Remote Principal Software Engineer

Description:

• Business Wire, a Berkshire Hathaway company, is seeking an experienced full-stack Principal Software Engineer to lead the engineering design and development for an architecture modernization effort for their press release processing system.
• The role involves a complete rebuild of the back office system, transitioning from a legacy architecture to a modern, serverless technology stack, a new database platform, and a new REST API platform.
• Responsibilities include developing engineering design and documentation for multiple components of the system, focusing on reliability, performance, and maintainability.
• The engineer will provide technical leadership and contribute directly to the code base using modern technology stacks, particularly serverless platforms.
• The role requires leading the development of proof of concepts (POCs) and contributing to the design of development environments, usage guidelines, and SDLC best practices.
• Implementation of CI/CD flows is also a key responsibility, along with tackling a variety of technical problems throughout the stack and contributing to all parts of the product code base.
• Collaboration with product managers, designers, infrastructure teams, and other stakeholders is essential to develop complex systems.
• The engineer will perform code reviews to ensure code quality and adherence to coding standards, monitor the implementation of engineering designs, and address any implementation issues.
• Identifying and designing solutions for performance bottlenecks and operational improvements to existing applications is also part of the role.

Requirements:

• Candidates must have 15+ years of relevant hands-on programming experience.
• Technical leadership experience is required, specifically leading 6-10 engineers on projects lasting 6+ months.
• Expert-level knowledge in modern programming languages and their ecosystems, including Python, Go Lang, Node.js, or similar, is necessary.
• Extensive experience in cloud platform architectures, particularly with AWS, GCP, or Azure, is required.
• Expertise in various database and data retrieval technologies, including Relational, NoSQL, and GraphQL, is essential.
• Excellent communication skills are a must.
• Strong skills in developing engineering designs and related documentation are required.

Benefits:

• The position offers the ability to work remotely.
• Excellent health benefits begin on the first day of employment.
• A $100 monthly fitness allotment, a tuition reimbursement program, and enhanced mental health resources are included.
• A 401(k) plan with a generous company match and annual profit-sharing contribution (subject to company performance) is provided.
• Employees receive PTO, Floating Holidays, a Wellness Day Off, a Birthday Day Off, and more.