Sr. Principal Engineer/ Principal Engineer – Cloud Platform

Extreme Networks
San Jose, San Francisco
Workplace: HybridFull timeFunction: Communications, PR & CommunityExperience: 15+ yearsEducation: bachelorsSkills: ["Strategic thinking","Communication","Leadership","Problem-solving","Analytical thinking"]

Lead the design, architecture, and development of a comprehensive cloud platform, using 15+ years of experience scaling distributed systems and microservices. You’ll define architectural standards, drive platform evolution and performance improvements, mentor engineering teams through code reviews and architecture guidance, and collaborate with product, DevOps, and security. The role also includes monitoring/observability strategy and resolution of complex production issues.

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Extreme Networks
Extreme Networks
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Sr. Principal Engineer/ Principal Engineer – Cloud Platform

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Job Summary

Lead the design, architecture, and development of a comprehensive cloud platform, using 15+ years of experience scaling distributed systems and microservices. You’ll define architectural standards, drive platform evolution and performance improvements, mentor engineering teams through code reviews and architecture guidance, and collaborate with product, DevOps, and security. The role also includes monitoring/observability strategy and resolution of complex production issues.
Location: San Jose, San Francisco
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Communications, PR & Community
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Design and architect a scalable, highly available cloud platform with 15+ microservices (e.g., Audit Logs, API Gateway, IAM, metrics, orchestration).
  • •Establish and enforce architectural standards, best practices, and patterns across platform services.
  • •Lead technical strategy for cloud platform evolution, including infrastructure decisions, technology selections, and deployment architectures.
  • •Mentor and guide engineering teams in microservices design through code reviews and architectural guidance.
  • •Define monitoring, observability, and alerting strategies; lead investigations and resolution of complex production issues.

Pay and Benefits

Perks:Health InsuranceRetirement

Key Requirements

  • •15+ years of software engineering experience with at least 8+ years in distributed systems and microservices architecture.
  • •Demonstrated expertise designing and building large-scale cloud platforms or SaaS applications.
  • •Deep understanding of microservices architecture, API design, and event-driven systems.
  • •Strong proficiency in cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes).
  • •Experience with modern programming languages (Java, Go, Python, or similar) and database technologies (relational and NoSQL).
Experience:15+ yearsDistributed systemsMicroservicesSaaSCloud
Education:Bachelor's in Computer science; Computer Engineering
Skills:Strategic thinkingCommunicationLeadershipProblem-solvingAnalytical thinking
Tech Stack:MicroservicesEvent-driven architectureCQRSAPI designDistributed systems patternsAWSEC2ECSEKSLambdaRDSDynamoDBAzureGCPDockerKubernetesHelmContainer networkingJavaGo

Company Brief

Extreme Networks
Provides wired and wireless network infrastructure, cloud-driven network management, and analytics for enterprises and service providers, delivering switching, routing, security, and access solutions.
Industry: Networking Equipment
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: San Jose, United States
Founded: 1996
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