Principal Software Engineer – Cloud

Digit7

Principal Engineer designing scalable backend systems for an AI-native cybersecurity platform. Leading technical initiatives and mentoring engineers in a collaborative environment.

Posted 5/6/2026full-timeBoston • Massachusetts • 🇺🇸 United StatesLeadWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSAzureCloudCyber SecurityDistributed SystemsGoGoogle Cloud PlatformPythonRustTypeScript

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead designs of scalable, backend systems powering our AI-native cybersecurity platform.
Drive complex technical initiatives from 0→1, including system design, technical strategy, implementation, and operationalization.
Partner closely with product, AI, security, and platform teams to translate ambiguous business and customer problems into elegant technical solutions.
Lead critical design discussions and provide technical leadership across multiple engineering domains and initiatives.
Identify and proactively address technical risks, scalability bottlenecks, and operational challenges before they impact the business.
Improve system observability, reliability, testing, deployment workflows, and operational excellence across the engineering organization.
Help shape the engineering culture by promoting high standards for execution, craftsmanship, collaboration, and ownership.
Mentor and develop engineers through technical guidance, design reviews, and hands-on collaboration.
Work effectively in a rapidly evolving environment where priorities and technical challenges evolve quickly.

Requirements

What you’ll need

15+ years of professional software engineering experience building and operating production-grade distributed systems.
Proven experience leading the design and delivery of large-scale, highly available cloud-native systems.
Strong system design expertise, including distributed systems, APIs, event-driven architectures, data-intensive applications, and infrastructure scalability.
Demonstrated experience leading complex technical projects with significant ambiguity and cross-functional coordination.
Excellent proficiency in one or more backend programming languages such as Rust, Python, TypeScript or Go.
Expertise and proven track record of building systems on modern cloud platforms such as AWS, GCP, or Azure.
Strong communication skills with the ability to explain complex technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences.
Comfortable and curious working with AI-assisted development tools such as Claude Code, Codex or Cursor.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Health insurance
Retirement plans
Paid time off
Flexible work arrangements
Professional development

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Hard Skills & Tools

software engineeringsystem designdistributed systemsAPIsevent-driven architecturesdata-intensive applicationsinfrastructure scalabilitybackend programming languagescloud-native systemstechnical project leadership

Soft Skills

technical leadershipcommunication skillsmentoringcollaborationproblem-solvingadaptabilityexecution standardscraftsmanshipownershipcross-functional coordination