Principal Software Engineer

Discovery; Rockville (MD); On-site; USD 186,000 - 275,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Mentorship

Benefits package

Flexible schedule

Job summary

Discovery in Rockville, MD is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to accelerate Redis infrastructure and reduce complexity. The role offers a base MD salary with additional market upside, reflecting ownership in a high-growth environment.

You will lead efforts across Java and Redis, craft Ansible tooling, and work closely with data teams to surface insights from production systems while ensuring secure Redis auth and robust observability.

Qualifications

• Hands-on technology experience that holds up to follow-up questions.
• Fluency across Java and Redis, with strong opinions on both.

Responsibilities

• Tune database queries and schemas for high-throughput workloads.
• Work with data teams to surface insights from production systems.
• Stand up observability so failures are seen before customers.
• Build Ansible tooling to speed up Rockville engineers.
• Catch slow-to-anger Ansible regression in staging.
• Harden Redis auth for MD audit compliance.
• Bridge Goal Setting and Ansible so the platform talks.

Skills

Java

Redis

Ansible

Tools

Observability tooling

Job description

Think of this Principal Software Engineer job as a standing invitation to make Discovery's Redis infrastructure faster, simpler, and less scary. The proposition holds together — $186,000 - $275,000, 10 years, a MD base, and ownership the rest of the market rarely grants.

Key Responsibilities

• Tune database queries and schemas for high-throughput Discovery workloads
• Work closely with data teams to surface insights from production systems
• Stand up observability so Discovery sees failures before customers in MD do
• Build the Ansible tooling that makes every other Rockville engineer faster
• Catch the slow-to-anger Ansible regression in staging before it ever reaches Rockville customers
• Harden Discovery's Redis auth so the MD audit comes back clean
• Bridge Goal Setting and Ansible so the two halves of Discovery's platform finally talk

What You'll Bring

• The kind of reliability that earns you the hard assignments
• A bias toward asking the dumb question before the expensive mistake
• Hands-on technology experience that holds up to follow-up questions
• Fluency across Java and Redis, with strong opinions on both

Discovery is a fast-growing technology company in Rockville, MD, where Redis and Stress Management drive everything we do. Feedback flows in every direction at Discovery, from the newest hire to the people signing the $186,000 - $275,000 checks.

For your 10 of Redis, expect $186,000 - $275,000, a mentor, a benefits package, and the room to grow on a flexible schedule.

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