Principal Engineer

NetBox Labs

full-time

Posted on: 10/22/2025

Location Type: Remote

Location: Remote • 🇺🇸 United States

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💰 $240,000 - $260,000 per year

Lead

Distributed SystemsGoGRPCPostgresPythonRedis

About the role

Drive holistic software architecture across teams and domains, aligning technical direction with product goals and user value
Design and evaluate systems architecture for scalability, flexibility, and maintainability
Guide how teams structure technical domains, boundaries, contracts, and composition
Lead architectural SIGs and design reviews to foster cross-functional alignment and learning
Help lead foundational modeling choices, from normalized relational schemas to flexible document stores and protobuf-based APIs
Collaborate across teams on system decomposition, interface design, and evolution of distributed services
Write clear, actionable proposals and architecture documents with diagrams and tradeoff analysis
Mentor and support engineers across teams to drive good architectural outcomes within their domains

10+ years of experience designing and building production-grade systems
Proven success leading architectural direction across multiple teams
Strong understanding of software architecture principles, including domain boundaries, modular design, and decoupled interfaces
Familiarity with distributed systems and microservice architecture patterns
Experience designing data models and APIs, including REST and gRPC, with awareness of schema evolution and compatibility
Strong CS fundamentals—data structures, algorithms, consistency models, etc.
Expertise with modern backend technologies and data systems (e.g., PostgreSQL, Redis, ClickHouse)
Proficiency in Python and Go
A pragmatic, enablement-first mindset: drive alignment, not control
Strong written and verbal communication skills with ability to articulate complex technical ideas to diverse audiences.

Benefits

Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.

software architecturedata modelingAPIsRESTgRPCdata structuresalgorithmsPostgreSQLRedisClickHouse

leadershipmentoringcommunicationcollaborationalignmentproblem-solvingtechnical writingcross-functional teamworkadaptabilityenablement