Principal Software Engineer

Multitude Insights

Principal Software Engineer leading backend systems design for public safety SaaS platform. Mentoring engineers and defining best practices in a mission-critical environment.

Posted 5/30/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesLeadWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSCloudDistributed SystemsSQL

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Take end-to-end ownership of our backend systems, leading the design and development of scalable, production-grade services and APIs.
Define and enforce engineering best practices, coding standards, and architectural patterns across the organization.
Conduct code reviews, provide technical guidance, and grow a culture of craft and continuous improvement across engineering teams at all levels.
Drive the evolution of our infrastructure for reliability, performance, and scalability including observability, fault tolerance, and security.
Partner closely with product, design, and executive leadership to translate business objectives into concrete technical strategy.

Requirements

What you’ll need

10+ years of backend development experience, including significant time in senior, staff, or principal-level roles.
Deep expertise in backend systems design and distributed systems, with a track record of owning complex production infrastructure.
Proven experience designing and building backend APIs for SaaS products, including multi-tenancy, authentication, versioning, and developer experience.
Strong proficiency in SQL and experience designing for security, fault tolerance, and observability.
Experience setting technical direction at an organizational level, not just within a single team.
Strong communication skills and the ability to make technical trade-offs legible to non-technical stakeholders.
Prior startup or mission-critical environment experience strongly preferred.
Bonus: Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines and cloud infrastructure (e.g. AWS) at scale.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Health insurance
Professional development opportunities

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Hard Skills & Tools

backend developmentbackend systems designdistributed systemsbackend APIsSQLsecurity designfault toleranceobservabilityCI/CD pipelinescloud infrastructure

Soft Skills

communication skillstechnical guidanceleadershipcollaborationcontinuous improvementtechnical trade-offs