Principal Software Engineer

**About Goody:** Goody is a gifting platform that simplifies the process of sending gifts for various occasions, such as employee recognition, sales deals, and client appreciation. We've powered gifting for industry leaders like Google, Stripe, and Meta. Our mission is to disrupt the gifting sector by making it easier, more efficient, and more joyful. We're a remote-first company with a strong focus on engineering excellence and innovation.

**About The Role:** We are seeking a Principal Software Engineer to lead our platform development and guide cross-functional decisions. This is an exciting opportunity to significantly impact the scalability, reliability, and operational excellence of Goody's infrastructure while mentoring and guiding the team.

**What You'll Do / Responsibilities:**
* Lead the design and development of systems that optimize platform performance and scale for global expansion
* Drive architectural decisions for high-impact projects, ensuring scalability and reliability
* Co-author long-term technical roadmaps that set the vision for platform scalability, performance, and engineering velocity
* Set the standard for a culture of engineering and operational excellence
* Build and nurture effective partnerships across engineering, product, and security teams
* Lead and conduct design reviews for critical projects with a focus on system-level tradeoffs and platform scalability
* Drive the design and implementation of secure by default systems in collaboration with security teams
* Act as a key stakeholder by engaging with customers and internal teams to understand business requirements

**What You'll Bring / Requirements / Qualifications:**
* Proven experience leading complex engineering efforts focused on platform architecture, performance optimization, and cloud infrastructure
* Exceptional collaboration and communication skills with a demonstrated ability to align stakeholders and lead cross-functional teams
* A track record of contributing to long-term technical roadmaps and making thoughtful system-level tradeoffs
* At least 8+ years of coding experience in languages like Ruby, Java, or Go, with strong expertise in writing concurrent and distributed code
* Extensive experience designing and building distributed systems, leveraging concurrency primitives, and optimizing network performance
* Deep expertise in platform systems, with familiarity across adjacent infrastructure domains
* Hands-on experience with cloud providers such as AWS, GCP, or Azure, and the ability to optimize cost, performance, and scalability
* A strong sense of ownership and the ability to balance short-term priorities with long-term strategic goals