Principal Software Engineer

Job Title: Principal Software Engineer
Location: Remote,100%
Duration: 6-12+ Months

Participate in the design and implementation of new security systems that support our loss prevention agents' investigation suite of software, including providing recommendations on solutions
Analyze, design, develop and implement RESTful services and APIs
Responsible for designing, building, and managing real-time data streaming pipelines using Apache Kafka, including setting up Kafka clusters, configuring Kafka Streams, and ensuring efficient data processing within these pipelines
Working to integrate data from various sources and deliver it to downstream applications in real time.
Evolve and optimize enterprise-grade Kafka topologies as organizational utilization grows.
Address performance and scalability challenges posed by new or changing Kafka producers and consumers.
Implement solutions to monitor Kafka components to address any Kafka messaging issues proactively.
Troubleshoot new security installations to ensure the systems function accurately and satisfy quality and performance standards.
Skill to balance driving the outstanding architecture with the realities of live customers and the need to ship software.
Collaborate with product management and engineering leadership to understand business requirements and plan products and features.
Work as a team to design, develop, test, deploy, maintain, and improve software.
As a Senior Engineer, knowledge share and support pier code review efforts, etc.
Be a model of best practices for junior level engineers
Conduct code reviews for fellow team members, as required.
Create unit tests to help ensure code quality throughout the application's life cycle.
Analyze and improve the efficiency, scalability, and stability of existing and new systems and resources
Improve code quality by tracking, reducing, and avoiding technical debt.
Comfortable deploying service-oriented / micro-service-based architectures
Ability to create and deploy event-driven architectures using messaging systems/service buses with technologies such as Confluent Kafka.

Required Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in technology or information systems or equivalent experience
8+ years' experience in software engineering teams.
7+ years of experience in C# and the .NET Framework
4+ experience in .Net Core
4+ years of Azure cloud experience
4+ years of experience developing and scaling distributed systems
Experience using Confluent Kafka
Demonstrated ability to work both independently and within cross-functional project teams effectively
Experienced in compliance best practices for technology platforms
Able to adapt quickly to changing requirements and priorities
Experience scaling and deploying applications in the public cloud using technologies like the following:
Azure, Message Services, Docker (all required)

Preferred/Desired Qualifications
4+ years of experience with a microservices architecture
Experience with software development lifecycle (SDLC) and Agile Methodologies
Experience scaling and deploying applications in the public cloud using technologies like the following - Kubernetes
A can-do demeanor and ability to positively impact our culture.