Remote Principal Software Engineer

at New Relic

Posted 4 hours ago 1 applied

Description:

  • The Principal Software Engineer role involves building distributed systems at scale and requires a technical leader who enjoys hands-on work.
  • The position is within the Observability space, which is experiencing rapid growth due to advancements in DevOps, containerization, and cloud-native computing.
  • New Relic is a leader in this field, processing petabytes of data daily and serving billions of web requests.
  • Principal engineers are critical to the engineering organization, assisting teams with extra capacity and tackling significant challenges.
  • Responsibilities include engaging with teams on high-impact projects, conducting research and building prototypes, coaching and mentoring teams, and contributing to cross-team initiatives.

Requirements:

  • Candidates must have 15+ years of professional software development experience.
  • A proven track record of senior technical leadership is required.
  • Knowledge of building and operating highly-available software and data pipelines at scale is essential, including understanding data structures, architectural patterns, and distributed systems.
  • Strong interpersonal skills are necessary, including the ability to seek consensus and provide technical leadership.
  • Candidates should be able to quickly adapt to new teams and services to make impactful organizational and technical contributions.

Benefits:

  • New Relic fosters a diverse, welcoming, and inclusive environment, encouraging employees to bring their authentic selves to work.
  • The company supports a flexible workforce model, allowing for fully office-based, fully remote, or hybrid work arrangements.
  • Reasonable accommodations are available for applicants during the application or recruiting process.
  • The hiring process includes identity and eligibility verification, and a criminal background check is required for employment.
  • New Relic is committed to evaluating candidates based on qualifications without discrimination based on various legally protected characteristics.