Principal Engineer, Platform & Infrastructure

Posted 30ds ago

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Lead Engineer at Silo Technologies overseeing production platform reliability and performance. Collaborating with Product and mentoring the engineering team while driving system improvements.

Responsibilities:

  • Take primary ownership of production system reliability
  • Lead coordination with external engineering partners
  • Identify and resolve performance bottlenecks
  • Define and implement technical standards
  • Collaborate with Product to translate roadmap priorities into execution
  • Mentor and level-up the engineering team
  • Help define and grow the in-house engineering organization

Requirements:

  • 8+ years of software engineering experience
  • 2-3 years in a senior, lead, or staff engineering capacity
  • Deep expertise in systems-level backend languages (Go, Rust, C++, Java, or similar)
  • Expert-level knowledge of Postgres, query optimization, and performance tuning
  • Strong communication skills
  • Comfortable operating in a startup environment
  • Proven experience partnering with external engineering teams

Benefits:

  • Remote work options
  • Professional development opportunities