Senior Principal Staff Software Engineer Job at Axon (Seattle)

Staff Software Engineer in Test - SDET

To build a high-leverage, scalable quality system that enables our 7 engineering...

Location

Romania , Iași

Salary:

Not provided

Awin Global

Expiration Date

Until further notice

Requirements

Proven experience building scalable, multi-team quality frameworks from scratch (e.g., as a QA Architect, Principal SDET, or Staff Engineer)
Hands-on-keyboard expertise in modern CI/CD pipelines (e.g., GitHub Actions, Jenkins)
Expertise in building modern test automation frameworks (e.g., Cypress, Playwright, Selenium, JUnit)
Expert-level knowledge of software architecture, (e.g. hybrid cloud and on-premise systems, multi cloud setups, etc.)
Deep understanding of SOLID, TDD, DDD, and other patterns, and how they directly impact testability
A data-driven mindset, with proven experience using metrics to drive quality strategy (comfortable with SQL, dashboards, etc.)
Proactive synchronous and asynchronous communication skills, both verbal and written
A proven track record of influencing senior engineers and managers remotely and without direct authority

Job Responsibility

Design, build, and own the domain's 'paved road' for quality, including standardized CI/CD quality gates, testing frameworks (e.g., for end-to-end, contract, integration and performance testing), and static analysis tools
Act as the lead architect for our test automation strategy
Instrument the system by defining, implementing, and owning the core quality metrics (e.g., Defect Escape Rate, Change Fail Percentage, CI Pass Rate)
Build the dashboards that make these quality metrics visible to everyone
Ensure quality is built-in, not bolted-on, by applying SOLID/DDD principles to all architectural and design reviews
Create reusable templates and training materials
Triage the domain's quality risks and focus your efforts on the highest-leverage initiatives
Prioritise the next wins, embed with teams and build/prove new solutions, processes and tools
Ensure compounding interests by building playbooks and best practices, and advocating together with engineering managers on them
Ensure managers and teams are supported and empowered to run the quality practices introduced

What we offer

Flexi-Week and Work-Life Balance: We prioritise your mental health and wellbeing, offering you a flexible four-day Flexi-Week at full pay and with no reduction to your annual holiday allowance. We also offer a variety of different paid special leaves
Remote Working Allowance: You will receive a monthly allowance to cover part of your running costs. In addition, we will support you in setting up your remote workspace appropriately
Flexi-Office: We offer an international culture and flexibility through our Flexi-Office and hybrid/remote work possibilities to work across Awin regions
Meal Vouchers: You will be supported with a certain net sum to spend it on a variety of lunches
Health & Wellbeing: The insurance covers several types of health, vision and / or dental treatments for you and for up to one additional family member
Remote Working Furniture Package: After 3 months of employment, you will be eligible for a furniture package, which should enable you to set up a proper workplace at your remote working location
Appreciation: Thank and reward colleagues by sending them a voucher through our peer-to-peer program

Fulltime

Principal Software Engineer

Principal Software Engineer (Golang | Distributed Systems) to join a high-growth...

Location

United Kingdom , London

Salary:

170000.00 GBP / Year

Orbis Consultants

Expiration Date

Until further notice

Requirements

8+ years’ backend engineering experience, ideally at Staff / Principal / Tech Lead level
Expert-level proficiency with Golang in production
Proven track record designing distributed systems and event-driven architectures (Kafka, RabbitMQ, WebSockets)
Deep understanding of PostgreSQL, Redis, and high-performance data systems
Strong DevOps mindset – CI/CD, infrastructure as code, observability (Grafana, Prometheus, OpenTelemetry)
Exceptional communicator, able to influence architecture and direction across teams

Job Responsibility

Architect and scale high-throughput, event-driven systems built in Go
Lead the evolution of real-time APIs and data platforms handling billions of requests
Stay deeply hands-on with Golang while influencing design and long-term technical strategy
Drive improvements in observability, testing, and performance across all services
Mentor senior engineers and play a key role in shaping engineering culture

What we offer

25% bonus
excellent benefits

Fulltime

Senior Principal Solution Engineer

Designs, develops, troubleshoots and debugs software programs for software enhan...

Location

United States , All

Salary:

157500.00 - 361500.00 USD / Year

Hewlett Packard Enterprise

Expiration Date

Until further notice

Requirements

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or equivalent
Typically, 10+ year's experience
Experience designing and developing software systems design tools and languages
Excellent analytical and problem solving skills
Experience in overall architecture of software systems for products and solutions
Designing and integrating software systems running on multiple platform types into overall architecture
Evaluating and selecting forms and processes for software systems testing and methodology, including writing and execution of test plans, debugging, and testing scripts and tools
History of innovation with multiple patents or deployed solutions in the field of software design
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
mastery in English and local language

Job Responsibility

Develops organization-wide architectures and methodologies for software systems design and development across multiple platforms and organizations within the Global Business Unit
Identifies and evaluates new technologies, innovations, and outsourced development partner relationships for alignment with technology roadmap and business value
creates plans for integration and update into architecture
Reviews and evaluates designs and project activities for compliance with development guidelines and standards
provides tangible feedback to improve product quality and mitigate failure risk
Leverages recognized domain expertise, business acumen, and experience to influence decisions of executive business leadership, outsourced development partners, and industry standards groups
Provides guidance and mentoring to less- experienced staff members to set an example of software systems design and development innovation and excellence

What we offer

Health & Wellbeing
Personal & Professional Development
Unconditional Inclusion

Fulltime

Senior Engineering Manager - Support Platform

Join Intercom as a Senior Engineering Manager and lead teams at the heart of our...

Location

Ireland , Dublin

Salary:

Not provided

Intercom

Expiration Date

Until further notice

Requirements

Minimum 5+ years of experience leading engineering teams building and delivering customer-facing software products
Proven ability to lead multiple teams or broad product areas, aligning work across complex domains
A hands-on leader who brings clarity, context, and energy — ready to roll up your sleeves, dive deep, and stay close to the work and your teams, not just manage from a distance
Thrives in ambiguous, fast-paced environments, providing stability, structure, and momentum
Strong product mindset and customer obsession — you think in terms of customer problems, measurable outcomes, and business impact
Comfortable being the sole directly responsible individual (DRI) for your area, taking full ownership of outcomes and stepping confidently into product-thinking shoes when needed
Outcome-driven and an unblocker by nature — you take ownership of problems, remove barriers proactively, and relentlessly drive your teams toward success. You’re energized by achieving results and seeing impact
Eager to directly work with customers, and skilled at turning customer feedback and data into actionable insights and impactful product decisions
Passionate about building high-autonomy, high-accountability teams that consistently deliver exceptional customer outcomes
This is an AI-first role with a high bar for excellence. We expect you to be fluent in using AI tools to solve problems, accelerate output, and inspire others to do the same — helping shape a culture that embraces AI as a core advantage

Job Responsibility

Own one of Intercom’s largest and most complex product areas end-to-end — setting vision, priorities, and measurable outcomes
Work directly with customers and internal functions (including Sales, GTM, and Customer Support) to deeply understand their needs and translate insights into impactful product solutions
Act as the single accountable owner for your product area — comfortable being directly responsible for roadmap, execution, and results, and not shy about stepping into product-thinking shoes when needed
Drive clarity and alignment across teams, balancing near-term delivery with long-term product strategy
Continuously raise the bar for quality, reliability, and customer experience within your teams and beyond
Partner closely with Staff and Principal Engineers to shape direction, architecture, and execution
Coach and grow engineers and emerging leaders, supporting their development and helping them deliver exceptional outcomes
Foster a culture of ownership, accountability, and autonomy, enabling your teams to move fast and deliver meaningful results
Contribute to Intercom’s engineering culture, helping evolve how we build customer-driven software across the organization

What we offer

Competitive salary and equity in a fast-growing start-up
We serve lunch every weekday, plus a variety of snack foods and a fully stocked kitchen
Regular compensation reviews - we reward great work!
Pension scheme & match up to 4%
Peace of mind with life assurance, as well as comprehensive health and dental insurance for you and your dependents
Flexible paid time off policy
Paid maternity leave, as well as 6 weeks paternity leave for fathers, to let you spend valuable time with your loved ones
If you’re cycling, we’ve got you covered on the Cycle-to-Work Scheme. With secure bike storage too
MacBooks are our standard, but we also offer Windows for certain roles when needed

Fulltime

Senior Engineering Manager - Support Platform

Join Intercom as a Senior Engineering Manager and lead teams at the heart of our...

Location

United Kingdom , London

Salary:

Not provided

Intercom

Expiration Date

Until further notice

Requirements

Minimum 5+ years of experience leading engineering teams building and delivering customer-facing software products
Proven ability to lead multiple teams or broad product areas, aligning work across complex domains
A hands-on leader who brings clarity, context, and energy — ready to roll up your sleeves, dive deep, and stay close to the work and your teams, not just manage from a distance
Thrives in ambiguous, fast-paced environments, providing stability, structure, and momentum
Strong product mindset and customer obsession — you think in terms of customer problems, measurable outcomes, and business impact
Comfortable being the sole directly responsible individual (DRI) for your area, taking full ownership of outcomes and stepping confidently into product-thinking shoes when needed
Outcome-driven and an unblocker by nature — you take ownership of problems, remove barriers proactively, and relentlessly drive your teams toward success. You’re energized by achieving results and seeing impact
Eager to directly work with customers, and skilled at turning customer feedback and data into actionable insights and impactful product decisions
Passionate about building high-autonomy, high-accountability teams that consistently deliver exceptional customer outcomes
This is an AI-first role with a high bar for excellence. We expect you to be fluent in using AI tools to solve problems, accelerate output, and inspire others to do the same — helping shape a culture that embraces AI as a core advantage

Job Responsibility

Own one of Intercom’s largest and most complex product areas end-to-end — setting vision, priorities, and measurable outcomes
Work directly with customers and internal functions (including Sales, GTM, and Customer Support) to deeply understand their needs and translate insights into impactful product solutions
Act as the single accountable owner for your product area — comfortable being directly responsible for roadmap, execution, and results, and not shy about stepping into product-thinking shoes when needed
Drive clarity and alignment across teams, balancing near-term delivery with long-term product strategy
Continuously raise the bar for quality, reliability, and customer experience within your teams and beyond
Partner closely with Staff and Principal Engineers to shape direction, architecture, and execution
Coach and grow engineers and emerging leaders, supporting their development and helping them deliver exceptional outcomes
Foster a culture of ownership, accountability, and autonomy, enabling your teams to move fast and deliver meaningful results
Contribute to Intercom’s engineering culture, helping evolve how we build customer-driven software across the organization

What we offer

Competitive salary and equity in a fast-growing start-up
We serve lunch every weekday, plus a variety of snack foods and a fully stocked kitchen
Regular compensation reviews - we reward great work!
Pension scheme & match up to 4%
Peace of mind with life assurance, as well as comprehensive health and dental insurance for you and your dependents
Flexible paid time off policy
Paid maternity leave, as well as 6 weeks paternity leave for fathers, to let you spend valuable time with your loved ones
If you’re cycling, we’ve got you covered on the Cycle-to-Work Scheme. With secure bike storage too
MacBooks are our standard, but we also offer Windows for certain roles when needed

Fulltime

Senior Principal Cloud Developer

The role involves designing and building innovative Agentic AI applications and ...

Location

United States , San Jose

Salary:

157500.00 - 361500.00 USD / Year

Hewlett Packard Enterprise

Expiration Date

Until further notice

Requirements

10-15 years of experience in developing highly scalable cloud and cloud-native applications using technology stacks, architecture, design, development, and support
at least one year of recent multi-agent Agentic and RAG GenAI Software Development experience applied to Networking and/or Observability domains
experience developing Network Observability software for large scale Network Monitoring, Network Performance, Network Configuration or Network Capacity Management products
deep understanding and experience in Networking Protocol and Networking Best Practices for Enterprise and Service Provider networks
proven skills and programming experience in Golang, scalable concurrent processing, REST, Data Caching Services, DB schema design and data access technologies
experience in building, orchestrating, and deploying highly scalable REST based stateless APIs/web services for web applications in Kubernetes environment
familiarity with code versioning tools such as Git
knowledge of Network and NetFlow Logs processing and indexing
ability to communicate with senior Executives and with customers

Job Responsibility

design and build large scale distributed systems
apply best practices for high availability, scalability, resilience, performance, and security requirements in the cloud
transition proof-of-concept implementations into R&D teams to accelerate new product delivery
create technical content such as designs, specifications, and initial software implementations
mentor less-experienced staff members
collect product feedback from field interactions to provide input into Engineering and Product Management
maintain knowledge of OpsRamp SaaS product and roadmap, as well as competition
collaborate with product team to translate functional requirements into technical solutions
develop monitoring solutions using tools and services that are part of the cloud infrastructure
facilitate CI/CD by integrating development processes

What we offer

comprehensive suite of benefits supporting physical, financial, and emotional wellbeing
personal and professional development programs
unconditional inclusion and flexibility to manage work and personal needs

Fulltime

Principal Software Engineer

At Automata, we're on a mission to transform how scientists work by making autom...

Location

United Kingdom , London

Salary:

130000.00 - 170000.00 GBP / Year

Automata

Expiration Date

Until further notice

Requirements

12–18 years of professional software engineering experience, with deep backend and some platform focus
Strong expertise in Golang
comfortable reasoning about Python-based systems
Experience building products end-to-end, ideally including at least one built from scratch and scaled
Strong system design and distributed systems experience
Exposure to Kubernetes, containerisation, CI/CD, IaC, security, and modern delivery practices
Experience influencing and leading senior technical people
Prior CTO (at a startup), Principal Engineer, or equivalent senior technical leadership experience is a strong plus

Job Responsibility

Own architecture and technical direction
Define, evolve, and own the end-to-end technical architecture across our core platform and new products
Act as the final technical decision-maker on architecture, core technologies, and engineering approaches
Design systems that are scalable, resilient, secure, and adaptable as the business grows
Translate product vision and customer needs into clear technical strategy and executable roadmaps
Stay hands-on: contribute to critical designs, core platform modules, prototypes, and apply your coding skills where it matters most
Lead and multiply senior engineers
Lead, mentor, and influence Staff and Senior Staff Engineers (6 direct, ~16 indirect reports)
Help staff engineers lead their squads effectively, making better technical and organisational decisions
Structure teams and responsibilities to improve pace, ownership, and clarity

What we offer

Vitality Health Insurance
Eye Care
Salary Sacrifice - EV
Salary Sacrifice - Bike & Tech
Wellbeing & Support
Wellbeing & Development Allowance
Spill & Employee Assistance Programme
Additional Leave
Pension Scheme
Group Life & Critical Illness cover

Fulltime

Senior Principal Software Engineer, Graphics

Cesium (now a part of Bentley) is defining the standard for 3D for the built and...

Location

United States , Remote

Salary:

Not provided

Bentley Systems

Expiration Date

Until further notice

Requirements

12+ years of engineering experience, including significant time working on complex distributed systems, platform architecture, graphics/visualization pipelines, or high-performance systems
Proven track record as a Staff, Principal, or Senior Principal Engineer operating across multiple teams
Demonstrated ability to influence long-range technical direction at an organizational scale
Strong experience aligning engineering and product strategy
Enjoyment of being hands-on in code, including building prototypes and clarifying architecture via working examples
Excellent written/verbal communication skills and comfort with external visibility (standards, open source, speaking)
Deep expertise in one or more of the following: Real‑time graphics (WebGPU/WebGL, Vulkan/Metal/DX12)
3D engines (Unity, Unreal, custom engines)
Distributed systems or streaming data pipelines
Geospatial or spatial computing

Job Responsibility

Brings a passion in making 3D data accessible to everyone
Help shape the architecture for Cesium’s platform across Cesium runtimes, 3D tiling pipelines, and real-time streaming with 3D Tiles
Partner with Product and Engineering leadership to drive clarity and alignment across teams
Engage with our active user community and represent Cesium true to our brand as an authentic authority in 3D geospatial
Contribute to Cesium work in open standards and open‑source communities (e.g., OGC, Khronos)
Work 50%+ in production code - actively participate in a supportive development team using GitHub to write code, conduct code reviews, and manage CI
Mentor senior engineers and help grow architecture maturity across the organization
Work in a fast-paced, continuous learning environment
This role requires minimal travel
Position reports directly to Platform Head of Engineering

What we offer

A great Team and culture
An exciting career as an integral part of a world-leading software company providing solutions for architecture, engineering, and construction
An attractive salary and benefits package
A commitment to inclusion, belonging, and colleague wellbeing through global initiatives and resource groups
A company committed to making a real difference by advancing the world’s infrastructure for a better quality of life, where your contributions help build a more sustainable, connected, and resilient world

Senior Principal Staff Software Engineer

Axon

Location:
United States , Seattle

Category:
IT - Software Development

Contract Type:
Not provided

Salary:

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Job Posted:
February 17, 2026

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