Principal Software Development Engineer, Ecosystems
3 Months ago • 12 Years + • $170,435 PA - $230,435 PA
Software Development & Engineering
Job Description
Highspot is seeking a Principal Software Development Engineer for its Ecosystems team. The role involves architecting and shaping the technical foundations for next-generation platforms focused on conversational intelligence, robust ecosystem capabilities, and agentic workflows. This includes developing AI agents that generate content, automate decisions, extract insights, and deliver actionable intelligence. The engineer will collaborate with product, machine learning, and engineering teams to ensure the platform supports adaptive, secure, and scalable AI-driven experiences. Responsibilities include designing scalable and secure architectures, driving high standards through code reviews and performance tuning, improving operational processes, contributing to the technical strategy, and researching new technologies. The role requires a strong understanding of object-oriented programming principles and design patterns, with experience in enterprise-scale application design.
Good To Have:
- Familiarity with Ruby, MongoDB, PostgreSQL, React, Next.js, Solr, AWS, Docker, Kafka, Kubernetes
- Experience with containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes)
- Experience with serverless computing
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines
- Experience with automated testing
- Willingness to work in a fast-paced startup-like environment
Must Have:
- Design scalable, secure architectures
- Drive high standards through code reviews
- Improve operational processes
- Contribute to technical strategy
- Work with cross-functional teams
- 12+ years of experience in development
- Strong knowledge of database technologies
- Proficiency in microservices architecture
- Strong knowledge of cloud-native practices
- Excellent communication skills
- Experience with Agile methodologies
Perks:
- Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, disability, and life benefits
- Group Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP) with matching employer contributions
- Flexible Paid Time Off (PTO)
- Generous Holiday Schedule + 5 Days for Annual Holiday Week
- Quarterly Recharge Fridays
- Flexible work schedules
- Access to Coaches and Therapists
- 2 Volunteer days per year
- Monthly transportation allowance (for Vancouver Hub employees)
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About Highspot
Highspot is pioneering the category that is fundamentally changing the way companies increase sales productivity. On a mission to transform the way millions of people work with sales enablement, Highspot is committed to building breakthrough software with a spark of magic. We believe a great place to work is about more than the work – it’s about what the company stands for, and how it authentically represents its values in the real world. To this end, we have put intentional focus on creating equitable workspaces for each of our employees. Our goal is to create a culture where everyone feels a deep sense of belonging and is empowered to be an agent of change, with the ability to transform themselves, their workplace, and their world.
About The Role
Come help us build the next-generation platform that will power Highspot’s vision for conversational intelligence, a robust Ecosystem platform, and agentic workflows—where software doesn’t merely respond to users but actively collaborates with them to drive business outcomes.
As a Principal Software Engineer, Backend, you’ll play a pivotal role in architecting and shaping the technical foundations that enable a new wave of capabilities: AI agents that generate content, automate decisions, extract insights from conversations, summarize activities, and deliver actionable intelligence—all rooted in customer-specific context and rigorous permissioning models.
You’ll partner closely across engineering, product, and machine learning teams to ensure our platform can support adaptive, secure, and scalable AI-driven experiences. While expertise in every technology we use isn’t required, our stack includes Ruby, MongoDB, PostgreSQL, React, Next.js, Solr, AWS, Docker, Kafka, and Kubernetes.
What You'll Do
- Design scalable, secure architectures spanning multiple teams and systems, while remaining hands-on.
- Drive high standards through code reviews, performance tuning, and continuous delivery.
- Improve operational processes, monitoring, and observability to ensure a stable and reliable platform.
- Contribute to defining and evolving the long-term technical strategy and roadmap for the platform.
- Work closely with product, engineering, ML, and QA teams to deliver solutions.
- Research new technologies and recommend adoption where it adds value.
- Maintain clear architectural and technical documentation.
- Foster a culture of innovation, ownership, and high-quality engineering across the organization.
Your Background
- Bachelor or Master degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
- 12 + years of experience in Ruby/Java/Python/Any programming language development with a strong understanding of object-oriented programming principles and design patterns.
- Proven experience as a software architect designing and implementing enterprise-scale Ruby/Java/Python/Any programming language applications.
- Strong knowledge of database technologies such as SQL, NoSQL databases (e.g., Postgres, MongoDB etc.) and Message queue ( RabbitMQ, Kafka).
- Extensive experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform.
- Proficiency in microservices architecture, containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes), and serverless computing.
- Strong knowledge of cloud-native development practices, including infrastructure as code, CI/CD pipelines, and automated testing.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to effectively collaborate with cross-functional teams.
- Experience with Agile software development methodologies and familiarity with tools such as Jira, Confluence, or similar for Agile project management.
- Willing to work in a startup-like environment - fast paced, challenging.
Base salary range: $170,435 - $230,435
Employees may also be eligible for bonuses, stock options, and other forms of compensation.
The above represents total expected compensation for this role. Actual compensation will depend on various job-related factors, including, but not limited to, location, experience, and job qualifications.
Highspot also offers the following employee benefits for this position:
-Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, disability, and life benefits
-Group Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP) and matching employer contributions (DPSP) with immediate vesting
-Flexible PTO
-Generous Holiday Schedule + 5 Days for Annual Holiday Week
-Quarterly Recharge Fridays (paid days off for mental health recharge)
-Flexible work schedules
-Access to Coaches and Therapists through Modern Health
-2 Volunteer days per year
-Monthly transportation allowance for employees that work in our Vancouver Hub location
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Equal Opportunity Statement
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of any grounds protected by applicable human rights legislation, which may include age, ancestry, citizenship, color, ethnicity, family status, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or invisible disabilities, political belief, race, religion, or sexual orientation.
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