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Principal Software Engineer; Backend

Job in Reston, Fairfax County, Virginia, 22090, USA
Listing for: ClearVector
Full Time position
Listed on 2026-05-28
Job specializations:
  • Software Development
    Software Engineer, Backend Developer, Cloud Engineer - Software, Full Stack Developer
Salary/Wage Range or Industry Benchmark: 80000 - 100000 USD Yearly USD 80000.00 100000.00 YEAR
Job Description & How to Apply Below
Position: Principal Software Engineer (Backend)

We're an early-stage company building innovative software solutions with a commitment to shipping rock-solid, reliable, safe software. We’re searching for someone who loves writing code that helps protect customers and frustrates the adversary. You’ve written serious software in a careful way, and you love scalable systems built right with small teams. Read more about us and our mission here
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Responsibilities

  • Design, architect, and develop features and improvements in a secure, well-tested, and performant way

  • Maintain a high bar for quality in a fast-paced, iterative environment

  • Work closely with company leadership to guide our entry into the market

  • Interact with potential customers and the community to help drive adoption

  • Craft code that meets our internal standards for style, maintainability, and best practices

  • Maintain and advocate for these standards through code review and other cultural practices

  • Regularly demonstrate progress during our weekly internal demos

Top candidates for this role will have:

  • Experience designing and shipping commercially available software products at scale that customers love

  • Experience building and shipping self-service B2B SaaS products at scale

  • Expert knowledge of at least one major systems programming language

  • Ability to learn Typescript or Rust

  • Experience shipping serverless software on AWS or distributed systems experience

  • Experience working at a fast-growing startup

  • Be comfortable working remotely, asynchronously, and independently

  • Strong time management habits and the ability to have a quiet working environment

  • Fluency in technology such as Git Hub, AWS, Auth0, Type Script, Rust, Git Hub Copilot and Claude

  • At least 12 years of experience

  • Ability to thrive in a fully remote organization

Additional notes

  • As a remote first company, we are looking to hire anywhere in the United States.

  • We hire people authorized to work in the United States. We do not sponsor immigration visas.

  • Ability to travel for in-person company planning and events.

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