Principal Software Engineer

Be the key in unlocking business opportunities in the convergent world of Open Platform IP Video Management Systems! Join Milestone, a global market leader!

Milestone seeks a Principal Software Engineer to join our fast-moving, innovative VSaaS engineering team. In this role, you will architect, design, and build highly scalable distributed data systems to enable new and innovative solutions in cloud-based video surveillance and IoT control systems. To be successful, you must have proven experience in driving critical engineering and architectural decisions for the development team. You will provide sound technical directions and dive into solving complex system design or implementation challenges. You will learn and share knowledge with the best and help us architect and build modern cloud-native applications. You will drive decisions on technology and processes to maximize our products' performance, scalability, and reliability.

The Principal Software Engineer is a fully remote role that can be located anywhere in the US. The position will report to our VP of Engineering for VSaaS Development.

As a Milestone Employee, YOU are the key to our success. Come join our dynamic international team and be a part of our rapidly growing, successful business.

Responsibilities

• Work with product managers and technology teams to understand roadmap priorities and shape product features that address customers' needs.
• Employ advanced knowledge of data structures, data modeling and design, and common software design patterns, focusing on microservice architecture.
• Articulate design and architecture trade-offs and apply software design patterns to solve complex engineering problems efficiently.
• Drive design and implementation based on sound engineering principles and best practices, focusing on testability, maintainability, and scalability.
• Provide overall project design and estimates that meet business and technology strategy needs during project scoping phases.
• Manage the velocity of delivery without compromising the quality of product releases.
• Mentor senior engineers and technical leads to make sound technical decisions and help build effective software engineering practices, especially in adopting formal testing as part of the software development process.
• Embrace the “you build it, you run it” engineering principle.
• Champion good software engineering habits, such as. Clean code principles, security, tech debt balance, TDD, and “going end-to-end early.”
• Own, diagnose, and resolve complex system technical issues and code defects.
• Collaborate with engineering leadership to help establish the technical roadmap to facilitate innovation and enhancement of product capabilities.
• Provide leadership with a perspective on "what’s next" in technology, coding tools, applications, and concepts.
• Collaborate with other principal engineers to establish an engineering community of excellence to evangelize architecture, code or security reviews, innovative engineering, and knowledge sharing.
• Drive a culture of technical excellence, continuous improvement, and lifelong learning.
• Identify and work with SRE to implement automation opportunities that will enhance the efficiency of the software delivery cycle and the reliability of Milestone’s VSaaS product.