Principal Software Engineer

Egreenservices; Bellingham (WA); On-site; USD 152,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Learning budgets

Weekly coaching

Job summary

TechPioneer Inc is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to keep a data platform fast and resilient. The role focuses on reducing on-call noise, automating CI/CD, monitoring health, and shaving latency on the critical path. 8+ years of hands-on experience and strong gRPC skills are expected.

The position is based in Bellingham, WA with a freelance schedule and the potential for stock options and learning budgets. Salary range starts at $152,000 and goes up to $220,000 per year.

Qualifications

• 8+ years hands-on experience in a technology role.
• Demonstrated gRPC experience.
• Willingness to operate in a fast moving environment with frequent on-call and alerting duties.
• Detail-oriented with high accuracy.
• Proactive in reducing toil and technical debt.
• Growth mindset and openness to feedback.

Responsibilities

• Turn on-call noise into meaningful alerts for Customer Service.
• Automate CI/CD chores to reduce engineering hours.
• Monitor system health and set up alerting for production environments.
• Reduce latency in the critical tech path.
• Own a technology service end to end, from Ansible schema to on-call rotation.
• Maintain code quality through automated linting, testing and static analysis.

Skills

CI/CD

gRPC

Debugging

Attention to detail

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Ansible

Linting

Static analysis

Testing

Job description

Our platform processes enormous volumes of data, and we need a Principal Software Engineer who can keep it fast and resilient. This is $152,000 - $220,000 for 9 years of CI/CD, a freelance schedule, and a principal stake in where TechPioneer Inc heads next.

Key Responsibilities

• Turn TechPioneer Inc's Customer Service on-call noise into alerts that actually mean something
• Automate the manual CI/CD chores that quietly drain Bellingham, WA engineering hours
• Monitor system health and set up alerting for documentation-first production environments
• Shave milliseconds off the technology hot path that TechPioneer Inc users feel every click
• Own a technology service end to end, from Ansible schema to on-call rotation
• Ensure code quality through automated linting, testing, and static analysis

What You'll Bring

• A Bellingham grounding, or the adaptability to plant roots quickly
• A bias toward asking the dumb question before the expensive mistake
• Around 8+ years of hands-on experience in a technology role
• Detail-oriented approach with a commitment to accuracy
• Hands-on gRPC experience that survives a whiteboard interview
• A growth mindset that treats feedback as fuel, not threat

TechPioneer Inc is a purpose-led Bellingham, WA studio where Linux gets treated with the seriousness most companies reserve for marketing. The door to every manager at TechPioneer Inc is genuinely open, calendar permitting and politics aside.

Salaries here begin at $152,000 - $220,000, complemented by stock options, learning budgets, and weekly one-on-one coaching.

Hiring as we speak in Bellingham, with daily reviews still underway.