The Principal Engineer, Backend will architect, design, and build resilient, large-scale backend systems for Bluebeam’s Subscription Platform. The role sets technical standards, mentors staff, advises on complex technical challenges, and ensures robust, production-grade solutions that meet demanding scalability, reliability, and security expectations in a distributed cloud native environment.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree or higher - Computer Science or equivalent field.
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect
- 10+ years building high performing/data intensive applications running in the Cloud.
- Evidence of progressive responsibility and significant architectural & business impact
- Advanced expertise in backend development, including designing, building, and operating production-grade REST and GraphQL APIs using Go (Golang) and/or.Net
- Extensive knowledge and practical experience with cloud infrastructure, architecting and supporting complex, large-scale distributed environments, preferably leveraging AWS
- Strong database fundamentals: SQL/NoSQL, schema design, query optimization, and cloud-native managed data stores.
- Experience designing, creating high-quality microservices
- Leading a team to deliver cloud native applications to market using Amazon AWS (like EC2, S3, SQS, SNS, Kinesis, ELB, Lambda).
- Comfortable with infrastructure-as-code, containerization (Docker), orchestration (Kubernetes), and automated deployments (Terraform/CircleCI/GitHub Actions or similar).
- Solid knowledge of microservice architecture, containerization, and container orchestration.
- Profound contributions as technical mentor and leader for backend, SRE, and backend teams.
- Willingness to learn and expand skills and repertoire
- A positive mindset, team-oriented, results driven, and organized.
- Experience mentoring other team members
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
Benefits
- Competitive compensation and benefits package
- 100% paid medical premiums for employees, 80% paid for dependents
- Fully vested 401K right from the day you start
- Generous PTO, including sick/mental health & volunteer days
- Free & unlimited access to BetterUp Care, a well-being platform
- Work-life balance fostered through a culture of diversity, inclusion, and appreciation of individual lifestyle needs
- Opportunity for continuous professional development
- Free & unlimited access to LinkedIn Learning
- Up to $5K annual education reimbursement (after 1 year tenure)
