Tech Lead & Principal Engineer: Cloud PaaS + Kubernetes

Aviatrix; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 249,019 - 292,963; Full time

Job summary

Aviatrix is seeking a hands-on Principal Engineer TL/M to lead and contribute to our PaaS team. You will guide architecture, deliver key features, and write code alongside engineers while balancing people leadership with technical craft.

This TL/M role focuses on distributed systems with Kubernetes, cloud services, and secure multicloud networking. You will mentor a small team, own end-to-end delivery, interview candidates, and partner with product management to shape the technical roadmap.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• 3+ years in engineering leadership roles, with direct experience managing engineers and driving team outcomes.
• Strong knowledge of Golang and building gRPC-based microservices.
• Deep experience with Kubernetes and cloud services (AWS, Azure, GCP).
• Domain experience in network routing and network security.
• Experience designing and operating a PaaS/SaaS product at scale.
• Strong foundation in data structures, algorithms, operating systems, and distributed systems.
• Strong understanding of elegant and robust API and system designs.
• Ability to write clean, testable, and maintainable code and hold a high bar for the team.
• Proven ability to deliver results in a fast-paced, high-growth environment.
• Excellent interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills; comfortable working with a geographically distributed team.

Responsibilities

• Define designs for distributed systems using Kubernetes and cloud services, contributing directly to code and architecture alongside your team.
• Own the end-to-end lifecycle (requirements, design, delivery, and operations) of key features of the PaaS product; break down large projects into executable sub-projects distributed across the team.
• Evaluate engineering tradeoffs and make data-driven technical decisions balancing velocity, quality, and scalability.
• Write and present design proposals and technical documents that define complex problems and long-term solutions.
• Lead, mentor, and develop a small team of engineers; oversee hiring, career development, and performance management.
• Contribute to interviewing and recruiting efforts to attract and retain top engineering talent.
• Partner with product management to translate business priorities into a clear technical roadmap and execution plan.
• Foster a culture of accountability, technical excellence, diversity, equity, and respect.
• Represent the team in cross-functional forums, collaborating across engineering, product, and go-to-market functions.

Skills

Golang

gRPC

Distributed systems

APIs

Leadership

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field

Tools

Kubernetes

AWS

Azure

GCP

Job description

Aviatrix is seeking a hands-on Principal Engineer TL/M to lead and contribute to our PaaS team. You will guide architecture, deliver key features, and write code alongside engineers while balancing people leadership with technical craft.

This TL/M role focuses on distributed systems with Kubernetes, cloud services, and secure multicloud networking. You will mentor a small team, own end-to-end delivery, interview candidates, and partner with product management to shape the technical roadmap.