Principal Software Engineer

Join Monolith as a Principal Software Engineer. Apply now to lead the architectural evolution of our platform as we scale to meet growing demand from the world's largest engineering companies.

We’re seeking a hands‑on technical leader who will work closely with the VP Engineering to define and execute the platform’s evolution to a more distributed architecture and make it AI‑agentic ready for the next generation of AI applications.

• Drive the ongoing transition from monolithic to distributed architecture
• Design and implement architecture to be AI‑agentic ready, enabling rapid deployment of AI products and MCP server integrations
• Own technical decisions balancing immediate business needs with long‑term architectural goals

• Drive the ongoing transition from monolithic to distributed architecture
• Design and implement architecture to be AI‑agentic ready, enabling rapid deployment of AI products and MCP server integrations
• Own technical decisions balancing immediate business needs with long‑term architectural goals

• Write production‑quality Python code for critical platform components
• Build and optimize distributed compute services
• Implement reliable workflow orchestration patterns

• Mentor mid‑level developers, elevating the technical capabilities of the entire team
• Establish engineering best practices and architectural patterns
• Collaborate with product and business stakeholders to translate requirements into technical solutions
• Guide technical decision‑making and prioritization across the engineering organization
• Interview and onboard new engineers

• 12+ years of software engineering experience with at least 2 years in principal/staff engineering roles
• Expert‑level Python development skills with production experience at scale
• Deep expertise in distributed systems architecture
• Strong Kubernetes experience with production workloads
• Hands‑on experience with workflow orchestration tools (Temporal, Airflow, or similar)
• Cloud platform expertise (AWS required, Azure beneficial)
• Experience with data processing frameworks (Spark, Athena, or similar)
• Proven track record of leading architectural transformations in growing companies
• Excellence in technical communication and stakeholder management
• Experience with systems having ML Engineering and ML Ops aspects

• Technical Excellence:
  Write clean, maintainable code and design systems that scale
• Pragmatic Problem‑Solver:
  Balance perfectionism with shipping, making smart trade‑offs between short‑term delivery and long‑term goals
• Strong Leadership:
  Proactively identify problems and drive solutions forward
• Mentorship Mindset:
  Elevate others through knowledge sharing and patient guidance
• Ownership Mentality:
  Take full responsibility for outcomes and drive initiatives to completion
• Customer Obsession:
  Understand that our success is measured by our customers’ success

Mid‑Senior level

Full‑time

Engineering and Information Technology

Software Development

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