Principal Software Developer

at  CaseWare

Job Title: Principal Software Developer – Smart Engagements (SE) Platform
Reporting to: Andrew Allen, VP of Software Development, SE Platform
Location: Hybrid (3 days WFO in GTA). 351 King St E, Toronto, ON \uD83C\uDDE8\uD83C\uDDE6
We are seeking a Principal Software Developer to drive the technical vision and architectural strategy of Caseware’s Smart Engagements (SE) Platform. As part of our core cloud offering, the SE Platform powers cloud-based audit and engagement workflows. In this role, you will lead the architectural transformation from a monolithic to a highly scalable microservices-based environment, contributing directly to the platform’s ability to support future business growth.
This is a key leadership role in a newly formed team structure, where you will act as a hands-on architect while mentoring the development team, guiding the long-term technical vision, and contributing to crucial platform projects like scaling systems, improving observability, and supporting critical migrations.

• Lead the architectural transformation: Define and execute the technical strategy to evolve the SE platform from a synchronous monolith to a scalable, distributed system.
• Establish architecture patterns: Prototype and implement best practices for distributed systems design, ensuring smooth transitions to microservices, optimized AWS usage, and future-proof system architecture.
• Oversee key platform projects: Contribute heavily to the MongoDB to DocumentDB migration and support dynamic auto-scaling improvements to our EKS services.
• Mentor and lead: Guide teams in delivering projects, fostering a mentorship culture, and ensuring adherence to high standards in coding, design, and cloud-native development.
• Drive best practices: Collaborate with R&D groups to implement best practices for asynchronous communication and system integration, improving scalability and efficiency.
• Architect for observability: Implement and oversee system health monitoring using platforms like New Relic or Data Dog, ensuring performance, reliability, and scalability are maintained across the platform.