Pulumi is looking for a Principal Software Engineer to contribute to our open source platform across programming models, cloud APIs, and core infrastructure. In this role, you will design SDKs, lead projects, and engage with the community to bring Pulumi's cloud programming model to developers worldwide.
What You'll Do
- Design and build open-source Pulumi SDKs in multiple programming languages.
- Provide appropriate test coverage, clearly document design choices, ensure great performance, reliability, and maintainability of your code.
- Lead projects from concept to completion: collaborate with fellow engineers and customers to prototype, design, engineer, and test new features.
- Determine roadmaps and scope features based on your interaction with the team and the open source community.
- Contribute to the Pulumi community: engage with users to gather feedback, produce new sample content, and increase excitement about what we’re building.
What We're Looking For
- Experience in designing APIs, SDKs, developer tools.
- Strong communication skills, both written and verbal.
- Systematic problem-solving approach, first principles and critical thinking skills, good design sensibilities.
- Mindset of a community builder, focus on driving users and contributors to success.
- Understanding of compilers, graph algorithms, data structures, and software architecture.
- Experience building and running services in platforms such as Kubernetes, AWS, Azure, Google Cloud.
- Experience with deployment orchestration and infrastructure as code tools.
Nice to Have
- Experience in multiple programming languages such as Go, TypeScript, Python, Java, C#, Rust, Kotlin, Scala, Haskell, Ruby, F#, Lisp.
Technical Stack
- Languages: Go, TypeScript, Python, Java, C#, Rust, Kotlin, Scala, Haskell, Ruby, F#, Lisp
- Platforms: Kubernetes, AWS, Azure, Google Cloud
Benefits & Compensation
- Compensation: Principal level: $180,500 to $227,850. Senior level: $166,000 to $209,000. + equity: All full time employees receive equity.
- Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, and supplemental insurance at no cost to U.S. employees.
- Unlimited PTO policy, requiring at least three weeks off annually plus 13 U.S. holidays.
- 401(k) plan with employer match for U.S. employees.
- 20 weeks paid parental leave for birthing/primary caregivers, 16 weeks for non-birthing/secondary caregivers.
- Annual learning and development budget.
- Equity ownership for all employees.
- Monthly wellness fund and quarterly happiness fund.
Work Mode
Remote-first culture with teammates across 20+ U.S. states and 12+ countries. Open to candidates in the United States and Europe.
Pulumi is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is committed to equal employment opportunities regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, or Veteran status.
