Principal Cloud Software Engineer — Kafka, Flask, Metrics

Cloudtech Solutions; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 231,000 - 337,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Mentorship

Structured growth

Flexible schedule

Job summary

CloudTech Solutions is seeking a Principal Software Engineer in San Jose, CA to drive engineering excellence, own metrics, and translate stakeholder needs into robust Kafka-based services. You will debug Flask traces, evaluate new tech, and ensure production health.

Expect mentorship, structured growth, and a flexible internship schedule that favors your career development. The role emphasizes leadership, collaboration, and delivering high-quality software at scale.

Responsibilities

• Champion engineering excellence and continuous learning.
• Track and report on key performance metrics for technology services.
• Translate fuzzy product wishes into shippable Kafka services.
• Read Flask stack traces and trace bugs to root causes.
• Evaluate and recommend new tools, frameworks, and Scrum libraries.
• Monitor system health and set up alerting for production environments.

Skills

Prioritization

Calm under scope change

Effective communicator

Storytelling with data

Reliability and accountability

Quality focus

Job description

CloudTech Solutions is seeking a Principal Software Engineer in San Jose, CA to drive engineering excellence, own metrics, and translate stakeholder needs into robust Kafka-based services. You will debug Flask traces, evaluate new tech, and ensure production health.

Expect mentorship, structured growth, and a flexible internship schedule that favors your career development. The role emphasizes leadership, collaboration, and delivering high-quality software at scale.