Parloa

Principal Software Engineer

Parloa

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: Germany

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Job Level

Lead

About the role

  • Deliver business value by writing code every day.
  • Define and drive technical strategy across multiple domains and org-wide initiatives.
  • Lead cross-team architecture and ensure solutions scale globally for enterprise adoption.
  • Balance short-term velocity with long-term resilience, making smart trade-offs on complexity, cost, and scalability.
  • Remain hands-on - whether writing foundational code, leading design reviews, or refactoring key systems.
  • Act as a force multiplier by mentoring Staff Engineers and influencing the careers of future Principal-level talent.
  • Serve as a trusted advisor to leadership, ensuring engineering capacity matches market and customer demands.
  • Set cultural standards for fearless iteration, bias for action, and pragmatic perfectionism—design for tomorrow, build for today.

Requirements

  • A seasoned technical leader (typically 12–15+ years) with a track record of org-level or industry-level impact.
  • Deeply experienced in enterprise-scale systems and multi-team architecture leadership.
  • Equally comfortable flying high (strategic vision) and diving deep (technical details).
  • Thrives in ambiguous, high-stakes environments with a strong sense of urgency.
  • Embodies Parloa’s ambition: to build Europe’s leading engineering culture and a world-class AI platform.
  • Motivated by making the impossible possible and building something iconic.
  • Coding every day
Benefits
  • Deutschland ticket
  • Urban Sports Club
  • Job Rad
  • Nilo Health
  • weekly sponsored office lunches
  • Competitive compensation and equity package.
  • Flexible working hours
  • 28 vacation days
  • workation opportunities.
  • Access to a training and development budget for continuous professional growth.
  • Regular team events
  • game nights
  • other social activities.

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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

Hard skills
codingtechnical strategyarchitecture leadershipsystem refactoringdesign reviewsenterprise-scale systemsscalabilitycomplexity managementcost managementmentoring
Soft skills
leadershipstrategic visiontechnical detail orientationadaptabilitysense of urgencycultural standards settingfearless iterationbias for actionpragmatic perfectionisminfluencing