Principal Software Engineer, P1 & Engineering Strategy
Pantheon Systems, Inc3 hours ago
Remote, CanadaStaff+
Responsibilities
- Design and own the architecture of a real-time content platform, including data models, synchronization protocols, APIs, and client-side state management.
- Drive technical decisions for a scalable, cloud-native, multi-tenant environment and define team standards for API design, testing, performance, and observability.
- Build backend services for collaborative editing, conflict resolution, and content delivery across distributed cloud infrastructure.
- Build frontend systems for visual, real-time editing, including page builders and publishing workflows.
- Own the integration layer involving APIs, webhooks, and developer-facing extensions.
- Partner with product and design on technical strategy, interaction models, and phased delivery plans.
- Mentor engineers through reviews, pairing, architecture feedback, and documentation.
- Engage with customers and partners to validate architectural assumptions and integration patterns.
Requirements
- 10+ years of overall software engineering experience.
- Production experience across backend APIs, data services, cloud infrastructure, interactive frontends, component systems, and browser performance.
- Experience with real-time or collaborative systems, event-driven architectures, or live data synchronization.
- Fluency designing and operating cloud-native services in GCP, AWS, Cloudflare, or Azure, with containerization and modern deployment pipelines.
- Strong API design expertise, including REST, GraphQL, and event-driven interfaces.
- Deep knowledge of frontend architecture, component modeling, state management, rendering performance, and browser platforms.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience.
- Experience with visual or low-code editing interfaces, CMS architectures, developer-facing platforms or extension systems, and open-source web tooling is preferred.
Benefits
- Industry-competitive compensation and equity plan.
- Paid time off, paid sick leave, and 11 paid company holidays.
- Full medical coverage including extended health care, dental, and vision.
- Top-of-line equipment.
- Remote-forward work environment with an in-office workspace in Vancouver, BC, Canada.
- Monthly allowance for wellness and reading, plus access to LinkedIn Learning.
- Team-based and company-wide events and activities.
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About Pantheon Systems, Inc
Pantheon Systems provides a WebOps PaaS for building, hosting, and scaling Drupal, WordPress, and Next.js sites, with integrated CI/CD, governance, CDN, and security. It sells subscription plans to enterprises, agencies, and universities that manage multi-site portfolios and developer workflows in the cloud. Founded in 2010 and headquartered in San Francisco, the privately held company powers 300,000+ websites for organizations such as Google, Princeton, Clorox, Salesloft, and the United Nations.