Principal Software Engineer

Truffle Security Co.

Principal Software Engineer at Truffle Security focused on enhancing architecture and engineering practices. Leading technical strategies in a fully remote role across the U.S.

Posted 5/26/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $215,000 - $270,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Distributed SystemsGo

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Improving architecture across backend services and platform infrastructure, and defining long-term architectural strategy and technical standards across teams
Establish engineering standards that improve consistency, maintainability, reliability, and operational readiness
Scale distributed systems and improve performance across core services
Improve production engineering practices, including observability, testing, incident response, and post-incident review
Identify and reduce high-impact technical debt
Improve developer tooling, workflows, and engineering productivity
Help teams use agentic development tools effectively across planning, implementation, testing, review, and validation
Partnering with product and infrastructure teams on scalable, resilient systems and subsequently simplifying systems and reducing organizational complexity as the platform scales
Mentor Senior and Staff engineers through architecture reviews, technical coaching, and project guidance
Serve as a trusted technical advisor for difficult engineering and architectural decisions

Requirements

What you’ll need

Experience operating as a Principal Engineer, Architect, or senior Staff+ engineer
Deep experience designing and operating distributed systems in production
Strong backend engineering experience, ideally in Go or a similar language
Strong architectural judgment and systems thinking, with the ability to simplify complex systems and make pragmatic technical trade-offs
Experience leading complex technical projects across teams
Proven ability to mentor and develop senior engineers
Strong communication and technical leadership skills
Strong operational mindset around reliability, scalability, observability, and performance
Ability to balance long-term technical quality with pragmatic execution
Comfort operating in fast-moving, ambiguous environments
Bias toward ownership, execution, and driving technical clarity in ambiguous environments
Practical experience using agentic or AI-assisted development tools in professional engineering workflows
Experience introducing shared workflows, prompts, rules, coding agents, or internal tooling that improve engineering productivity
Good judgment around where automation improves leverage, how AI-assisted work should be reviewed, and when direct engineering ownership is needed.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Fully remote within the U.S. – We believe opportunity shouldn’t be limited by geography. Our remote-first approach lets us hire the best people across the United States and empowers them to do their best work from wherever they are.
A culture of mentorship, equity, and psychological safety – We’re committed to fostering an environment where you can thrive, learn, and feel valued.
Competitive salary & meaningful equity – Be rewarded for your contributions with a strong compensation package and a stake in our shared success.
Flexible paid time off – We operate with a high level of autonomy and trust, giving you the flexibility to take time off as needed—no strict limits, just the expectation that you’re meeting your commitments and getting your work done.
14 paid holidays – Including Thanksgiving, Winter Break, and "Truffle Holidays" when the entire company takes a well-deserved day off together.
Comprehensive health benefits – Medical, dental, and vision coverage with 80% of premiums covered for you and your dependents.
Remote work stipend – Get set up for success with an $800 new hire stipend and $100/month to keep your workspace comfortable.
Health & wellness stipend – $1,200/year to support your physical, mental, and emotional well-being— we believe that feeling good helps you do great work.
Learning & development stipend – $2,000/year to invest in your growth, whether it’s courses, certifications, or industry conferences.
401(k) match – We match 100% of the first 6% of your contributions on every paycheck, helping you build financial security for the future.
100% remote + company off-sites – Twice a year, we come together in amazing locations like Hawaii, Cabo, and the Rocky Mountains to collaborate and connect.

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Hard Skills & Tools

distributed systemsbackend engineeringGoobservabilitytestingincident responsetechnical debt reductionarchitecture designengineering standardstechnical project leadership

Soft Skills

mentoringcommunicationtechnical leadershipsystems thinkingpragmatic executionownershipdriving technical claritysimplifying complex systemscollaborationadaptability