OUR MISSION
At Redwood, we empower our customers with lights-out automation for their mission-critical business processes.
ABOUT US
Redwood Software is the leader in full stack automation fabric solutions for mission-critical business processes. With the first SaaS-based composable automation platform specifically built for ERP, we believe in the transformative power of automation. Our unparalleled solutions empower you to orchestrate, manage and monitor your workflows across any application, service or server — in the cloud or on premises — with confidence and control.
CORE VALUES
- One Team. One Redwood
- Make Your Own Weather
- Obsess over Customer Success
- Work the Problem
- Be Curious
- Own the Outcome
- Respect Each Other
YOUR IMPACT
We are looking for a Principal Engineer, Products & Platforms to join our Product engineering team to provide technical leadership across Redwood’s Workload Automation Platform, defining architecture, driving modernization, and influencing engineering strategy across multiple teams. You will be instrumental in the design, development, and enhancement of our platform, building high-quality, scalable, and secure software that powers enterprise data exchange for more than 1,000 customers worldwide.
As a Principal Engineer, you will:
- Technical Leadership & Architecture: Define the path forward for complex engineering problems, establish best practices, lead design review and technology decisions, and mentor the team to excel, while driving the architecture, security, compliance, and observability of our Java/Spring Boot microservices.
- Platform and Infrastructure Ownership: Drive the deep understanding, architecture, and evolution of our core platform and infrastructure, focusing on resilience, communication between components, and scalability.
- Cross-Team Collaboration: Facilitate and drive cross-team collaboration with Product, QA, and other engineering groups to ensure end-to-end alignment and successful product delivery.
- AI Integration: Research and apply AI/ML concepts and their usage to innovate and enhance the MFT product capabilities (e.g., intelligent routing, predictive maintenance, enhanced security).
YOUR EXPERIENCE
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
- 12+ years of professional software engineering experience, with significant focus on high-scale products and platforms.
- Strong Java, Spring Boot, and REST API skills with a solid understanding of OOP, design patterns, and architecture principles.
- Cloud Platform Expertise (AWS Preferred): Extensive experience architecting, deploying, and managing complex solutions on a major cloud platform, with a deep understanding of cloud concepts including networking, security, and cost optimization.
- Expertise in building distributed systems, micro services, APIs, Kubernetes, cloud platforms.
- AI Awareness: Proven familiarity with AI/ML concepts and their usage, with practical experience or a strong conceptual understanding of how to apply these techniques to solve engineering problems.
- DevOps Expertise: Strong understanding of modern DevOps practices, including CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code (IaC) such as Terraform, and automated platform management.
- EKS/Kubernetes: Mastery of container orchestration, specifically with EKS (Elastic Kubernetes Service), including managing inter-component communication and cluster operations.
- Protocol Understanding: In-depth understanding of enterprise file transfer protocols (e.g., SFTP, FTPS, AS2) and secure communication protocols.
- Proven ability to lead technical initiatives and mentor engineering peers.
- Knowledge of agile development methodologies (Scrum, Kanban).
- Excellent problem-solving, communication, and collaboration skills.
- Experience with large-scale enterprise application integration, preferably with SAP.
If you like growth and working with happy, enthusiastic over-achievers, you'll enjoy your career with us!
THE LEGAL BIT
Redwood is an equal opportunity employer. Redwood prohibits unlawful discrimination based on race, colour, religion, sex, gender identity, marital or veteran status, age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information or characteristics (or those of a family member), sexual orientation, pregnancy or any other consideration made unlawful by regional or local laws. We also prohibit discrimination based on a perception that anyone has any of those characteristics or is associated with a person who has or is perceived as having any of those characteristics. All such discrimination is unlawful and will have a zero tolerance policy applied to it.
Redwood will comply with all local data protection laws, including GDPR when it comes to the handling and processing of personal data. Should you wish for us to remove your personal data from our recruitment database, please email us directly at [email protected]
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field
- 10+ years of professional software engineering experience
- Strong Java, Spring Boot, and REST API skills
- Cloud platform expertise, preferably AWS
- DevOps expertise including CI/CD and Infrastructure as Code
- Mastery of EKS (Elastic Kubernetes Service)
- In-depth understanding of enterprise file transfer protocols
- Proven ability to lead technical initiatives and mentor engineering peers
- Knowledge of agile development methodologies
Redwood Software Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Redwood Software and has not been reviewed or approved by Redwood Software.
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — Pay is characterized as competitive or above average, with broad satisfaction around compensation and benefits. Earnings potential is portrayed as particularly strong in customer-facing revenue roles, reinforcing a positive total-rewards baseline.
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage is described as especially strong in the U.S., including instances of fully employer-paid insurance. Medical value is framed as a standout element of the overall package even when plan choice is narrower.
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Retirement Support — Retirement benefits are characterized as notably strong, with a frequently highlighted and “fantastic” 401(k) match. This strengthens the perceived long-term value of the package beyond cash compensation.
Redwood Software Insights
What We Do
Redwood Software is the leader in full stack automation for mission-critical business processes. With the first SaaS-based composable automation platform specifically built for ERP, we believe in the transformative power of automation. Our unparalleled solutions empower organizations to orchestrate, manage and monitor their workflows across any application, service or server – in the cloud or on premise – with confidence and control
