Senior Software Engineer / Principal Engineer

•  Own projects end-to-end: problem → design → implementation → production. 
•  Design and build scalable, reliable backend systems. 
•  Make architectural and technical decisions under ambiguity. 
•  Solve problems involving distributed systems, concurrency, scalability, and reliability. 
•  Improve system performance, maintainability, and operational reliability. 
•  Review code and establish strong engineering practices. 
•  Work directly with founders and product to turn unclear problems into simple, effective solutions. 

• 5+ years of software engineering experience or equivalent technical depth. 
•  We are language agnostic but familirity with is prefered. 
•  Strong understanding of data structures and algorithms. 
•  Strong system design and software architecture fundamentals. 
•  Experience building and operating production systems. 
•  Solid understanding of databases, networking, APIs, concurrency, and distributed systems. 
•  Proven ability to own projects independently. 
•  Comfortable with ambiguity, incomplete requirements, and rapidly changing priorities. 
•  Responsible, motivated, proactive, and pragmatic. 
•  Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, or a related engineering field. 

•  Kubernetes and cloud infrastructure. 
•  Experience in Golang, PHP, C/C++.
•  Familarity with PostgreSQL, MySQL, Redis, Kafka, or RabbitMQ. 
•  Microservices and distributed architectures. 
•  Startup or early-stage company experience. 
•  Previous Tech Lead, Staff, Principal, or Founding Engineer experience.