Remote Principal Software Engineer, AI-Driven Release

Hubspot; United States; Remote; USD 266,000 - 426,000; Full time

Job summary

HubSpot's Principal Software Engineer, Release Engineering, is a hands-on role in the Developer Acceleration group, shaping the technical future of HubSpot's delivery platform at scale and integrating agentic AI across build, test, and deploy pipelines.

You will influence architecture, write production code, and lead cross-team initiatives to enable 500+ deploys per minute while maintaining reliability and speed.

Qualifications

• Deep experience building and evolving large-scale distributed systems, particularly in CI/CD, build infrastructure, release engineering, or foundational backend platforms.
• Experience operating at hyperscaler or platform-provider scale.
• Hands-on mindset: lead by building, debugging, reviewing, and shipping.

Responsibilities

• Shape the technical direction for the build, test, and deploy systems that underpin how HubSpot ships software.
• Drive architectural decisions across pipeline design, test infrastructure, deployment orchestration, and developer ergonomics.
• Write production code regularly and lead complex initiatives from idea to rollout.

Skills

Distributed systems

CI/CD

Release engineering

Backend platforms

Job description

HubSpot's Principal Software Engineer, Release Engineering, is a hands-on role in the Developer Acceleration group, shaping the technical future of HubSpot's delivery platform at scale and integrating agentic AI across build, test, and deploy pipelines.

You will influence architecture, write production code, and lead cross-team initiatives to enable 500+ deploys per minute while maintaining reliability and speed.