Principal Software Engineer, Core Infrastructure

ARCHER; Reston (VA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Short-Term Disability Insurance

Long-Term Disability Insurance

Life Insurance

Accidental Death And Dismemberment 保险

Job summary

ARCHER is seeking a senior architect to lead the design and operation of hyperscale distributed cloud systems. You will drive performance, reliability, and observability while guiding incident response and security hardening.

You will mentor engineers, promote infrastructure as code, automate deployments, and coordinate initiatives across teams to maintain high availability in a Reston, VA environment.

Qualifications

• The role requires senior-level expertise in designing and operating hyperscale distributed systems.
• Experience with cloud infrastructure automation, security and compliance practices is required.
• Strong cross-team collaboration and technical mentorship is essential.

Responsibilities

• Lead architecture and development of scalable, high-throughput distributed cloud systems.
• Guide operational readiness and incident response to minimize disruption.
• Implement security controls and infrastructure automation at scale.
• Mentor engineers and coordinate initiatives across teams.

Skills

Distributed Systems Architecture

Scalability

Performance Optimization

Fault Tolerance

High Availability

Observability

Site Reliability Objectives

Telemetry

Load Testing

Fault-Injection Testing

Incident Response

Root Cause Analysis

Cloud Infrastructure

Infrastructure As Code

Security And Compliance

Mentoring

Job description

Lead the architecture and development of scalable, high-throughput distributed cloud systems, improving performance, availability, resilience, and observability. Guide operational readiness and incident response, implement security and infrastructure automation, and mentor engineers while coordinating initiatives across teams.

Requirements

The role calls for senior-level expertise in designing and operating hyperscale distributed systems, including performance optimization, fault tolerance, reliability testing, and production troubleshooting. It also requires experience with cloud infrastructure automation, security and compliance practices, cross-team collaboration, and technical mentorship; no specific degree or years-of-experience requirement is stated.

Key Skills

• Distributed Systems Architecture
• Scalability
• Performance Optimization
• Fault Tolerance
• High Availability
• Observability
• Site Reliability Objectives
• Telemetry
• Load Testing
• Fault-Injection Testing
• Incident Response
• Root Cause Analysis
• Cloud Infrastructure
• Infrastructure As Code
• Security And Compliance
• Mentoring

Benefits

• Medical Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Short-Term Disability Insurance
• Long-Term Disability Insurance
• Life Insurance
• Accidental Death And Dismemberment Insurance
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Commuter And Parking Benefits
• 401(K) With Company Match
• Paid Time Off
• Paid Holidays
• Paid Sick Leave
• Paid Parental Leave
• Adoption Assistance
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Financial Planning
• Group Legal Benefits
• Voluntary Auto
• Homeowner
• And Pet Insurance
• Bonus Eligibility
• Equity Eligibility