Principal Software Engineer

8+ years of experience as a Software Engineer with a strong track record of delivering high-quality software solutions
BS/MS in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent experience
Strong experience with microservices and event-driven architecture design and best practices
Excellent problem-solving abilities and a passion for performance optimization
Extensive experience with Kafka (producers, consumers, topics, partitions, and stream processing)
Deep knowledge of asynchronous processing and message queuing patterns
Solid experience with back-end development using languages like Python or Ruby
Strong understanding of database systems, both relational (e.g., PostgreSQL) and NoSQL (e.g., MongoDB, Cassandra)
Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, GCP, or Azure, and containerization technologies like Docker and Kubernetes
Strong background in designing and implementing distributed systems
Strong experience with observability and monitoring and incident management processes
Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to effectively collaborate with technical and non-technical stakeholders
Familiarity with Agile/Scrum methodologies and experience working in collaborative, fast-paced environments

Architect, design, and develop scalable and robust solutions for Avant’s credit card and loan servicing products and services
Partner with Engineering Managers and other engineering leadership teams and Principal Engineers to build the architectural vision and roadmap to improve system architecture and scale our systems
Work with Product Manager and other stakeholders to design features to improve our customer experience and internal operations
Work with engineering peers of various seniority to maintain and enhance Avant digital servicing platform and continuously improve the system performance and maintainability
Build and improve observability and monitoring to enhance operational efficiency of our platform
Build and improve system CI/CD pipeline and test automation systems to reduce cycle time and increase feature delivery velocity