Principal Software Engineer

Siemens; Cypress (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Siemens is seeking a senior architect to lead the evolution of core system architectures and drive strategic projects. You will guide distributed, real-time platforms, mentor engineers, and ensure reliability while aligning engineering with product and ML priorities.

The role requires extensive backend expertise, strong system design and fault-tolerance skills, and a track record of cross-team collaboration across large-scale initiatives.

Qualifications

• Requires 10+ years of professional software development experience.
• Experience designing and scaling distributed systems and real-time applications.
• Proven record of leading technical strategy and cross-team architecture.
• Proficiency in a backend systems language with strong system design, performance optimization, and fault-tolerance skills.

Responsibilities

• Define and evolve architecture for core systems and products.
• Provide hands-on technical leadership for strategic projects.
• Align engineering with product and machine learning priorities, address scaling challenges, mentor engineers, and champion reliability.

Skills

Distributed Systems

Real-Time Applications

Technical Architecture

Technical Leadership

System Design

Performance Optimization

Fault Tolerance

Machine Learning

Cross-Team Collaboration

Mentoring

Python

Go

Java

Cloud Infrastructure

Kubernetes

AWS

Tools

Python

Go

Java

Cloud Infrastructure

Kubernetes

AWS

Job description

Define and evolve architecture for core systems and products, and provide hands-on technical leadership for strategic projects. Align engineering work with product and machine learning priorities, address scaling challenges, mentor engineers, and champion reliability and sustainable engineering practices.

Requirements: Requires 10 or more years of professional software development experience, experience designing and scaling distributed systems and real-time applications, and a record of leading technical strategy and cross-team architecture. Candidates should be proficient in a backend systems language and have strong system design, performance optimization, and fault-tolerance skills; experience productionizing machine learning or building systems that interact with the physical world is preferred.

Key Skills:

• Distributed Systems
• Real-Time Applications
• Technical Architecture
• Technical Leadership
• System Design
• Performance Optimization
• Fault Tolerance
• Machine Learning
• Cross-Team Collaboration
• Mentoring
• Python
• Go
• Java
• Cloud Infrastructure
• Kubernetes
• AWS