Lead Cloud Principal Software Engineer (Remote)

Seagate Technology; United States; Remote; USD 216,000 - 320,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative organization is seeking a passionate Cloud Software Engineer to lead the development of cutting-edge cloud solutions. This role involves designing cloud architecture frameworks, driving cloud migrations, and delivering modern cloud data platform solutions. The ideal candidate will have a strong technical background in distributed systems and cloud engineering, along with exceptional leadership and communication skills. Join a forward-thinking team dedicated to transforming the industry and making a significant impact on cloud technology. This is a unique opportunity to work in a dynamic environment where your contributions will help shape the future of data storage and cloud services.

Benefits

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

401(k) Plan

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Paid Time Off

Flexible Time Off

Paid Parental Leave

Health Savings Account

Dependent Care Accounts

Qualifications

• Strong technical background in cloud architecture and distributed systems.
• Experience leading teams in cloud-native solution development.

Responsibilities

• Define and implement the overall architecture of the Lyve Cloud.
• Lead a team of engineers and foster an engineering culture.

Skills

Cloud Engineering

Distributed Systems Design

Agile Development

Cloud Migration

Collaboration Skills

Customer Centric Mindset

Technical Leadership

Problem Solving

Education

Bachelor's in Computer Science

Master's in Computer Science

PhD in Computer Science

Tools

Kubernetes

Kafka

MySQL

MongoDB

Cassandra

Chef

Splunk

Elastic

Hadoop

Job description

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Location:

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Posting Date: Feb 20, 2025

Job ID: 11553

About our group:

We are the Lyve Cloud organization focusing on next-gen cloud, storage, security and user experience. We build software products from the edge to the cloud. If you are a visionary engineering leader with a passion for driving innovation in the enterprise systems, data storage services space, we encourage you to apply for this role and be part of our journey to transform the industry.

About the role - you will:

We are looking for a passionate, dynamic and customer focused Cloud Software Engineer to join our Lyve organization. The candidate should have a strong technical background in distributed systems design, cloud engineering approaches, should be a hands-on leader with exceptional organizational skills, written and verbal communication skills. The right candidate should have a demonstrable track record of successfully developing cloud architecture frameworks, designing, and delivering modern cloud data platform solutions, cloud migrations, cloud-native solutions and helped drive Cloud Practice growth.

We are looking for candidates who have demonstrated excellence in development architectures for S3 cloud platforms, building, and leading a team of technical cloud architects and engineers and delivering transformational business outcomes in production with proven examples.

1. Implement and define overall architecture of the Lyve Cloud. Lead and coach small engineering group.
2. Stay abreast of cloud technology trends, advancements, and best practices.
3. Foster engineering culture. Build and maintain architecture artifacts, design processes and best practices, provide technical oversight to architects and engineers.
4. Prototype solutions and develop proof-of-concept.
5. Promote cross-functional collaboration and engineering excellence.

About you:

1. Experienced with agile development process and methodologies.
2. Strong knowledge of cloud service engineering stack, cloud technology trends, cloud development tools, cloud migration and management.
3. Deep understanding of distributed architectures, containers and serverless technologies.
4. Hands on with CI/CD, SRE, cloud tooling, DevOps, Networking and testing approaches.
5. Proven hands-on experience with large scale distributed technologies such as Kubernetes, Kafka, MySQL, Mongo, Cassandra, K8S, Chef, Splunk, Elastic, and Hadoop.
6. Hands on coding experience in the following languages: GoLang, Java, C/C++, Python, etc.
7. Exceptional collaboration and partnership skills with the ability to work in a global environment and drive consensus in cross-functional teams.
8. Outstanding communications ability to a diverse customer audience, executives, product, and technology stakeholders.
9. Strong relationship management skills.
10. Fast learner on both technical and business side.
11. Strong customer centric mindset.
12. Comfortable operating in a matrix setup.
13. Proactive, demonstrate sense of urgency and 'can do' attitude.
14. Detail and results oriented, able to analyze data to justify decisions and apply key learnings.
15. Ability to stay organized while managing competing priorities.
16. Excellent verbal and written communications and presentations skills.
17. Use technical expertise and visionary capabilities to ensure the Lyve cloud platform services are a key differentiator for Seagate, you will drive the engineering vision and strategy for how the platform is designed and delivered.
18. Understand the business domain and product vision; in partnership with other team members to align the work of the team toward the shared goals for the product.
19. Support team members in addressing or escalating issues to make the overall team more efficient.
20. Coach and evaluate the performance and quality of work delivered by team members, create a motivating and respectful work environment for teams, and ensure that your team is constantly learning and delivering quality code while driving cross-functional alignment with other parts of Lyve organization.
21. Provide relevant technical coaching and support to team members. Hires talent and actively engages in recruiting processes.
22. Participate in the development of business and/or technology vision, strategies, critical success factors, and operating plans for application, unit, or platform.
23. Strong track record of delivering results and are able to effectively prioritize and manage multiple competing priorities with various stakeholders.
24. Experience leading Architecture/Principal level engineers.
25. Experience leading cloud utilization optimization efforts.
26. Experience leading cloud security architects and compliance efforts.
27. Lead by example to establish a culture of technical expertise and operational accountability.
28. Sponsor and support cloud governance initiatives, establishing standards, cost monitoring, and security/compliance efforts.
29. Identify and prioritize technical initiatives to align and integrate with business goals.

Your experience includes:

1. Bachelor's, Master’s or PhD degree in computer science preferred, a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
2. Career experience building enterprise storage services and building cloud platforms.

Location:

Seagate is able to offer virtual employment for this position in the following states: AL, AZ, CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, MA, MD, MI, MN, MO, NC, NH, NJ, NM, NY, NV, OH, OK, OR, PA, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, WI.

The estimated base salary range for this position is $216,000 - $320,000. The individual salary is based on work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

Seagate offers comprehensive benefits to its eligible employees, including, but not limited to, eligibility to participate in discretionary bonus program, medical, dental, vision, and life insurance, short-and long-term disability, 401(k), employee stock purchase plan, health savings account, dependent care, and healthcare spending accounts. Seagate also offers paid time off, including 12 holidays, flexible time off provided pursuant to Seagate policy, a minimum of 48 hours of paid sick leave, and 16 weeks of paid parental leave. The benefits for this position are based on a full-time schedule for a full calendar year and may differ depending on work location.

Location: Remote United States
Travel: Up to 10%

About Us

With more than four decades of storage innovation, Seagate empowers humanity to thrive in the data age and helps people and businesses navigate the ever-expanding data landscape.

We craft precision-engineered, cutting-edge solutions that help the world store and manage exponential data growth.

Seagate is powered by our talented and passionate workforce of 29,000 employees across the globe who embody our core values: integrity, innovation, and inclusion. Striving towards excellence every single day, we show up with these values for our customers, business partners, shareholders, and communities alike.

Join us and get inspired to make a difference in the datasphere!

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