Multitude Insights - Principal Software Engineer

Unknown - Asia-Pacific *3w ago

Remote Principal APAC Cloud Computing Software Principal Software Engineer PostgreSQL FastAPI SQL Python AWS

Requirements

• 10+ years of backend development experience, including significant time in senior, staff, or principal-level roles. • Deep expertise in backend systems design and distributed systems, with a track record of owning complex production infrastructure. • Architect & Build: Lead the development of scalable backend services using Python, FastAPI, PostgreSQL, and OpenSearch. • Proven experience designing and building backend APIs for SaaS products, including multi-tenancy, authentication, versioning, and developer experience. • Strong proficiency in SQL and experience designing for security, fault tolerance, and observability. • Experience setting technical direction at an organizational level, not just within a single team. • Strong communication skills and the ability to make technical trade-offs legible to non-technical stakeholders. • Prior startup or mission-critical environment experience strongly preferred. • Bonus: Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines and cloud infrastructure (e.g. AWS) at scale. • Bonus: • If you’re looking to lead meaningful technical work and help shape a platform used by real-world operators, we’d love to talk.

Responsibilities

• Architect & Build: Take end-to-end ownership of our backend systems, leading the design and development of scalable, production-grade services and APIs. • Architect & Build: • Set the Standard: Define and enforce engineering best practices, coding standards, and architectural patterns across the organization. • Set the Standard: • Lead & Mentor: Conduct code reviews, provide technical guidance, and grow a culture of craft and continuous improvement across engineering teams at all levels. • Lead & Mentor: • Own the Platform: Drive the evolution of our infrastructure for reliability, performance, and scalability including observability, fault tolerance, and security. • Own the Platform: • Collaborate Cross-Functionally: Partner closely with product, design, and executive leadership to translate business objectives into concrete technical strategy. • Collaborate Cross-Functionally: • Deploy & Operate (Bonus): Experience with CI/CD pipelines and cloud infrastructure is a plus, but not a core requirement of the role. • Deploy & Operate (Bonus):