Optimal Dynamics is looking to redefine the way logistics decisions are made by providing a platform that helps customers unlock double-digit revenue gains and drive smarter, data-driven operations at scale. The Principal Software Engineer, Backend will lead the architecture and strategy of the platform infrastructure to ensure the engineering team can build, deploy, & operate systems with speed, safety, & confidence.
Requirements
- Principal-level expertise in Infrastructure & Platform Engineering
- Proven track record of scaling cloud-native systems
- Strong Python 3 expertise
- Strong AWS expertise
- Familiarity with event-driven architectures (Kafka or similar).
- Hands-on experience with IaC tools (i.e. Terraform, CloudFormation), observability, monitoring, & incident response.
- Experience with service mesh/container orchestration (Kubernetes, Istio, etc.).
Responsibilities
- Design, implement, and scale core infrastructure to ensure reliability, performance, and security.
- Build and improve tooling, CI/CD pipelines, and workflows, optimizing developer productivity and minimizing friction.
- Champion security-by-design principles, implementing controls that safeguard systems and data without slowing innovation.
- Serve as a technical leader across teams, coaching engineers, and driving alignment on platform strategy.
- Partner with product and engineering leaders, balancing speed, cost, and resilience in every decision.
- Lead the architecture and strategy of our platform infrastructure.
- Ensure that our engineering team can build, deploy, & operate systems with speed, safety, & confidence.
Other
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, or equivalent technical experience.
- Proven track record of improving DevEx by leveling up tooling, pipelines, & automation.
- Experience improving monorepo developer workflows (Bazel, Buck, Pants).
- Knowledge of compliance frameworks (SOC 2, ISO 27001, etc.) and how to operationalize them.
- Experience leading security initiatives(i.e. hardening environments; building secure-by-default workflows)
