Principal Engineer, Cloud Software

We are seeking a seasoned and visionary architect of Cloud Software Development. This role involves strategic leadership, technical expertise, and active participation in different stages of cloud software development/operations. The ideal candidate will have a deep understanding of cloud architecture, software development best practices, and a passion for driving innovation. Familiarity with the networking/telecom/embedded domain is highly desired.

Job Responsibilities:

1. Define and implement the cloud software development strategy aligned with the company’s vision and business objectives.
2. Create an aggressive and holistic roadmap that takes into account the customer needs, technical architecture, tools, and industry trends
3. Create/review architecture/microservice/feature designs and ensure quality in the cloud software development
4. Develop reactive and proactive strategy to operations at scale. 
5. Collaborate with cross-functional teams in terms project requirements, scope, and timelines, design, testing, deployment, operations to ensure operational excellence.
6. Continuously implement mechanisms to improve software quality, operations, and engineering efficiency
7. Foster a culture of customer obsession, ownership, innovation, continuous improvement, and collaboration within the development team.

Required Skills and Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field
• 15+ years of cloud software development experience; 5+ years of experience in technical leadership role providing technical mentorship to small teams
• Proven track record of technical leadership on development of scalable and resilient cloud-software demonstrating customer obsession, ownership, innovation, continuous improvement, and collaboration
• Focus on operational excellence with proven experience driving debug and resolution for operational issues
• Deep understanding of cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud
• Expertise in microservices architecture, containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), and serverless computing
• Strong knowledge of agile methodologies, DevOps practices, and CI/CD pipelines
• Excellent problem-solving skills and a strategic mindset
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work effectively with diverse teams and stakeholders

Preferred Skills:

• Experience in the networking/telecom domain is a huge plus
  • Deep understanding of networking protocols (e.g.,Layer2/Layer3/TCP/IP, BGP, OSPF), tunneling, VPN, network security, and software-defined networking (SDN)
  • Deep understanding of management plane technologies (Yang models for configuration and telemetry, GRPC, GNMI, GNOI)
• In depth understanding of LTE/WIFI/Spectrum management technologies is a huge plus
• Design experience on embedded software is a huge plus
• Experience with machine learning, artificial intelligence is preferred

The salary range for this position is: $215,000 to $275,000

Compensation will be determined based on several factors including, but not limited to: skill set, years of experience and the employee’s geographic location.

Tarana provides competitive benefits to employees in this role including: Medical, dental and vision benefits, 401K match, flexible time off and stock option.