Principal Software Engineer

As a Principal Software Engineer on our Content Foundation team, you will play a vital part in the evolution, strategy, and development of this robust platform. You will drive the design and development of the architectural vision of the content platform domain, write critical path code executing that vision, and act as its champion to shepherd and rally adoption across other engineering teams and integrating applications. You will work closely with our product leads, engineering leads, and members of the team to continue the development of a best-in-class content and video platforms; enabling new capabilities for our users and improving the performance and stability of a complex content processing backend.  As part of a platform team, you will work to both enable features requested by applications as well as push for the integration of new platform-first capabilities across the entire Seismic Sales Enablement Cloud.  This is an opportunity to work as an influential lead developer and make a difference at a mature, yet rapidly growing, tech company.

Architectural Design and Development: Design and drive the architectural future of Seismic’s content platform services, ensuring alignment with business goals and product roadmaps
Software Engineering: Confidently develop new features by writing critical path code, resolving complex customer bugs, and supporting the success of deliverables
Integration: Champion the integration of new content platform features and capabilities across the Seismic platform including content rendition, new video platform features, and content viewing and consumption tools
Technical Leadership: Provide strong technical leadership and guidance to the engineering team, fostering a culture of collaboration, innovation, and continuous learning.
Champion Software Engineering Best Practices: Participate in and champion best practices for code reviews, monitoring and alerting, automated testing, bug/issue triage, performance optimization, and documentation.
Collaboration: Work with technical product owners, architects, product managers, and other engineering teams and stakeholders to support the team’s execution of the design, develop, and delivery of new features in the content platform

Education: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
Experience: 12+ years of experience (or 8+ years with advanced degree) in delivering quality software solutions and information retrieval systems. A proven track record of building products and leading technical efforts.
Technical Expertise: Experience with C# and .NET, unit testing, object-oriented programming, and relational databases. Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Pulumi, etc.), event driven architectures with tools like Kafka, and feature management (Launch Darkly) are good to have. Front-end/full stack experience a plus.
Cloud Expertise: Experience with cloud platforms like Microsoft Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud Platform (GCP). Experience deploying containerized applications into Kubernetes is a plus.
SaaS Knowledge: Extensive experience in SaaS application development and cloud technologies, with a deep understanding of modern machine learning technologies and operational infrastructure.
Product Development: Experience in collaborating with product management and design, with the ability to translate business requirements into technical solutions that drive successful delivery. Supported with personal focus and priority on operational excellence and software quality.
Software Architecture Design: Demonstrated expertise in designing robust architectural solutions in a microservices ecosystem, with a focus and desire to continuously improve and advance innovation 
Leadership Skills: Excellent leadership and communication skills, with the ability to inspire and motivate teams to achieve their full potential. Open minded to other perspectives and persuasive to help align different teams and viewpoints (“strong opinions, loosely held.”)
Strategic Mindset: Strong problem-solving and decision-making skills, with a strategic mindset and the ability to develop a strong point of view and drive vision forward.
Fast-paced Environment: Experience working in a fast-paced, dynamic environment, preferably in a SaaS or technology-driven company. You enjoy solving challenging problems, all while having a blast with equally passionate and talented team members.