Principal Staff Software Engineer

Hard Requirements (Must-Haves)

• Staff-Level Seniority (SME): Proven experience operating a level above Senior Engineer, acting as a domain expert who identifies infrastructure friction, automates platform tooling, and drives technical standards independently.
• Python or Golang Engineering: Deep production expertise in Python or Golang for building custom infrastructure automation, developer CLIs, and platform deployment tools.
• Cloud Infrastructure (AWS): Hands-on experience architecting and managing cloud infrastructure on AWS (transferable expertise with GCP or Azure is acceptable).
• Containers & Orchestration: Advanced experience with Docker and Kubernetes (cluster management, pod configuration, troubleshooting deployment failures).
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Strong ability to read, write, and structure modular infrastructure code using Terraform.
• Apache Kafka Depth: Hands-on experience operating Kafka clusters, managing topic partitions, and executing streaming data migrations.
• CI/CD & Operational Tooling: Experience configuring and maintaining Jenkins build pipelines alongside operational monitoring in Datadog.
• U.S. Pacific Timezone Overlap: Minimum 6 hours daily overlap with U.S. Pacific Standard/Daylight Time.
• High-Integrity Communication & Ownership: Excellent written and spoken English, proactive status reporting, transparent collaboration, and high personal accountability.

Nice-to-Have Requirements

• Machine Learning Platform (MLOps) Infrastructure: Experience building infrastructure tools or deployment pipelines for ML platforms and model serving.
• Game Development / Publishing Platform Context: Background supporting publishing platforms, internal developer enablement teams, or live-service game operations.
• Multi-Cloud Expertise: Direct exposure to multi-cloud environments (AWS alongside GCP or Azure).