Principal Software Engineer – Security Observability Platform

Job description

At SolarWinds, we’re a people-first company.

Our purpose is to enrich the lives of the people we serve—including our employees, customers, shareholders, Partners, and communities.

Join us in our mission to help customers accelerate business transformation with simple, powerful, and secure solutions.

The ideal candidate thrives in an innovative, fast-paced environment and is collaborative, accountable, ready, and empathetic.

We’re looking for individuals who believe they can accomplish more as a team and create lasting growth for themselves and others.

We hire based on attitude, competency, and commitment.

Solarians are ready to advance our world-class solutions in a fast-paced environment and accept the challenge to lead with purpose.

If you’re looking to build your career with an exceptional team, you’ve come to the right place.

Join SolarWinds and grow with us!

Position Overview:

We are seeking a Principal Software Engineer to lead the development of our next-generation Security Observability Platform.

In this role, you will reimagine how enterprises observe, automate, and act upon security data.

Your expertise will help guide the creation of intelligent, data-driven solutions that transform how our customers monitor and secure their distributed infrastructure and applications.

As a Principal Engineer, you will contribute to defining the architectural direction of our security products and drive strategic initiatives to ensure SolarWinds continues to lead in the market.

This is a high-impact, hands-on leadership role, ideal for someone who thrives on solving complex, high-scale technical challenges while mentoring teams and influencing technical decisions.

Key Responsibilities:

• Architect & Innovate: Lead the design and development of scalable, secure, and high-performance cloud-native security observability solutions.
• Strategic Leadership: Drive the implementation of next-generation product features and prototypes that meet customer needs while keeping an eye on market trends.
• Collaboration & Mentorship: Work closely with cross-functional teams, including product management, architecture, and remote engineering teams, to align product roadmaps with business goals.

Mentor and elevate engineering talent through direct leadership and technical guidance.
• Customer Engagement: Collaborate with customers to understand their pain points and provide solutions that help them better observe, secure, and automate their security infrastructure.
• Thought Leadership: Stay at the forefront of industry trends, research competitive technologies, and develop disruptive, future-facing solutions.
• Cross-functional Partnerships: Partner with stakeholders across various business functions to bring innovative, market-leading security solutions to customers.
• Tech Culture Advocate: Foster a culture of modern software development practices and open-source collaboration.

Lead by example and promote architectural excellence.
• Continuous Learning: Stay up to date with emerging technologies and methodologies to influence product development.

Your Experience:

• Education: Bachelor’s degree (20+ years of experience) or Master’s degree (15+ years of experience) in Computer Science or related fields.
• Enterprise Software Expertise: Strong design and development experience with enterprise products, specifically in C#, .NET, Java/JEE technologies and related frameworks.
• Cloud & Microservices: Proficiency with Docker/Containers, Microservices, SaaS architectures, and building scalable cloud-native applications.
• Security Experience: Experience in security domains (or a strong understanding of security best practices).

Previous experience as a security champion is a plus.
o Familiarity with Security scoring and risk assessment
o Deeper understanding on Cloud security and best practices
• Data Storage & Distributed Systems: Solid understanding of both RDBMS and NoSQL data storage, as well as distributed computing concepts.
• Cloud Platforms: Experience with AWS, Azure, GCP, VMware, and/or Kubernetes.
• Programming Knowledge: Familiarity with Go, scripting languages, and modern development tools.
• Leadership Skills: Proven ability to lead technical teams, make high-level architectural decisions, and mentor junior engineers.
• Communication: Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams.

Nice-to-Have Skills:

• Architecting Products: Experience designing enterprise-level products from scratch, including defining and making high-level design decisions.
• Tech Lead Experience: Ability to guide teams through development, code reviews, and enforcing best practices across the software lifecycle.
• Customer-Centric: Experience working closely with customers to understand pain points and deliver tailored solutions.
• Mentorship: A passion for developing talent and elevating the skill set of your team.

Required Skill Profession

Computer Occupations