About The Role
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Forma is looking for a Principal Software Engineer reporting to the VP of Engineering to help spearhead the technical vision of how we can build a best in class benefits experience to allow customers and members to access an easy-to-use and cutting-edge employee benefits platform that offers a wide range of health and wellness benefits to employees in a user-friendly and engaging manner.
As a Principal Software Engineer, you will lead major engineering projects and strategic initiatives, showcasing in-depth knowledge of industry trends and effectively communicating complex technical issues.
Additionally, you will contribute significantly to long-term strategic business thinking and drive engineering innovation.
You Will
- Drive engineering innovation and culture across the entire company
- Stay abreast of industry trends and emerging technologies
- Spearhead research initiatives to explore new tools, frameworks, and methodologies
- Guide the approach and execution of a particular team or group of teams
- Drive engineering excellence by inspiring and empowering engineers across Forma
- Dig deep into arbitrarily complex and critical problems and find an appropriate path forward until resolution
- Collaborate with product managers, designers, and other stakeholders to understand requirements to architect, design and deliver high-quality solutions
- Conduct thorough architectural reviews and improve quality in every step
- Mentor and coach other engineers, especially staff level engineers, fostering a culture of continuous learning and improvement
Preferred Skills
- 10+ years of experience shipping features and products, with a focus on backend systems at scale with a strong focus on accuracy, quality and security
- 5+ years developing APIs that are leveraged by an external audience.
- Passion for building platforms in a rigorous, measurable and scalable way
- Proficiency in a diverse set of programming languages such as JavaScript, TypeScript and Python
- Possess a deep understanding of monorepos, microservices architecture and cloud technologies
- Showcase strong expertise in database design and optimization
- Built and operated real time financial systems at scale
- Experience with infrastructure tooling and containerization and orchestration tools like Kubernetes and extensive experience designing APIs
- Understanding of security best practices in software development
- High commitment to cultivating an inclusive team culture
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