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Principal Engineer, Data Center Infrastructure Management

Principal Engineer, Data Center Infrastructure Management

1 Month ago • 15 Years + • Research & Development

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Job Description

As a Principal Engineer for Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM), you will focus on delivering and operating a highly available, cost-optimized data center infrastructure at speed and scale. You'll leverage technical expertise to support engineering leaders across multiple teams and locations. This role is critical to supporting new product launches throughout their lifecycle, from planning and modeling to deployment, maintenance, upgrades, and decommissioning. Responsibilities include architecting and designing software engineering solutions for the DCIM ecosystem, applying first principles for optimized software, leveraging AI/ML for adaptive solutions, and leading teams to deliver innovative software solutions.

Must have:

Bachelor's degree in relevant field or equivalent experience
15+ years engineering experience
Experience delivering security solutions
Compute hardware, data center infrastructure, and software design expertise
Cross-functional collaboration skills

Good to have:

Master's or PhD in Computer Science or Engineering
Ability to promote product excellence and collaboration
Industry knowledge and forward-thinking approach
Entrepreneurial and strategic mindset

Perks:

Bonus
Equity
Benefits

Minimum qualifications:

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, a similar technical field, or equivalent practical experience
15 years of experience in engineering
Experience delivering security solutions
Experience in compute hardware architecture, data center infrastructure, and software design and implementation to maximize fleet performance and uptime
Experience working cross-functionally, partnering with groups such as Sales, Engineering, Product Management, Product Marketing, UX, and UI, and brokering trade offs with stakeholders

Preferred qualifications:

Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or other Engineering discipline
Ability to promote product excellence and collaboration
Ability to stay up-to-date on the industry with historical context, while working to push the industry forward
Entrepreneurial and strategic mindset, growing at the intersection of technology and business

About the job

As a Principal Engineer for Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM), you will have a focus on delivering and operating a highly available, cost-optimized data center infrastructure at speed and scale by leveraging your technical expertise. In this capacity, you will support a variety of engineering leaders across multiple teams and locations. This role is critical to the support of new product launches through their lifecycle from planning, modeling, deploying, maintaining, upgrading, and decommissioning.

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The US base salary range for this full-time position is $278,000-$399,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target salaries for the position across all US locations. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.

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Responsibilities

Architect and design software engineering solutions supporting all facets of the DCIM ecosystem.
Apply first principles to deliver flexible, optimized, scalable, reliable, and secured software solutions.
Leverage AI/ML to deliver highly optimized and adaptive solutions.
Bring teams together to deliver complex and innovative software solutions in a timely manner.

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$278.0K - $399.0K/yr (Outscal est.)

$338.5K/yr avg.

Worldwide

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