
Principal Software Engineer – VC Backed Startups
SignalFire
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: Remote • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $170,000 - $270,000 per year
Job Level
Lead
Tech Stack
AngularAWSAzureCloudDistributed SystemsDjangoDockerDynamoDBFlaskGoGoogle Cloud PlatformJavaJavaScriptKubernetesMicroservicesMongoDBMySQLNode.jsPostgresPythonReactRedisRubyRuby on RailsSvelteTypeScriptVue.js
About the role
- Define and drive technical architecture, best practices, and full stack development strategy
- Design, build, and maintain scalable, high-performance applications across the front-end and back-end
- Develop APIs, microservices, and cloud-native solutions to support large-scale applications
- Optimize performance, security, and reliability across the application stack
- Work closely with founders, product managers, and engineering teams to align business and technology goals
- Establish and lead code review, testing, and deployment best practices
- Mentor and guide senior engineers, fostering a strong engineering culture
Requirements
- 8+ years of experience in full stack development, with a strong record of technical leadership
- Expertise in front-end frameworks (React, Angular, Vue.js, Svelte) and back-end frameworks (Node.js, Django, Flask, Ruby on Rails, FastAPI)
- Strong experience with databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, DynamoDB, Redis)
- Proficiency in cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure) and containerization tools (Docker, Kubernetes)
- Experience with distributed systems, high-availability architectures, and event-driven designs
- Proficiency in JavaScript, TypeScript, Python, Ruby, Go, or Java
- Strong background in CI/CD, DevOps, and infrastructure-as-code tools
- Experience in mentoring engineers and leading large-scale technical projects
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Hard skills
full stack developmentAPIsmicroservicescloud-native solutionsfront-end frameworksback-end frameworksdatabasesJavaScriptTypeScriptDevOps
Soft skills
technical leadershipmentoringcollaborationfostering engineering culturecode reviewtestingdeployment best practices