Principal Software Engineer- Document Management

Job Description

What if you could use your technology skills to develop a product that impacts the way communities’ hospitals, homes, sports stadiums, and schools across the world are built? Construction impacts the lives of nearly everyone in the world, and yet it’s also one of the world’s least digitized industries. That’s why we’re looking for engineering talent​ to join Procore’s journey to revolutionize a historically underserved industry.

We are seeking a dynamic and experienced senior technical leader to lead our talented engineering teams and drive the successful delivery of high-quality software solutions. This leadership role will play a key part in shaping our technical strategy and ensuring the effective execution of software development initiatives.

As ​technical leader you’re given the unique opportunity to drive the next generation of application platform initiatives in a global SaaS infrastructure. Backed by the might of our teams, we’ll provide you with the tools and resources needed to achieve extraordinary results that render a significant impact extending beyond the boundaries of traditional engineering roles.

This position will report to our Sr Manager, Software Engineering. What you’ll do:

• Develop and operate our mission critical construction document management services within the construction documents division. These are some of the most heavily trafficked parts of the Procore SaaS Platform and require attention to software development best practices, operational excellence and the highest standards in quality.

• Help establish standards for development teams and collaborate on initiatives with infrastructure, platform, and other software engineering teams

• Mentor, coach, and be a driver for change across your teams and the broader organization, including conducting code reviews and pairing

• Drive critical projects, including: 

  • Scalability: We’re scaling and need engineers who are ready to take on the challenge of working on live, core systems with millions of users

  • Complex data management systems: We’re building a world-class document management system from the ground up. You’ll work through challenges like document intake, document management, large document manipulations, permissions and document revisioning.

  • Participate in designing and building a system that is aligned with Procore’s technical vision of a Service-Oriented Architecture

  • Build, maintain, and develop a wide series of microservices and are looking for engineers adept at discovering new opportunities and driving them to completion.

• Work side-by-side with Product and UX teams to build out roadmaps and drive execution for development of file and document services. 

• Champion best practices in software development, ensuring adherence to coding standards, scalability, and security.

What we're looking for:

• BS or MS degree in Computer Science, related discipline, or equivalent experience

• 10+ years of combined experience as a Software Engineer with an emphasis on building scalable backend web-based services and related infrastructure

• Experience working within and leading through influence on global technical teams

• Ability to evaluate current technical approaches and champion industry best-of-class technology approaches to solving technical problems

• Demonstrated experience leading/contributing to a large engineering initiative or large technology change

• Experience working collaboratively with teams, providing mentorship and guidance to improve the overall reliability of the ecosystem

• Understanding the tradeoffs between short-term and long-term goals and balancing immediate needs with strategic initiatives

• Experience in the following technologies, with demonstrated expertise and the capacity to lead complex technical initiatives in architecture and design systems:

  • Service design and scalable deployment in cloud-based software development

  • Kubernetes, Kafka and related web infrastructure technologies

  • Java, Ruby on Rails, Typescript, Node.js, golang & React

• Experience with modern web development across the entire spectrum of development, testing, staging, deploying, and monitoring

• Familiarity with SRE and SRE automation best practices

• Experience documenting and bringing team clarity to complex solutions

• Experience in working with software, platforms, and infrastructure at scale (we run thousands of hosts and have millions of users)

• Familiarity with additional tech stacks, languages, etc. are a plus

• And generally a curious mind that is driven to innovate and solve customer problems 

Additional Information

Perks & Benefits

At Procore, we invest in our employees and provide a full range of benefits and perks to help you grow and thrive. From generous paid time off and healthcare coverage to career enrichment and development programs, learn more details about what we offer and how we empower you to be your best.

About Us

Procore Technologies is building the software that builds the world. We provide cloud-based construction management software that helps clients more efficiently build skyscrapers, hospitals, retail centers, airports, housing complexes, and more. At Procore, we have worked hard to create and maintain a culture where you can own your work and are encouraged and given resources to try new ideas. Check us out on Glassdoor to see what others are saying about working at Procore.

We are an equal-opportunity employer and welcome builders of all backgrounds. We thrive in a diverse, dynamic, and inclusive environment. We do not tolerate discrimination against employees on the basis of age, color, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, marital status, national origin, political affiliation, race, religion, sexual orientation, veteran status, or any other classification protected by law.

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