Principal Software Engineer

Filetwigbay; Lancaster (CA); Presencial; USD 165.000 - 241.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Mercedes-Benz is seeking a Principal Software Engineer specialized in Cypress to join our technology team in Lancaster. The role offers a strong compensation range and a clear growth track as you leverage 8+ years of experience to move the needle on high-impact distributed systems.

You will design, build, and maintain backend services with Cypress, improve CI/CD infra across CA teams, and mentor a deeply curious temporary team through principal-level initiatives.

Formación

• 8 years of software engineering experience.
• Experience guiding principal-level initiatives.
• Design, build, and maintain backend services using Cypress.

Responsabilidades

• Design, build, and maintain reliable backend services using Cypress.
• Maintain and improve CI/CD infrastructure across CA engineering teams.
• Reverse-engineer the Ruby format Mercedes-Benz inherited and never documented.
• Investigate, diagnose, and fix bugs reported by users and monitoring tools.
• Tune database queries and schemas for high-throughput workloads.
• Defend uptime with late-night on-call requirements.
• Translate outage experiences into durable fixes for Lancaster launches.
• Trace technology numbers through Cypress services to ensure correctness.

Conocimientos

Rust workflows

CI/CD

Leadership

Herramientas

Cypress

Ruby

Descripción del empleo

Ready to work on real distributed systems? Mercedes-Benz is adding a Principal Software Engineer skilled in Cypress to the technology team. We offer $165,000 - $241,000, a clear growth track, and a team where your 8 years of experience genuinely move the needle.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain reliable backend services using Cypress and Flexibility
• Maintain and improve CI/CD infrastructure across CA engineering teams
• Reverse-engineer the safety-first Ruby format Mercedes-Benz inherited and never documented
• Investigate, diagnose, and fix bugs reported by users and monitoring tools
• Tune database queries and schemas for high-throughput Mercedes-Benz workloads
• Defend Mercedes-Benz uptime through the 2 a.m. Lancaster pages nobody volunteers for
• Translate the bias-to-action Active Listening outage into fixes that make the next Lancaster launch dull
• Trace a technology number back through Cypress services until it finally adds up

What You'll Bring

• Clarity of thought that shows up in tidy documentation
• Hands-on experience with modern Rust workflows and tooling
• Familiarity with the rhythms of a deeply-curious temporary team
• A solutions-focused bias toward action, balanced by knowing when to wait
• The instinct to ask "what would change your mind?" before debating
• Proven leadership experience guiding principal-level initiatives

We started Mercedes-Benz in a Lancaster garage because the technology status quo deserved a make-it-better reckoning. People here care as much about how we work together as what we ship.

Pay starts strong at $165,000 - $241,000, mentorship runs deep, and the road from principal to lead is paved with real benefits.

Hiring is happening now, not last quarter, for this Principal Software Engineer seat.