Senior Principal Cloud Platform Architect

Extreme Networks; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Extreme Networks in San Jose, CA seeks a Sr. Principal/Principal Engineer to lead the design, architecture, and development of a scalable cloud platform.

This role requires 15+ years in distributed systems, microservices, and cloud infrastructure, with hands-on leadership across multiple service domains. You will mentor engineering teams, enforce architectural standards, drive performance and reliability, and collaborate with product, DevOps, and security to align capabilities with business

Qualifications

• 15+ years of software engineering experience with at least 8+ years in distributed systems.
• Experience designing and building large-scale cloud platforms or SaaS applications.
• Strong understanding of microservices, API design, and event-driven systems.
• Proficiency with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Hands-on with relational and NoSQL databases and data management.

Responsibilities

• Lead design, architecture, and development of a scalable cloud platform with multiple microservices.
• Provide technical leadership and mentor engineering teams across domains.
• Set architectural standards, patterns, and deployment architectures.
• Drive performance, scalability, and reliability improvements across the platform.
• Collaborate with product, DevOps, and security to align capability with business goals.
• Define monitoring, observability, and alerting for complex distributed systems.
• Lead technical investigations and resolve production issues.
• Evaluate new technologies to enhance platform capabilities.

Skills

Technical leadership

Architectural design

Mentoring

Cloud security

DevOps practices

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in CS/Engineering

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

Extreme Networks in San Jose, CA seeks a Sr. Principal/Principal Engineer to lead the design, architecture, and development of a scalable cloud platform.

This role requires 15+ years in distributed systems, microservices, and cloud infrastructure, with hands-on leadership across multiple service domains. You will mentor engineering teams, enforce architectural standards, drive performance and reliability, and collaborate with product, DevOps, and security to align capabilities with business