Principal Software Engineer (Full Stack)

Hudson Talent Solutions; Ann Arbor (MI); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Noetica in the United States is seeking a Principal Software Engineer, Full Stack to help build scalable backend systems and APIs powering our document analysis platform. You will focus on server-side architecture, data processing, and API design while collaborating with AI/ML PhDs, legal SMEs, and market strategists.

You'll own performance optimizations, CI/CD improvements, and end-to-end features, with a strong emphasis on reliability and maintainability in a fast-paced, high-leverage

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in CS/IT.
• 10–12 years of professional full-stack development with a backend focus.
• Proficiency in Node.js, Python, or Go and API design.
• Strong understanding of RESTful APIs, databases, and data modeling.

Responsibilities

• Design and build scalable backend services and APIs powering our document analysis platform.
• Write maintainable, high-performance server-side code and data processing pipelines.
• Define clear API contracts and contribute to service architecture decisions.
• Design compositional API primitives to expedite productionization of document insights.
• Build and maintain integrations with third-party services and internal ML systems.
• Contribute to frontend features when needed to deliver end-to-end.
• Improve CI/CD and day-to-day production operations; own engineering excellence.
• Take ownership of developer experience and long-term maintainability.

Skills

Backend systems

API design

RESTful APIs

Distributed systems

CI/CD

Microservices

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS

GCP

TypeScript

React

Node.js

Python

Go

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS

GCP

Node.js

Python

Go

TypeScript

React

Job description

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Principal Software Engineer

The global capital markets are among the largest markets in the world valued at $50T+ and growing. Transactions in these markets are complex. Critical, nuanced legal terms are woven into lengthy documents. These documents must be digested and analyzed by many different parties over the course of a single transaction and multiple decisions are made based on the terms laid out and quantitative and qualitative attributes within. This fundamental need plus a booming market drives enormous demand for precise extraction and benchmarking of legal terms.

As a Principal Software Engineer, Full Stack at Noetica, you'll help build robust backend systems and APIs that power our search-centric web experience that’s core to the workflow of our end users. This role is backend-leaning — you'll spend most of your time on server-side architecture, data processing, and API design, while also contributing to frontend features as needed. You will collaborate with a talented team of AI/ML PhDs, legal SMEs, and market strategists to design, build, and maintain scalable backend services. The backend service you will contribute to is the critical piece between our data product and our end users. Its system architecture decisions will influence the technical direction of our platform and decide our velocity of making impacts. Your contributions will directly impact the performance and reliability of Noetica's core infrastructure.

About the Role

In this opportunity as Principal Engineer, you will:

• Design and build scalable backend services and APIs that power our document analysis platform
• Write maintainable, high-performance server-side code and data processing pipelines
• Define clear, efficient API contracts and contribute to service architecture decisions
• Design and craft compositional API primitives to expedite the productionization of our ever growing list of document insights.
• Build and maintain integrations with third-party services and internal ML systems
• Contribute to frontend features and components as needed to deliver features end to end
• Work on performance optimization for data-intensive backend operationsTake ownership in engineering excellence and collaborate on code practices and design patterns to ensure long-term maintainability and scalability.
• Take ownership in developer experience by improving/automating CI/CD and other day to day production operations.

About You

You're a fit for the role of Principal Engineer, AI if your background includes:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field (or equivalent experience)
• 10-12 years of professional full-stack development experience with a strong focus on backend systems
• Proficiency in backend technologies (Node.js, Python, or Go) and API design
• Strong understanding of RESTful APIs, database design, and data modeling
• Experience with SQL and NoSQL databases
• Familiarity with containerization and orchestration platforms (Docker, Kubernetes) and hyperscalers (AWS, GCP, etc.)
• Proficiency in TypeScript and React for frontend work
• Foundation in distributed systems, event-driven architectures, and web fundamentals
• Strong communication and collaboration skills
• Self-starting problem-solving approach biased towards action and scope minimization
• Experience with microservices architecture and message queues
• Understanding of CI/CD fundamentals and experience working in single-tenant architectures
• Experience building data processing pipelines or working with large-scale data systems
• Familiarity with object-oriented design and functional programming principles
• Experience optimizing backend performance for data-intensive applications
• Interest in language and economics
• Thrive in a high-leverage, fast-paced environment
• Familiar with technologies like monorepo, jujutsu, mise, pprof, etc.