Principal Engineer, Hosting Platform & SRE
Newfold Digital
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Job summary
Bluehost is seeking a Principal Engineer to provide deep technical leadership for our Hosting platform. You will set architectural direction, design large-scale Python services on Linux with MySQL, and guide modernization of Perl and cPanel systems without impacting live sites or automation.
The role emphasizes driving SRE practices, incident response, and governance of AI-augmented delivery, with mentoring of senior engineers and shaping multi-quarter technical roadmaps.
Qualifications
- 10+ years in backend/infrastructure engineering with hosting-scale experience.
- Expert Python and Linux systems knowledge at production scale.
- Strong MySQL performance tuning and schema design.
- Hands-on Perl and cPanel modernization without downtime.
Responsibilities
- Set architecture standards for backend and infra systems.
- Design large-scale Python services on Linux with MySQL backend.
- Guide modernization of Perl-based and cPanel systems.
- Lead SRE practices and incident response across Hosting.
- Define AI-augmented delivery standards and governance.
- Lead root-cause analysis and durable architectural fixes.
- Mentor senior engineers and influence multi-team decisions.
- Shape multi-quarter technical roadmaps for growth.
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Bluehost is seeking a Principal Engineer to provide deep technical leadership for our Hosting platform. You will set architectural direction, design large-scale Python services on Linux with MySQL, and guide modernization of Perl and cPanel systems without impacting live sites or automation.
The role emphasizes driving SRE practices, incident response, and governance of AI-augmented delivery, with mentoring of senior engineers and shaping multi-quarter technical roadmaps.
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