Principal Engineer, Server Side at Koko Networks

Job description

As Principal Engineer, you will lead a team of server side engineers in building high performance, large scale server side applications using best in class software engineering practices. As a senior leader, you will inspire your team to achieve engineering excellence while maintaining a pragmatic approach towards software delivery.

What You Will Do

• Design and implement low-latency, high-availability, and high-performance applications
• Write reusable, testable, and efficient code
• Integrate data storage solutions such as relational databases, key-value stores, blob stores, and data warehousing
• Integrate user-facing elements developed by front-end developers with server side logic
• Implement software engineering best practices and ensure code and process quality through regular code reviews, proper documentation, and improvement initiatives
• Ensure seamless release of all features to production environment and reliable feature performance at all times
• Manage Level 2 support functions, including immediate fixes to any critical defects or essential enhancements in the live systems
• Build a strong engineering culture within the team and groom junior engineers
• Exercise pragmatism and maturity in managing, planning, and executing engineering tasks to strike a balance between business and engineering demands
• Track and optimize the total business value delivered at all times