
Principal Software Engineer – Trust Platform
Mitek Systems
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: California • United States
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Salary
💰 $160,000 - $190,000 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Architect and implement cloud-native, production-grade APIs designed for scale, performance, and resilience.
- Lead and guide engineering teams in technical decisions, best practices, and long-term architecture strategies.
- Collaborate across product, operations, and engineering to translate requirements into well-designed features and scalable services.
- Write clean, efficient, and testable code using languages like Golang and Java.
- Design and execute robust unit, integration, and performance test suites to ensure product reliability.
- Participate in and lead Agile ceremonies including stand-ups, planning, refinement, and retrospectives.
- Drive adoption of DevOps and CI/CD methodologies to support rapid development and reliable deployment pipelines.
- Act as a mentor to junior engineers, elevating the overall technical expertise of the team.
- Serve as a problem-solver and unblocker on complex technical challenges.
Requirements
- 10+ years of relevant experience in a similar role, doing modern software development.
- Fluent in building distributed systems using microservices or serverless architecture.
- Hands-on experience with Amazon Web Services (AWS) and comfortable with services like Lambda, ECS, EKS, S3, and API Gateway.
- Writes robust and maintainable code in Golang and/or Java, and knows how to optimize for performance.
- Passionate about DevOps practices and has worked with CI/CD pipelines, Docker, and infrastructure as code tools like Terraform or CloudFormation.
- Understands how to build reliable test automation and performance testing suites.
- Communicates clearly, sets realistic expectations, and brings a strong sense of ownership.
- Thrives in collaborative, Agile environments and adapts quickly to changing priorities.
- A successful track record of mentoring engineers and contributing to a positive, high-performance engineering culture.
- Loves learning and exploring new tools, technologies, and patterns.
Benefits
- Universal, supplemental, and private healthcare plan choices based on country specifics
- Retirement/pension plan contributions, MTK stock plan participation
- Life event & disability coverage
- Generous annual leave, company holidays, volunteer time off
- E-learning license, tuition reimbursement, hackathons
- Home office setup allowance
- Pet insurance, identity theft protection, legal assistance
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
cloud-native APIsGolangJavamicroservices architectureserverless architecturetest automationperformance testingDevOpsCI/CDinfrastructure as code
Soft Skills
leadershipcommunicationproblem-solvingmentoringcollaborationadaptabilityownershipsetting expectationstechnical guidanceteam building