Lead Principal Data Systems Software Engineer

Product And Research Domain Expert

Serves as domain expert shaping product architecture and velocity. Defines scalable patterns for microservices, data modeling (including spatial/graph), and performance engineering across multiple product areas. Applies in-database analytics and machine learning to differentiate value and reduce latency. Sets service-level objectives and enforces them via testing and observability. Leads post-release analyses to connect features to revenue, adoption, and retention outcomes; guides technical strategy with product leadership.

Data Systems Software Development:

• Set product-wide patterns for microservices and data modeling (including spatial/graph) to accelerate feature delivery.
• Integrate in-database analytics and machine learning to enable personalization, recommendations, or fraud detection.
• Define service-level objectives and enforce them via performance gates, query linting, and production telemetry.
• Architects existing and modern/emerging new services.

Software Development and Coding – Design, Testing, and Optimization:

• Leads project initiatives to design software solutions and identify and analyze requirements. Writes and defines foundational code for new projects or prototypes.
• Adheres to and improves execution of all phases of the software development lifecycle; coaches engineers across teams or units to drive improvements.
• Acts as a subject matter expert within the organization to develop and guide new software features and enhancements following design specifications, ensuring accessibility, and develops documents to clarify software design and code.
• Leads process, architecture, and code reviews across projects and/or products/services to drive improvements.
• Utilizes modern/emerging technologies to conduct debugging and troubleshooting to identify and fix highly complex software issues.
• Leads strategic initiatives to optimize software testing (e.g., functional and non-functional), quality assurance processes, software error logging, monitoring, and observability for effective debugging.
• Encourages innovation, research, and relevant industry practices to optimize performance across products and domains.
• Resolves and may troubleshoot highly complex and systematic issues requiring innovation related to application programming interface (API) functionality and integration.
• Implements innovative API versioning, lifecycle, and interoperability strategies.

Software Architecture – Software System Structural Design:

• Leads task and project initiatives for the design and development of software, systems, and services. Defines project or design scope; reviews, influences, and approves scope and design recommendations.
• Provides technical guidance, domain expertise, and coaching in software architecture decisions and best practices that drive key organizational decisions, including industry standards and competitive considerations, providing mentorship and coaching for small teams and peers and contributing to both individual and team development across line of business/function.
• Utilizes innovative methods to conduct highly complex periodic reviews and ensures adherence to architectural standards.
• Collaborates with stakeholders across lines of business and externally, to align and build software architecture with business and/or customer goals and priorities.
• Implements innovative performance optimization and scalability strategies in software design.
• Conducts regular technology research and evaluation for architectural enhancements and translates into decisions and plans that can have a major impact on the organization.

Issue/Defect Collaboration – Software Products Support:

• Collaborates with stakeholders internally and externally to lead efforts to understand customer issues, root causes, and mitigation to align and explain rationale behind solutions.
• Must provide expert technical guidance and support to customers regarding customer-reported issues to mitigate recurrence.
• Acts as an advisor to advocate for customers' interests and suggests product enhancements and solutions based on feedback.
• Networks across lines of business to ensure customer satisfaction through…