Principal Software Engineer – U.S.

DISCO; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental and vision insurance

401(k)

RSUs

Flexible PTO

Growth opportunities

Job summary

DISCO in Austin seeks a Principal Software Engineer to shape and evolve architecture using distributed domain-driven design for robust, scalable systems. You will guide teams to adopt best practices, patterns, and informed buy-vs-build decisions.

You’ll lead architecture directions, enhance platform capabilities, and communicate complex concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences, aligning stakeholders on strategic decisions.

Qualifications

• 15 years of relevant experience.
• Experience with high volume distributed architectures emphasizing reliability and availability.
• Experience with big data technologies such as ElasticSearch, NoSQL, Kafka, DataFlow or related systems.
• Experience with infrastructure services like messaging buses, configuration and toggle systems, and observability tooling.
• Experience with Domain Driven Design concepts and distributed data systems.
• Ability to design and communicate architectures (SOA, Docker-based services, microservices) with patterns and diagrams.
• CI/CD experience with automation tools such as Terraform, Jenkins, CodePipeline.
• Knowledge of API and data model design and scalable storage solutions.
• Experience across multiple software stacks and cloud providers (AWS/Azure/GCP).
• Understanding of security considerations in software design.

Responsibilities

• Architecture Leadership: defines and evolves architecture using DDD practices and informs architecture quality attributes.
• Platform Capability Enhancement: prioritizes platform improvements and communicates architecture descriptions via automation and tools.
• Effective Communication: communicates complex technical concepts to technical and non-technical audiences and aligns stakeholders on decisions.

Skills

Distributed Architecture

High Availability

CI/CD

Terraform

Jenkins

CodePipeline

Cloud Platforms

Docker-based Services

Microservices

DDDM Concepts

Data-intensive Systems

Security

API Design

Observability

Stakeholder Collaboration

Tools

ElasticSearch

NoSQL Stores

Kafka

DataFlow

Graph DataStores

Enterprise Message Bus

Observability Systems

Job description

Your Impact

The Principal Software Engineer shapes and evolves our architecture using Distributed Domain Driven Design practices, ultimately ensuring the robustness and scalability of our systems. They influence architectural directions, and through project-embedded consultation. They guide teams to leverage best practices and design patterns.

What You’ll Do

• Architecture Leadership : Drives the definition and evolution of our architecture using Distributed Domain Driven Design practices. Acts as the strategy leader for key Architecture Quality Attributes (e.g., Availability, Performance, Scalability, Securibility) to inform architecture assessments. Provides project-embedded architecture consultation to promote best Practices, design patterns, and informed buy vs. build decisions.
• Platform Capability Enhancement : Contributes to the prioritization of platform capability improvements across feature and data platforms. Enhances the capture and communication of architecture descriptions through automation and innovative tools. Shepherds platform-wide strategies, including naming, protocol standards, and design patterns, to ensure ongoing value creation.
• Effective Communication: Communicates complex technical concepts effectively in both written and spoken forms, catering to both technical and non-technical audiences. Collaborates with stakeholders to build consensus when necessary, ensuring alignment on architectural decisions.

Who You Are

• 15 years of relevant experience
• Experience with high volume distributed technical architectures with a high cost of failure, i.e. focus on reliability and availability
• Experience with some amount of ‘Big Data’ technologies such as: ElasticSearch, NoSQL Stores, Kafka, Columnar Databases, DataFlow or Pipeline Systems, Graph DataStores
• Experience with leveraging common infrastructure services like Enterprise Message Bus platforms, configuration services, Toggle management systems, and observability systems like Logging and Distributing Tracing Systems
• Experience with Domain Driven Design concepts and practices such as bounded contexts, event storming, specification by example, etc.
• Experience with design, implementation, and operation of data-intensive, distributed systems
• Ability to design and communicate external and internal architectural perspectives of well-encapsulated systems (e.g. Service Oriented Architecture, Docker-based Services, micro-services) using patterns and tools such as Architecture/Design Patterns and Sequence Diagrams
• Skilled using Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) with an emphasis on automation tools like Terraform, Jenkins, CodePipeline.
• Knowledge of API / Data Model Design and Implementation, including how to scale out, make highly available, or map to storage systems
• Knowledge of multiple software stacks
• Skilled with designing and operating software in a Cloud Provider such as AWS, Azure, or GCP
• Knowledge about algorithm development for intensive pipeline processing systems
• Possesses an understanding of how to design and develop from a security perspective
• Possesses an understanding of how to identify, select, and extend 3rd party components (Commercial or Open Source) that provide operational leverage but do not constrain product and engineering creativity

Even Better If You Have…

• Experience designing, modifying, and operating multi-tenant systems
• Experience using feature or release toggles as a code branching strategy
• Authorization to Work in the US.: Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship now or in the future. DISCO is not currently sponsoring visas.

Perks of DISCO

• Open, inclusive, and fun environment
• Benefits, including medical, dental and vision insurance, as well as 401(k)
• Competitive salary plus RSUs
• Flexible PTO
• Opportunity to be a part of a company that is revolutionizing the legal industry
• Growth opportunities throughout the company

About DISCO

DISCO provides a cloud-native, artificial intelligence-powered legal solution that simplifies ediscovery, legal document review and case management for enterprises, law firms, legal services providers and governments. Our scalable, integrated solution enables legal departments to easily collect, process and review enterprise data that is relevant or potentially relevant to legal matters.

At DISCO, we believe AI is a core enabler of how work gets done. All employees are expected to proactively adopt and responsibly use AI tools to drive efficiency, improve outcomes, and continuously evolve how they operate in their role.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.