDockerKubernetesSonar CloudSnykDatadogBitbucketOracleDynamoDBConfluence

Industry Keywords

Financial ServicesFintechData GovernanceAgile MethodologiesCloud Platforms

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSCloudDockerDynamoDBEC2GoJavaKubernetesMicroservicesNoSQLOraclePostgresPythonRedisSQL

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Architect and build large-scale, enterprise-grade software applications on AWS cloud platforms using Lambda, ECS, EKS, and DynamoDB
Lead end-to-end software development in Agile teams within a financial services environment
Design and build distributed microservices and high-performance APIs for mission-critical, high-throughput data pipelines handling sensitive customer financial data
Oversee data architecture and governance across Oracle, PL/SQL, and NoSQL databases
Implement access controls, encryption protocols, audit mechanisms, automated quality engineering, test automation frameworks, CI pipelines, and testing strategies
Design and develop sophisticated software components and multi-application systems using GitHub, Docker, Artifactory, and Confluence
Drive technical modernization, introduce emerging technologies, conduct architectural reviews, and influence cross-functional stakeholders
Participate in architecture design teams and define application-level architecture
Develop applications, components, and subsystems for complex projects
Recommend development testing tools and methodologies and validate test plans
Ensure QA readiness of software deliverables
Develop comprehensive documentation for multiple applications or subsystems
Establish project life-cycle plans across multiple platforms and deliver projects on time and on budget
Advise on risk assessment and risk management strategies
Plan and coordinate schedules and assignments for multiple projects
Liaise with business units to resolve project and technology issues
Provide technology solutions and technical evaluation estimates
Advise senior management on technical strategy
Mentor junior team members
Perform independent technical and functional analysis across multiple projects
Develop original and creative technical solutions

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, Information Systems, or a closely related field (or foreign education equivalent) and five (5) years of experience as a Principal Software Engineer (or closely related occupation) architecting and building highly performant and resilient applications in multi-Cloud platforms using Go and AWS; alternatively, Master’s degree in one of these fields (or foreign education equivalent) and three (3) years of experience in the same area
Demonstrated expertise architecting, designing, and developing secure, high-performance APIs, microservices, and web-based applications for fintech platforms and authentication systems using Golang, Java, and Python
Experience applying RESTful principles and implementing industry-standard security controls
Experience performing request parsing, validation, and transformation for integrations between front-end and distributed back-end systems
Demonstrated expertise implementing CI/CD pipelines using Git or Bitbucket, including automated build, testing, and deployment workflows
Experience defining unit and integration testing thresholds and integrating quality and security gates through Sonar Cloud and Snyk
Demonstrated expertise designing and optimizing SQL and NoSQL queries, including Redis, PostgreSQL, or DynamoDB
Experience with performance benchmarking, query tuning, and capacity analysis under high-throughput conditions
Demonstrated expertise maintaining and scaling containerized platforms using Docker and Kubernetes
Experience with AWS services including EC2, ECR, EKS, RDS, and S3
Experience using Datadog to monitor and optimize software performance

Benefits

Comp & perks

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Architect and build large-scale, enterprise-grade software applications on AWS cloud platforms using Lambda, ECS, EKS, and DynamoDB
Lead end-to-end software development in Agile teams within a financial services environment
Design and build distributed microservices and high-performance APIs for mission-critical, high-throughput data pipelines handling sensitive customer financial data
Oversee data architecture and governance across Oracle, PL/SQL, and NoSQL databases
Implement access controls, encryption protocols, audit mechanisms, automated quality engineering, test automation frameworks, CI pipelines, and testing strategies
Design and develop sophisticated software components and multi-application systems using GitHub, Docker, Artifactory, and Confluence
Drive technical modernization, introduce emerging technologies, conduct architectural reviews, and influence cross-functional stakeholders
Participate in architecture design teams and define application-level architecture
Develop applications, components, and subsystems for complex projects
Recommend development testing tools and methodologies and validate test plans
Ensure QA readiness of software deliverables
Develop comprehensive documentation for multiple applications or subsystems
Establish project life-cycle plans across multiple platforms and deliver projects on time and on budget
Advise on risk assessment and risk management strategies
Plan and coordinate schedules and assignments for multiple projects
Liaise with business units to resolve project and technology issues
Provide technology solutions and technical evaluation estimates
Advise senior management on technical strategy
Mentor junior team members
Perform independent technical and functional analysis across multiple projects
Develop original and creative technical solutions 🎯 Requirements
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, Information Systems, or a closely related field (or foreign education equivalent) and five (5) years of experience as a Principal Software Engineer (or closely related occupation) architecting and building highly performant and resilient applications in multi-Cloud platforms using Go and AWS; alternatively, Master’s degree in one of these fields (or foreign education equivalent) and three (3) years of experience in the same area
Demonstrated expertise architecting, designing, and developing secure, high-performance APIs, microservices, and web-based applications for fintech platforms and authentication systems using Golang, Java, and Python
Experience applying RESTful principles and implementing industry-standard security controls
Experience performing request parsing, validation, and transformation for integrations between front-end and distributed back-end systems
Demonstrated expertise implementing CI/CD pipelines using Git or Bitbucket, including automated build, testing, and deployment workflows
Experience defining unit and integration testing thresholds and integrating quality and security gates through Sonar Cloud and Snyk
Demonstrated expertise designing and optimizing SQL and NoSQL queries, including Redis, PostgreSQL, or DynamoDB
Experience with performance benchmarking, query tuning, and capacity analysis under high-throughput conditions
Demonstrated expertise maintaining and scaling containerized platforms using Docker and Kubernetes
Experience with AWS services including EC2, ECR, EKS, RDS, and S3
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