Remote - Principal Software Engineer

at  SimSpace

Who is SimSpace:
SimSpace launched in 2015 with a singular purpose – addressing the most urgent and sophisticated cybersecurity challenges to reduce risk for our most vulnerable and valuable infrastructure. The organizations around the world that we depend on every day to keep our loved ones safe and secure. Our healthcare facilities, schools, financial institutions, transit centers, grocery stores, and workplaces just to name a few. To deliver global resiliency, we provide an elite cyber range platform to curate unassailable cyber defenses, data driven decisions, cutting edge training labs, live attack scenarios, and extensive individual and dynamic team readiness training.
SimSpace works as OneTeam to elevate humanity around the world. We are committed to continuously improving and delivering a cultivated member experience whether that is accomplished through focusing on supporting our client’s teams or our own mission driven SimSpacers.
We are an international company headquartered in Boston’s Fort Point in the U.S. If you are interested in elevating the technology and creative solutions necessary to secure and safeguard our future while working alongside others who share your passion for purpose and development, we want to meet you!

WHAT ARE THE QUALIFICATIONS TO APPLY? TO BE SUCCESSFUL AS A PRINCIPAL SOFTWARE ENGINEER, YOU NEED TO HAVE:

• 10+ years of hands-on software development experience with high-availability commercial systems
• Proficiency with on-prem and cloud environments
• Humility with the ability to quickly pick up new technologies and comfortable leading, driving, and delegating work.
• A bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Familiarity with Cybersecurity or Networking
• Familiarity with Kubernetes
• Familiarity with AWS, GCP and/or Azure

WHAT WILL YOU BE DOING AS A PRINCIPAL SOFTWARE ENGINEER AT SIMSPACE?

• Work directly with the VP of Engineering and the Chief Product Officer as part of the team driving the platform roadmap
• Stay up to date on the latest development trends, evaluating new libraries, frameworks
• Provide technical direction and set technical priorities across the organization
• Develop features and improvements in a secure, well-tested, and performant way, consistently shipping large features with minimal guidance
• Craft code that raises the standards for style, maintainability, and best practices for a high-scale web environment. Advocate for these standards through code review
• Support and mentor other engineers, contributing to the long-term technical vision and grooming/breakdown of work

ATTRIBUTES THAT LEAD TO SUCCESS IN THE ROLE:

• You feel comfortable leading and providing mentorship within a technical team.
• You enjoy solving complex problems and building solutions through collaborative methods.
• You’re always open for feedback and willing to provide it to your colleagues.
• You are driven by goals and focused on the iterative delivery of high-quality well-tested code.
• You’re conscious of scalability, re-usability, but also pragmatic when it comes to trade-offs