This job will provide you with an opportunity to further your career alongside some of the best and most passionate technology experts from around the world in a leading company within the test, measurement and data analytics industry. You will be a strong contributor collaborating closely with colleagues from various business functions.
At HBK, we live up to our three values: Be True, Own It and Aim High. We believe in absolute integrity – it’s how we win for stakeholders, the environment and each other. We believe in teamwork and keeping our promises – to ourselves and others. Finally, we believe in being bold and positive. This is how we perform at our best and achieve greater success.
Are you a seasoned Full Stack Principal Engineer ready to shape the future of enterprise software? At HBK, we’re looking for a hands-on leader to drive architecture, development, and roadmap delivery across our next-generation digital products.
As a Principal Engineer, you'll drive the complete product lifecycle, combining hands-on full stack development with technical strategy, scalable system design, data modeling, and roadmap delivery.
You'll align engineering execution with business priorities while remaining deeply hands-on in development using technologies like Java, Angular, and modern cloud-native environments, and mentoring a high-performing team.
Responsibilities:
Core Development and Technology:
Lead the full-stack architecture, design, development, and deployment of enterprise applications, primarily using Angular and Java Spring Boot, while remaining adaptable to other modern technologies as needed.
Drive innovation and efficiency by utilizing modern, cloud-native technologies in the development and deployment of our products.
Drive end-to-end product development in a SAFe Agile environment, emphasizing rapid delivery of value to customers through practices like pair programming, PR reviews, TDD, and Continuous Integration/Delivery (CI/CD).
Ensure the seamless integration and adoption of the HBK Design Systems approach to consistently enhance UX/UI standards across all products.
Ensure built-in quality across software products by conducting relevant unit, component, functional, and non-functional testing, in harmony with DevOps practices and adhering to Test-Driven Development (TDD) principles.
Provide technical guidance for solution development and integration, ensuring compliance with relevant strategies, standards, and security practices. Contribute to roadmaps and identify areas for improvement or synergy.
Product & Roadmap Leadership:
Work closely with product managers and business stakeholders to develop and evolve the product’s technology roadmap, ensuring long-term scalability and innovation.
Contribute to technical product ownership, bringing engineering insights into strategic product discussions and influencing feature prioritization.
Balance tech debt and innovation while delivering business value.
Technical Product Leadership and Mentorship
Act as a technical product leader, guiding the engineering team on architecture, design decisions, and delivery best practices aligned with the product roadmap.
Provide deep technical mentorship and be a go-to expert for solving complex architectural or engineering challenges.
Translate product vision into technical execution plans, collaborating closely with Product Owners and Designers to ensure feasibility, scalability, and performance.
Champion engineering excellence by enforcing modern coding standards and architectural best practices, while fostering a learning-driven culture through code reviews, technical mentorship, and knowledge sharing.
Support onboarding of new engineers into the codebase, architecture, and tooling, ensuring fast ramp-up through hands-on guidance and pairing.
Stakeholder Collaboration and Product Alignment:
Manage relationships and communicate effectively with stakeholders to align technology solutions with business goals.
Influence and shape the product roadmap by contributing technical insights on feasibility, performance, scalability, and long-term maintenance.
Communicate technical decisions, trade-offs, and risks clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Act as a bridge between business goals and engineering execution, ensuring consistent delivery of customer value through technical excellence.
Must-Have Requirements:
Undergraduate degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent practical experience in enterprise software product development.
Minimum 8+ years of experience designing, developing, and scaling enterprise-grade full stack applications.
Strong full stack expertise, including:
Frontend: Angular, TypeScript, modern UI/UX practices, design systems.
Backend: Java, Spring Boot, REST APIs, microservices architecture.
Proven experience in technical architecture, solution design, and system integration for scalable platforms.
Demonstrated ability to translate product goals into technical solutions, contributing directly to product and technology roadmaps.
Experience working in Agile/SAFe environments with a strong grasp of TDD, CI/CD, DevOps, and automated testing.
Ability to mentor engineers technically, lead design reviews, and guide teams through complex engineering challenges.
Excellent communication skills with the ability to clearly articulate technical concepts to cross-functional stakeholders and influence decision-making.
Why Explore a Career at HBK:
Competitive compensation and a recognition program that values impactful contributions.
True flexibility with our Work From Anywhere (WFA) policy, fostering a work-life balance with flexible working hours.
Comprehensive health insurance and generous vacation benefits.
An empowering environment that encourages innovation and continuous learning in a highly motivated team.
As a Principal Engineer at HBK, you will lead the charge in pioneering our technology direction, mentoring a team of skilled engineers, and developing cutting-edge solutions that impact markets globally. Apply now to take on this challenging and rewarding role!
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What We Do
Hottinger Brüel & Kjær was founded in 2019, when HBM and Brüel & Kjær merged their activities into a new company.
Both companies are market leaders in their respective disciplines – Brüel & Kjær in sound and vibration and HBM in reliability, durability, propulsion efficiency and weighing. Together, they cover the complete product physics domain. In technical terms, Brüel & Kjær is the frequency domain expert and HBM the time domain expert.
HBK helps its customers reduce time-to-market by simultaneously performing tests, retrieving and analyzing data, aiding decision-making
