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Stable Kernel · 1 day ago

Principal Software Engineer

Atlanta, GA

Full-time

Hybrid

Lead/Staff

$170K/yr - $170K/yr

10+ years exp

Stable Kernel is a technology services firm and custom software developer based in Atlanta, GA. The Principal Software Engineer will play a crucial role in developing and delivering innovative solutions for clients, collaborating with teams, and influencing product roadmaps while promoting best practices in software development.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)Consumer SoftwareData IntegrationData VisualizationEnterprise SoftwareMachine LearningMobile AppsMobile PaymentsSoftware EngineeringUsability Testing

Comp. & Benefits

No H1B

Responsibilities

Designing and implementing exemplary solutions regarding scalability and cost-effectiveness by making trade-offs between opportunity and complexity

Setting standards for codebase health and promoting best practices throughout the organization

Clarifying strategic outcomes and influencing roadmaps and projects

Identifying, suggesting, and driving improvements in your customers' end-to-end experience

Aiding in estimating work for new business with more unknowns and coaching others in estimation best practices

Coordinating across the entire company

Influencing the entire organization to make changes to support your work

Advising teams across the company

Designing a long-term roadmap with no direction

Translating customer and business needs and strategic direction into projects and consistently simplifying high-complexity situations

Coaching and mentoring others in tackling ambiguity

Decomposing strategic direction into projects: Planning, communicating, and executing to solve our most challenging problems

Ensuring alignment with long-term objectives, fostering a culture of informed decision-making and innovation

Anticipating most risks and driving simplification to mitigate risks ahead of time

Escalating issues while solving them in parallel ensuring others are informed

Proposing new organization-level processes to improve key areas such as team throughput, employee happiness, or product engagement

Driving best practices across the organization

Exhibiting exceptional mentoring abilities and fostering a culture of continuous learning and improvement by identifying and nurturing potential in others, providing strategic guidance, and helping develop career paths for team members

Leading projects: Setting the strategic direction for projects or areas of technology, leading multiple project teams, and influencing decision-making at higher organizational levels

Exhibiting strong capabilities in stakeholder management, negotiating, and problem-solving in complex scenarios

Mentoring and developing other leaders within the team, fostering a culture of innovation, and contributing significantly to organizational goals

Qualification

GoAWSInfrastructure-as-CodeKubernetesBackend DevelopmentDynamoDBPostgresCI/CD PipelinesPerformance TestingJavaObservability PlatformsProgressive Deployment StrategiesAI Augmented DevelopmentStakeholder ManagementMentoring

Required

10+ years of development experience with an emphasis on back-end development

Extensive experience serving as a trusted consultant to stakeholders and cross-functional teams, providing expert guidance on backend service design, delivery, and integration

Degree in Computer Science or relevant field or experience

Intimate, Working Familiarity With: Go, AWS, IaC, Kubernetes, DynamoDB / Postgres, strong experience architecting, designing, and implementing backend services, experience creating and executing automated tests within CI/CD pipelines, experience with test infrastructure and environments, experience conducting backend performance and load testing

Preferred

Experience with Java

Experience with observability platforms and best practices (Datadog a plus)

Experience in designing and implementing progressive deployment strategies such as Canary and Blue/Green deployments to reduce risk, ensure seamless rollouts, and maintain high availability across complex, distributed systems

Familiarity with tools such as ArgoCD

A curious technologist who explores AI augmented development workflows, leveraging tools such as Anthropic models, Cursor, Copilot with Open Spec, Spec Kit, and related frameworks