Principal Software Engineer, AI Tools and Security (Seattle or SF Bay Area)
Docker · Remote · Seattle, WA · San Francisco Bay Area ·
COMPENSATION
€•• – ••k
Listed on the employer's job board (Ashby)
- Principal level role
- Fully remote (US/EU)
- Go or modern systems lang
- AI security focus
- Visa sponsorship possible
Join the team defining secure infrastructure for autonomous AI workflows. You will lead the technical direction of the MCP Gateway, enabling developers to connect and observe AI agents safely from prototype to production.
Collaborate with Product and Design to deliver elegant frameworks and APIs. This high-ownership role requires shipping fast and shaping the future of agent-based development within a globally distributed team.
What you'll do
- Define technical solutions for new products
- Shape product strategy with Product and Design peers
- Mentor technical team members and lead design reviews
- Serve as the primary technical point of contact
- Participate in on-call rotation for support outside business hours
What you'll need
- 10+ years of backend engineering experience with distributed systems
- Proven technical leadership across multiple teams or domains
- Expertise in designing large-scale, cloud-native systems
- Experience building secure, resilient, high-throughput backend services
- Fluency in Go or another modern systems language like Rust or Java
- Strong grasp of CI/CD, testing, and deployment automation
- Deep experience with AWS, Azure, or GCP and infrastructure-as-code
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience
Nice to have
- Experience with Kubernetes, Docker, and microservices architecture
- Prior work with OpenAI, Anthropic, or similar LLM APIs
- Familiarity with the Model Context Protocol (MCP) specification
Stack
- Go
- Rust
- Java
- C++
- Kubernetes
- Docker
- AWS
- Azure
- GCP
How you'll work
- Remote-first with offices in Seattle and Paris
- On-call rotation may include evenings, weekends, and holidays
- Autonomous work in a globally distributed team
What you get
- Generous PTO and quarterly Whaleness Days
- Home office support and monthly technology stipend
- Annual learning and development stipend
- 16 weeks of paid parental leave after six months
- Equity for all full-time employees
- Comprehensive medical and retirement benefits
Hiring process
- Initial meetings to build context and provide feedback
- Collaborate with Product and Design to define the product
- Attend customer calls and meet cross-functional teams
- Participate in hiring loops to help grow the team
- Bring the product to market within the first year