Principal Platform Engineer
Listed on 2026-09-03
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Software Development
Cloud Engineer - Software, Software Architect, DevOps, Software Engineer
Purple Drive
Principal Platform Engineer Share Contractual San Jose, CA PDT
Overview:
Lead the architectural design and hands-on implementation of our transition from a monolithic to a microservices-based architecture
Develop a comprehensive strategy to incrementally decompose the monolith while ensuring business continuity
Identify and prioritize services for extraction based on business value, scalability needs, and technical considerations
Mentor and guide the engineering team through the challenges of distributed systems development
Requirements:
Hands-on experience building and operating microservices at scale
10yrs+ software development experience with at least 5 years architecting highly scalable SaaS applications
Expertise in Java and at least one dynamic language (Python, Ruby)
Experience building cloud native, containerized applications running in Kubernetes on AWS, GCP or Azure Strong communication and influencing skills to ensure teams are working toward shared goals
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