Principal Engineer

• Professional Experience: 10+ years of software engineering experience, with at least 5+ years as a hands on architect • System Design: Proven track record of architecting and delivering complex, high-scale, distributed systems (e.g., Microservices, Event-Driven Architecture) in a cloud environment (AWS/GCP/Azure). • System Design: • Technical Depth: Deep expertise in our core technology stack: Scala (Java in lieu), Play, Kafka, Flink,  Pulsar, S3 • Technical Depth: • Proven experience working with multiple LLMs (e.g., OpenAI, Anthropic, Cohere, etc.) and understanding their strengths and limitations. • Expertise in orchestration software like LangGraph or similar frameworks used for building and managing agent workflows. • Data Engineering, Pipeline and Storage: Strong experience with data architecture, including SQL and NoSQL databases, caching strategies, and data consistency models. Experience in data engineering and data pipeline technologies. Our stack is Elasticsearch, Postgres, Redis and CockroachDB. • Data Engineering, Pipeline and Storage: • Operational Excellence: Demonstrated experience with CI/CD pipelines, observability (logging/monitoring/tracing), and DevOps practices. Has experience working with consumer-scale systems at enterprise software companies. • Operational Excellence: • Influence without Authority: Ability to drive consensus across multiple teams and stakeholders without relying solely on hierarchical authority. • Influence without Authority: • Business Acumen: Strong ability to translate complex technical concepts into non-technical terms for executive stakeholders and product managers. • Business Acumen: • Mentorship: A passion for teaching and upskilling other engineers; experience managing or mentoring Tech Leads is highly desirable. • Mentorship: • Strategic Thinking: Ability to balance "perfect" architecture with pragmatic delivery timelines (knowing when to accept technical debt and when to pay it down). • Strategic Thinking: • Experience transforming a monolithic architecture into modular, service oriented architecture. • Experience working directly with customers from both a functionality and triaging standpoint • Experience working in building messaging/communication platforms at scale. • Recruitment Disclaimer: • Please be aware that Iterable, Inc. (“Iterable”) and our official professional recruiting agencies and platforms do not: • Send job offers from free email services like Gmail, Yahoo mail, Hotmail, etc. • Request money, fees, or payment of any kind from prospective candidates to apply to Iterable, for employment, or for the recruitment process (e.g. for home office supplies, or training, etc.). • Request or require personal documents like bank account details, tax forms, or credit card information as part of the recruitment process prior to the candidate signing an engagement letter or an employment contract with Iterable. • You may see all job vacancies on our official Iterable channels: • Official Iterable website, Careers page: https://iterable.com/careers/ • Official LinkedIn Jobs page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/iterable/jobs/ • Iterable is not affiliated in any way to these impostors and we hereby confirm that such individuals/entities are not authorized, encouraged, or sponsored to act on behalf of Iterable. Such job opportunities are entirely fake and not valid. Therefore, please disregard any written or oral request for a job offer or an interview that you believe is or might be fraudulent or suspicious and immediately reach out to us via email at [email protected] upon receiving a suspicious job offer. • [email protected] • Criminal and/or civil liabilities may arise from such actions, and Iterable expressly reserves the right to take legal action, including criminal action, against such individuals/entities whenever such phenomena occur. In any case, please note that under no circumstances shall Iterable and any of its affiliates be held liable or responsible for any claims, losses, damages, expenses or other inconvenience resulting from or in any way connected to the actions of these impostors.Iterable is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer that proudly pursues and hires a diverse workforce. Iterable does not make hiring or employment decisions on the basis of race, color, religion or religious belief, ethnic or national origin, nationality, sex, gender, gender-identity, sexual orientation, disability, age, military or veteran status, or any other basis protected by applicable local, state, or federal laws or prohibited by Company policy. Iterable also strives for a healthy and safe workplace and strictly prohibits harassment of any kind. Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance and other similar state laws and local ordinances, and its internal policy, Iterable will also consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.