Principal Software Engineer (Fully Remote)

ITHAKA; United States; Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

ITHAKA is seeking a Technical Leader to define the multi-year backend roadmap for Books and royalty platforms and to guide architectural decisions across teams. You will drive reliability, observability, and scalable delivery using Java, Spring Boot, and modern data stores.

You will mentor engineers into technical leaders, champion AI-assisted development, and foster a culture of curiosity, ownership, and trusted collaboration across the US-based teams.

Qualifications

• Define multi-year backend roadmap for critical platforms.
• Strong leadership and mentoring experience in cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Define multi-year backend roadmap for Books and royalty platforms.
• Lead architectural decisions across teams and establish shared standards.

Skills

Leadership

Mentoring

Strategic thinking

Tools

Java

Spring Boot

MySQL

Redis

Event-driven architecture

Job description

• Define the multi-year backend roadmap for Books and royalty platforms, balancing long-term evolution with near-term delivery.
• Lead architectural decisions across teams through influence and shared standards.
• Build resilient ordering and fulfillment systems using Java, Spring Boot, MySQL, Redis, and event-driven patterns.
• Drive observability, SLOs, and reliability programs to ensure financial flow integrity.

Technical Leadership & Innovation:

• Mentor engineers into technical leaders and foster a culture of curiosity and ownership.
• Champion AI-assisted development and pragmatic adoption of emerging technologies.

ITHAKA

ITHAKA expands access to knowledge and education worldwide through services like JSTOR, Portico, and Ithaka S+R. With employees distributed across the continental US and offices in New York and Ann Arbor, ITHAKA fosters a culture of belonging, evidence, speed, teamwork, and trust.