Principal Software Engineer (Hungary)

We are looking for a passionate and skilled Principal Software Engineer who thrives in a hands-on technical role with a focus on owning the quality of the code and systems they develop. The ideal candidate will be responsible for driving the end-to-end delivery of features and systems, ensuring high standards of quality, performance, and maintainability throughout the development lifecycle. If you are committed to shipping reliable and scalable solutions, and enjoy solving complex problems, this is the role for you.

Responsibilities:

• End-to-End Development: Own the design, development, testing, deployment, and support of features and services from concept to delivery.
  
  
• Quality Ownership: Ensure high code quality, performance, and maintainability by following best practices and conducting thorough code reviews, automated testing, and performance monitoring.
  
  
• Collaboration: Work closely with cross-functional teams, including product managers, designers, and fellow engineers, to define and deliver features that meet both business and technical objectives.
  
  
• Continuous Improvement: Proactively identify areas for improvement within the codebase, infrastructure, and development process. Drive solutions that increase team efficiency and code quality.
  
  
• System Reliability: Monitor the health and performance of services and ensure timely resolution of issues and bugs.
  
  
• Technical Innovation: Stay current with new technologies and trends to ensure the systems you build are modern, scalable, and aligned with industry best practices.
  
  
• Thought Leader and Influencer: Drives decisions on difficult challenges with innovative ideas. Leads and influences entire product group with coaching and guidance.

Required Qualifications:

• 10+ Years Experience in the Focus Scope of Responsibility: Multiple Product
  
  
• Mentor all Engineering and Leadership
  
  
• Thought Leader in Area
  
  
• TypeScript & Node.js Expertise: Experience with TypeScript, including advanced types and type-checking techniques and strong understanding of Node.js runtime and ecosystem.
  
  
• Frontend Experience: Strong experience in building, designing, and front-end applications using JavaScript client side frameworks (Angluar, Vue, React)
  
  
• API Development: Skilled in designing and building RESTful and/or GraphQL APIs.
  
  
• Database Management: Experience with relational databases (e.g., PostgreSQL, MySQL) and/or NoSQL databases (e.g., MongoDB, Redis).
  
  
• Asynchronous Programming: Familiarity with promises, async/await, and event-driven architecture.
  
  
• Testing and Debugging: Knowledge of testing frameworks (e.g., Jest, Mocha) and debugging tools.
  
  
• Code Quality and Standards: Understanding of code linting, formatting, and adherence to best practices (e.g., ESLint, Prettier).
  
  
• Version Control: Experience with Git and collaborative development workflows (e.g., GitHub, GitLab).
  
  
• Cloud Services and Deployment: Familiarity with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Google Cloud, Azure) and containerization (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes).
  
  
• Microservices Architecture: Understanding of microservices design principles and implementation.
  
  
• Security Best Practices: Awareness of security standards, such as OAuth, JWT, and data encryption.
• Performance Optimization: Experience in optimizing code for performance, scalability, and efficiency.
  
  
• CI/CD Pipelines: Knowledge of continuous integration and deployment tools (e.g., GitHub Actions, Jenkins, CircleCI).
  
  
• Agile Methodologies: Familiarity with Agile development practices, including Scrum and Kanban.
  
  
• Strong Problem-Solving Skills: Ability to troubleshoot issues and optimize backend performance.
  
  
• Effective Communication: Capable of clearly communicating technical concepts to team members and stakeholders.
  
  
• Code Quality: Commitment to writing clean, maintainable, and well-documented code, following best practices such as TDD, unit testing, and code reviews.
  
  
• Problem Solving: Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to break down complex problems and design solutions that are scalable and maintainable.

Desired Qualifications:

• Ownership Mindset: Passion for taking full ownership of features and ensuring their quality from concept through to production.
  
  
• Performance and Optimization: Experience with profiling applications, identifying bottlenecks, and optimizing performance for scale.

Additionally, you will enjoy some of our local benefits such as:

• Work from home, remotely, or hybrid
  
  
• Partial compensation for glasses and lenses
  
  
• Private health insurance
  
  
• Volunteering Time Off (2 days/ year)
  
  
• SZÉP Card for recreational activities
  
  
• 3 extra days/ month for 'sick leave' without doctors visit
  
  
• Flexible working hours