Principal Engineer

What you will do:

As a Principal Software Engineer, you are responsible for the future direction and design of the ActivTrak application. This highly influential and self-directed engineering role that will work to understand our business, customer, and engineering needs. By defining and driving the shape of our platform and infrastructure architecture, systems, and tooling, you will ensure we meet the 1-2 year needs of ActivTrak’s product direction. As a technical leader, you'll mentor and guide other developers while being a point of contact for cross-team initiatives. You will create system documentation and serve as a lead technical reviewer and contributor in requirements, design, and code reviews. ActivTrak is built on cutting-edge .NET 6.0+ technology, providing a cloud-native SaaS environment where you can innovate and contribute to the future of our platform.

You Are: 

• A great developer. You’ve been doing this for a while and you still enjoy it. You know when to write code, and more importantly, when not to. You care about system quality and leave the codebase better than it was with every pull request. You’re up to date on development practices and current platforms. You know you need to continue to invest in learning to stay great at your job.
• Exceptionally pragmatic. Working in a start-up environment requires that you’ll be able to make the right trade-offs to progress projects while balancing constraints and input. We’re looking for a candidate that can be pragmatic and has the ability to make decisions based on data.
• Product-focused. You understand what your team is trying to achieve with each release and can use that context to make great engineering decisions. We’re looking for a candidate that understands our customer’s challenges and has a stake in improving our product in ways that benefit our users. 
• An excellent communicator. ActivTrak is a remote-first company with team members across the US in all time zones. In order to be an effective contributor, you must have excellent verbal and written communication skills. You’ll need to plan development, give clear feedback, and document complex problems and solutions. 

Requirements

Skills & Experience:

• 10+ years of software development experience, with the majority in a technical leadership role.
• Comprehensive C# knowledge 
• Experience developing and deploying in a .NET 6.0+ environment
• Experience in cloud environments (e.g., Google Cloud Platform, AWS) 
• Data Modeling design 
• API design/implementation (e.g., Microservices, REST, etc.) 
• Strong SQL experience (having used BigQuery in anger is even better) 
• Docker/Containers, Kubernetes 
• Agile development 
• Visual Studio 
• Knowledge of the Software Development Lifecycle and software development best practices 
• Software source control, such as Git 
• Experience in development for SAAS with Continuous Delivery 
• Functional programming 

Benefits

Work Environment: 

• Position is remote within US 
• Minimal travel 
• Limited physical demands

This is an incredible opportunity to embark on an exciting journey with a dynamic, VC-backed company.  If you have a proven track record of creative thinking, a drive for learning, and a deep commitment to collaboration, we want to talk to you! 

ActivTrak is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. ActivTrak does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, age, protected veteran status, gender identity or any other factor protected by applicable federal, state or local laws. #LI-REMOTE