Principal Software Engineer (Golang)

2 hours ago

H1B sponsor

Base Salary

$198k - $273k/yr

Responsibilities

Own the technical strategy and architectural direction for the Directory domain across backend and frontend services.
Guide the Ruby-to-Go migration and oversee the Change Data Capture pipeline syncing Go services with the legacy Ruby monolith.
Design and evolve performant, well-modeled GraphQL APIs within a federated gateway architecture.
Champion Kafka-based event streaming and ensure Directory events are reliable, observable, and consumable by other teams.
Establish observability, automated unit/integration/end-to-end testing, and reliable containerized deployment pipelines.
Collaborate with Infrastructure, Security, Product leadership, and adjacent domain teams on shared technical direction.
Support maintenance of existing Ruby on Rails and NestJS services.

Bachelor’s or master’s degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent experience.
10+ years of experience architecting, scaling, and maintaining complex distributed backend systems.
Strong proficiency in Go and experience with domain-driven service boundaries; experience with accounts, organizations, users, or permissions is a plus.
Production experience with CQRS and/or Event Sourcing patterns is preferred.
Hands-on GraphQL experience, including schema design and federated gateway architectures.
Experience with Kafka or similar event-streaming systems and familiarity with Change Data Capture patterns.
Experience with relational databases such as PostgreSQL, modern ORM patterns, and strong data consistency requirements.
Solid frontend experience with TypeScript and React 18+ and familiarity with data-fetching and routing patterns in single-page applications.
Strong communication skills and a track record of influencing technical direction across teams and stakeholders.
Must be a U.S. citizen and eligible to work on federal government projects requiring FedRAMP authorization.

Two days per week in a hybrid Austin office role.
Immediate start requested.
The role may be eligible for equity compensation and/or bonus incentive compensation.