Principal Software Engineer, SRE Experience

Posted 16 Days Ago
Hiring Remotely in USA
Remote
7+ Years Experience
Cloud • Digital Media • Edtech • Social Media • Software
We’re here to lift you up, so you can build a community (and business) that needs to exist in the world.
The Role
The Principal Software Engineer, SRE will lead technical roadmaps, design scalable systems, mentor engineers, and enhance developer experiences while overseeing platform reliability, focusing on critical cloud infrastructure and architectural improvements.
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About Us

Since 2017, Mighty Networks has been revolutionizing online connections. We enable creators, entrepreneurs, and brands to build and monetize communities through online courses, paid memberships, challenges, and events. Our mission? To create a world where everyone belongs to a handful of life-changing communities that change their life.

The Opportunity

Join our Platform team to develop scalable solutions that directly impact creators and millions of users worldwide. You’ll tackle challenges involving evolving our technology stack, cloud infrastructure, and system architecture. If you’re excited about shaping the future of online communities and enjoy working with some incredibly talented engineers in a collaborative environment, we’d love to hear from you.

Responsibilities:

  • Strategic Technical Leadership: Define and drive the technical roadmap in collaboration with engineering leaders, ensuring alignment with company objectives across all teams.
  • Architectural Design and Implementation: Lead the design of secure, scalable, maintainable, and high-performance systems, leveraging cloud technologies and modern frameworks.
  • Enhance Developer Experience: Advocate for and implement best practices in coding standards, design patterns, and developer tooling to improve productivity.
  • Mentorship and Team Development: Mentor engineers across the organization, fostering a culture of innovation, creativity, and experimentation.
  • Platform Reliability and Performance: Oversee the implementation of monitoring and alerting systems to ensure high availability and performance, focusing on SLO adherence. Make broad improvements to meet or exceed SLOs.
  • Cross-Functional Communication: Clearly communicate complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders to align engineering initiatives with business goals.
  • Continuous Improvement: Evaluate and recommend improvements to platform infrastructure and processes, embracing new technologies where appropriate.

Qualifications:

  • ​​Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, or equivalent experience
  • 15+ years of software development experience with a focus on web technologies
  • Proficiency in Ruby on Rails or a similar web framework
  • Extensive experience with cloud platforms (ideally AWS) and containerization technologies like Docker and Kubernetes
  • Familiarity with frontend frameworks, preferably React
  • Strong experience in designing and developing RESTful APIs
  • Proficiency with both SQL and NoSQL databases; experience with PostgreSQL and Elasticsearch is a plus
  • Knowledge of IaC (infrastructure as code) tools (e.g., Kubernetes, Helm Charts, Karpenter, GitHub Actions)
  • Experience with CI/CD pipelines and optimizing developer workflows
  • Proficiency with monitoring and alerting tools (e.g., Datadog)
  • Excellent system thinking and problem-solving skills with a focus on pragmatically delivering simple yet effective and efficient solutions
  • Strong communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to explain complex concepts clearly
  • Strong knowledge of industry best practices pertaining to privacy and security

Top Skills

Ruby
The Company
179 Employees
Remote Workplace
Year Founded: 2017

What We Do

Our mission at Mighty Networks is to usher in a new era of creative business built on community. Our SaaS platform is the easiest place for creators and brands to start and grow communities. You can add online courses, events, and paid memberships whenever you're ready. We also offer Mighty Pro for creators, organizations, and brands who are interested in their own branded apps.

Why Work With Us

Be a part of something worth building. Mighty Networks is ushering in a new era of creative businesses built on community. For us to get smarter and stronger as a team, we don’t want people who simply fit our culture, we want people who add to it. Your unique background, perspective, and experience are critical to our success. We’re here for it.

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