Principal Software Developer

• You want to work at a company that is building impactful, relevant technology. Auvik’s network management software helps IT teams by automating time-consuming tasks, streamlining operations, and mitigating risk. It’s more important than ever to be able to remotely monitor and manage network infrastructure, and with Auvik, IT professionals have that essential visibility and control.

• You want to work with a leadership team who are transparent and trustworthy. Our senior leaders have a vision for Auvik. They are experienced, knowledgeable, approachable, and consistently working hard to drive success, both for the company and the team of people who make it happen.

• You want to work with a product customers love. People rave about what we’ve built. Our customers are smart, aspirational, and highly technical. It pays to get the details right.

• You want regular opportunities for learning and growth. With ongoing feedback from leadership, you’ll find that Auvik encourages you to be your very best. Our onboarding process is thorough and informative because we want to make sure you’re prepared to have a great work experience. We also have programs designed to help you take the next steps you want for your career.

• You want the flexibility to manage your work, your way. We’re a fully distributed team and we’re prepared to continue to support working from home (or the space you choose!). We trust you to get the job done where you feel most comfortable and effective.

What’s this role about?

As a Principal Software Developer at Auvik, you’ll provide technical leadership at the highest level, shaping the long-term architecture and technical direction of our platform. You’ll work across a complex landscape that includes a legacy monolith and a large microservices ecosystem running on Kubernetes, helping us critically evaluate where our architecture should evolve next and creating a clear, pragmatic plan to get there.

This role is ideal for a deeply experienced engineer who thrives on ambiguity, enjoys diving into complex systems, and can balance hands-on technical depth with broad organizational influence. While you won’t be tied to a single team, you’ll work closely with engineering leadership and development teams to ensure architectural decisions are sound, scalable, and aligned with our business goals.

What will I be doing?

• Defining and evolving the long-term architecture of Auvik’s platform, including evaluating tradeoffs between our legacy monolith and our microservices-based systems.
• Creating a clear, executable technical roadmap to move the platform toward a more reliable, scalable, and maintainable architecture.
• Diving deep into existing systems to understand constraints, identify deficiencies, and propose targeted improvements that deliver real impact.
• Acting as a subject-matter expert in data architecture, including relational databases, document stores, NoSQL systems, and OLAP databases.
• Designing and guiding the use of data streaming and event-driven systems using technologies such as Kafka and Flink.
• Establishing best practices for exposing data to internal and external consumers with a focus on low latency, consistency, and correctness.
• Designing and evolving core platforms, services, and shared infrastructure that other development teams build upon.
• Partnering with engineering leaders, product managers, and senior developers to align technical decisions with product and business strategy.
• Influencing without authority, building consensus, gaining buy-in, and clearly communicating architectural decisions across the organization.
• Mentoring senior engineers and acting as a technical role model through design reviews, architectural guidance, and thoughtful feedback.

What are we looking for?

• A highly experienced engineer with a strong track record of designing and evolving large-scale, distributed systems.
• Deep expertise in data storage technologies, including relational, document, NoSQL, and analytical databases, and knowing when to use each.
• Strong experience building and operating data streaming platforms using tools like Kafka and Flink.
• Proven ability to design low-latency, reliable data access patterns for a wide range of consumers.
• Experience building internal platforms, frameworks, or shared services that enable other teams to move faster and safer.
• Hands-on experience leading the modernization of large legacy systems, balancing incremental refactoring with long-term architectural transformation.
• Exceptional system analysis skills. You can quickly understand complex, unfamiliar systems and identify meaningful improvements.
• Strong architectural judgment, with the ability to balance ideal designs against real-world constraints.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to influence technical direction across teams and leadership levels.
• A collaborative mindset with a passion for helping teams succeed and raising the overall technical bar.
• Comfort operating in ambiguous problem spaces and leading initiatives where the path forward isn’t obvious.

• Backend: Go, Scala
• Frontend: React (TypeScript), GraphQL
• Infrastructure & Data: Kafka, Kubernetes, AWS
• Datastores: Relational databases, NoSQL and document stores, OLAP systems
• Observability: Logging, metrics, and tracing across distributed systems
  (… and more, depending on your area of focus)

We’re actively hiring for this role and looking to bring someone great onto the team as soon as possible. 
About Auvik

Auvik delivers cloud-based network management software that gives IT teams instant visibility and control over their infrastructure — whether on-site, remote, or dispersed across global networks. Our platform automates network discovery, mapping, monitoring, configuration backups, traffic analysis and alerting, so IT professionals and MSPs can manage complex, multi-site environments with ease.

We’re focused on building a diverse and inclusive workforce. If you’re excited about this role, but do not meet 100% of the qualifications listed above, we encourage you to apply. We are happy to make any accommodations you may need throughout the interview process as well. 

Auvik is an Equal Opportunity Employer and considers applicants for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, orientation, national origin, age, disability, genetics or any other basis forbidden under federal, provincial, or local law.

At Auvik, our hiring process is designed to be personal, transparent, and human-led. Our Talent Acquisition Partners review all resumes, connect with candidates whose skills and experience aligns with the role, and stay in communication with you throughout your journey. If our interests align, you'll meet with a hiring manager, as well as additional members of the hiring team in follow-up conversations. All of your interviews will take place via Zoom.

Before meeting with a hiring manager, we also ask candidates to complete a 5-minute Predictive Index (PI) assessment. This helps us understand and match your strengths and work preferences with roles that will set you up for success.

We use AI tools to support administrative tasks in the hiring process; such as helping source candidates, drafting communications, and interview summaries, so our team can stay focused and present during conversations. We do not use AI tools to interview, screen or assess candidates; or determine who moves forward in the process. We debrief and consider the full context of every conversation before making hiring decisions. We believe hiring requires judgment that can be augmented but, not replaced by AI.