Job Summary

The Principal Software Engineer is a senior individual contributor responsible for defining technical direction, designing scalable software architecture, and establishing engineering standards across the platform. This role partners with Product, Enterprise Technology, and engineering teams to build secure, reliable, and scalable solutions while driving technical excellence through architecture decisions, best practices, and mentorship. The role focuses on platform architecture, data engineering, API integrations, cloud-based systems, and engineering process improvements.

Description

• Define and drive the technical architecture and engineering direction of the platform in partnership with Product and Enterprise Technology leadership.

• Lead the design, development, and optimization of scalable software systems, including platform architecture, application frameworks, and data models.

• Design and implement secure, reliable, and high-performing solutions that support complex business requirements and large-scale usage.

• Develop and maintain architecture standards,



coding practices, testing strategies, CI/CD processes, and engineering best practices.

• Build and enhance data architecture solutions, including data modeling, governance, and lakehouse/data platform strategies supporting analytics and AI workloads.

• Design and optimize API integrations and system connections to support platform scalability and operational efficiency.

• Collaborate with engineering teams to review technical solutions, provide guidance, and improve overall development practices.

• Drive technical decision-making by evaluating trade-offs, identifying risks, and recommending scalable solutions.

• Promote security-first development practices by integrating secure coding principles into software development lifecycle processes.

• Identify technical debt, scalability challenges, and opportunities for platform improvement.

• Mentor and support engineers through techni

📌 Principal Software Engineer (Colombia)
🏢 Connext
📍 Colombia