Principal Software Engineer, IXP

UiPath

about 3 hours ago

London, United Kingdom

Staff+

H1B Sponsor

Responsibilities

Define and drive the long-term architectural direction for core backend and platform systems.
Identify systemic technical risks and opportunities, leading initiatives to improve scalability and reliability.
Establish engineering standards and best practices across the organization.
Design and own large-scale distributed backend systems focusing on correctness and operational excellence.
Solve concurrency, performance, and data consistency problems across services.
Drive platform investments to improve system resilience and deployment efficiency.
Engage with complex infrastructure requirements around data security and compliance.
Develop a thorough understanding of the IXP product and its architecture.
Translate ambiguous product problems into concrete engineering plans.
Mentor engineers and contribute to hiring strong engineering talent.

7+ years designing and operating large-scale distributed commercial systems.
Demonstrated impact influencing architecture across multiple teams.
Deep expertise in backend systems and distributed architectures.
Strong experience with cloud ecosystems like Azure, AWS, or GCP.
Proficiency in Python or comparable backend languages; Rust is a plus.
Experience with distributed databases and data platforms.
Strong end-to-end product sense connecting engineering decisions to customer outcomes.
Excellent communication skills for explaining complex concepts to diverse audiences.
Working knowledge of GNU/Linux and production operations.

AWSAzureDockerElasticsearchGoogle Cloud PlatformHelmKubernetesPostgreSQLPythonRust