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Trase Systems is looking to solve the complexity and risks associated with enterprise AI adoption by providing an end-to-end platform for deploying, managing, and optimizing AI. The Principal Backend Software Engineer will be instrumental in building scalable and robust backend services and cloud infrastructure to power Trase's agentic applications.

Requirements

• 10-15+ years of experience designing, building, and operating large-scale, distributed, cloud-native platforms.
• Proficiency in programming languages such as Python, Go, or Typescript, with a strong ability to write clean, maintainable code.
• Expertise in modern cloud architecture (GCP, AWS, Azure), containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), and IaC (Terraform).
• Deep knowledge of scalable architectures, API design (REST, gRPC), and event-driven systems.
• A systems-thinking approach to problem-solving and making strategic trade-offs (performance, cost, security).
• Significant plus: Experience with infrastructure for ML Ops (model training, deployment, monitoring).

Responsibilities

• Define and own the long-term technical vision and architectural roadmap, aligning it with business and product strategy.
• Drive the selection and governance of foundational technologies, frameworks, and architectural patterns.
• Future-proof the platform by anticipating technical challenges and industry trends.
• Establish and enforce engineering-wide best practices for architecture, code, and design.
• Drive initiatives to reduce technical debt and enhance platform scalability, security, performance, and observability.
• Serve as the decision-maker on critical system designs, ensuring architectural cohesion across teams.
• Lead hands-on by prototyping solutions and solving the most complex technical challenges.

Other

• Proven experience as a Principal/Staff Engineer or Senior Architect, setting technical direction and making high-impact architectural decisions across multiple teams.
• Exceptional communication skills with a proven ability to drive technical alignment.
• Translate ambiguous business needs into clear technical strategies by partnering with executive, product, and enterprise leaders.
• Communicate complex architectural decisions to all stakeholders to build consensus and drive company-wide alignment.
• Some travel is required.