Principal System Engineer

Backbone Software Inc

Krakow, Poland
On-site
Cloud (azure)
Kubernetes
Istio
Backbone Software Inc is seeking a Principal System Engineer to lead the architecture and strategy of their Integration Platform as a Service (IPaaS), “Grand Central.” The ideal candidate will have extensive experience with cloud technologies and a strong focus on automation, security, and system reliability

Job Summary

  • Lead the vision and strategy for the platform's uptime, automation, performance, security, and long-term architecture.
  • Define and drive the technical roadmap to scale services and shape the future of the IPaaS.
  • Own the architecture, guarantee platform integrity, champion best practices, lead incident response, drive operational excellence, and mentor team members.

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Backbone Software Inc is seeking a Principal System Engineer to lead the architecture and strategy of their Integration Platform as a Service (IPaaS), “Grand Central.” The ideal candidate will have extensive experience with cloud technologies and a strong focus on automation, security, and system reliability.

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • Cloud (Azure)
  • Kubernetes
  • Istio
  • Infrastructure as Code
  • Automation
  • Observability
  • System Engineering

Nice-to-have

  • technical leadership
  • strategic thinker
  • hands-on engineer
  • continuous learning
  • FinTech background

Key Requirements

  • 6+ years of experience in system engineering
  • Expert-level Terraform or OpenTofu user
  • Proficient with Helm, Kubernetes, ArgoCD, Kustomize
  • Hands-on experience with Istio
  • Skilled in Prometheus and Grafana
  • Solid experience with cloud networking concepts
  • Comfortable reading and writing Python or Go code

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