Principal Software Engineer — Architect & Strategic Leader

stablekernel; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Stable Kernel, a technology services firm headquartered in Atlanta, seeks a Principal Software Engineer to lead development and delivery of transformative, scalable software initiatives. You will collaborate with engineers and product teams, influence roadmaps, and promote best practices across the organization.

Your expertise will drive architectural decisions, mentor peers, and steer projects from concept to production, ensuring high-quality, reliable solutions.

Qualifications

• Proven backend engineering expertise for distributed systems.
• Experience delivering scalable, production-grade software with cost-conscious trade-offs.
• Familiarity with agentic development approaches to accelerate workflows.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement scalable, cost-effective solutions with clear trade-offs between opportunity and complexity.
• Set standards for code health and promote engineering best practices.
• Clarify strategic outcomes and influence roadmaps and projects.
• Identify and drive improvements in customer end-to-end experiences.
• Coach others in estimation and handling unknowns.

Skills

Backend Engineering

Agentic Development

AI-Assisted Engineering Tooling

CI/CD & Platform Engineering

Infrastructure as Code

Observability & Telemetry

Tools

AWS

GitHub

Argo

Kubernetes

Terraform

AWS CDK

Datadog

OpenTelemetry

Langfuse

Job description

Stable Kernel, a technology services firm headquartered in Atlanta, seeks a Principal Software Engineer to lead development and delivery of transformative, scalable software initiatives. You will collaborate with engineers and product teams, influence roadmaps, and promote best practices across the organization.

Your expertise will drive architectural decisions, mentor peers, and steer projects from concept to production, ensuring high-quality, reliable solutions.