Principal Software Engineer; Cloud Platform

We offer a flexible working policy that supports a healthy balance between personal and professional well-being. This role requires in-office presence on Tuesdays & Thursdays to collaborate, connect, and learn from peers - while also maintaining the flexibility for meaningful work-life balance.

You will play a critical role indriving complex technical initiatives, spanning requirements, design, build, and delivery, on a team responsible fori Manage'score platform. Thisroleis tailor-madefor someone who wants real ownership of the entire SDLC.You will partner directly with product management,design,and research to help shapenot justhowwe build software, butwhatwe build.

Youwillbring abroad ownershipmindsetto this role,enhancinga platform used by knowledge workers across the world.

• Owning technical initiatives end to end, from understanding the problem and requirements through design, architecture, implementation, and delivery, with minimal day-to-day oversight
• Operating with a product mindset: understanding why something matters to the customer and the business, not just executing a ticket
• Designing and implementing modern, cloud-native systems that helpi
  
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  Work scale to meet current and future demand
• Collaborating within cross-functional engineering teams as well as peer teams to build an integrated solution
• Staying hands-on enough to remain technically credible, including applying AI tools thoughtfully as part of daily engineering work
• Communicating, documenting, and presenting to technical and business audiences
• Guiding and mentoring engineers, influencing technical direction across the team and peer teams, and helpingestablishpatterns and practices that enable the organization totake on more ambitious work

• A demonstrated record of owning complex technical initiatives from problem definition through delivery, including work driven independently with minimal oversight
• Hands-on experience designing and delivering high-volume distributed systems, microservices, and event-driven architectures in production
• Strong software engineering experience in one or more modern backend languages; our primary stack includes Java, .NET, and Python
• Experience designing and delivering cloud-native systems at scale, with Azure preferred, and a strong understanding of scalability, reliability, failure modes, and operational constraints
• The ability to think critically about architectural trade-offs, including performance, complexity, infrastructure cost and the business value.
• Practical understanding of modern AI technologies and workloads, supported by hands-on experimentation, research, or production experience
• The ability to reason about AI model selection and usage, including quality, latency, context, cost and other practical constraints, and to contribute ideas for how AI can create real product or engineering value
• Proficiency with relational and No
  
  SQL database systems, Linux-based development and runtime environments, and modern CI/CD practices
• Knowledge of secure coding and design practices, including threat modeling; experience with Docker and Kubernetes is a plus
• A bachelor's or master's degree in computer science or a related field

Don't meet every qualification listed above? Studies show that women and people of color are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet all qualifications. At iManage, we are committed to building a diverse and inclusive environment, and encourage everyone to show up as their full authentic selves. We welcome those that come with a growth mindset and a hunger for learning;

so, if you are excited about this role but your past experience doesn't align perfectly with every qualification we…