Principal Software Engineer - IO

Scope

• We are seeking a highly skilled and hands-on Principal Software Engineer to join the Planning Product Development team. In this role, you will drive architecture, scalability, performance, and engineering excellence for next-generation supply chain planning solutions. You will work closely with Product Management, Architects, Data Science teams, Cloud Operations, and Engineering leaders to design and deliver enterprise-grade SaaS solutions used by global customers.
• The ideal candidate combines deep technical expertise with strong product thinking, distributed systems experience, and the ability to influence engineering direction across teams.

What you will do

• Lead architecture and design for highly scalable, resilient, cloud-native planning applications.
• Drive engineering best practices across design, coding standards, testing, observability, security, and DevOps.
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to senior engineers and development teams.
• Influence long-term technical roadmap and modernization initiatives.
• Product Development
• Design and implement complex features for Supply Chain Planning products including:
  • Supply Planning
  • Inventory Optimization
  • Fulfillment & Allocation
• Collaborate with Product Managers and Solution Architects to translate business requirements into scalable technical solutions.
• Ensure high performance and optimization of planning algorithms and large-scale data processing systems.
• Cloud & Platform Engineering
• Build and optimize microservices-based SaaS applications deployed on public cloud platforms.
• Drive CI/CD automation, infrastructure-as-code, and platform reliability initiatives.
• Improve system scalability, multi-tenancy, availability, and operational efficiency.
• Cross-functional Collaboration
• Partner with Data Science and AI/ML teams to integrate predictive and optimization capabilities into planning solutions.
• Work closely with Customer Support and SaaS Operations teams to troubleshoot critical production issues.
• Participate in architecture reviews and strategic technical decisions across the organization.
• Innovation & Engineering Excellence
• Evaluate emerging technologies and recommend adoption where appropriate.
• Champion engineering productivity, code quality, automation, and performance optimization.
• Lead proof-of-concepts and technical innovation initiatives.

What we are looking for:

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• 15+ years of software development experience with strong enterprise product engineering background.
• Extensive experience in designing distributed, scalable enterprise applications.
• Strong proficiency in one or more programming languages:
  • Java
  • Python
  • C++

• Strong experience with:
  • Microservices architecture
  • REST APIs
  • Event-driven systems
  • Distributed systems
  • Multi-threading and concurrency
• Experience with cloud platforms such as:
  • AWS
  • Azure
  • GCP
• Strong database experience:
  • SQL
  • NoSQL
  • Large-scale data processing
• Hands-on experience with:
  • Kubernetes
  • Docker
  • CI/CD pipelines
  • Observability tools
• Strong understanding of software design patterns and architecture principles.

Good to have

• Experience in Supply Chain Planning domain or enterprise SaaS products.
• Knowledge of optimization engines, heuristics, forecasting, or AI/ML-based planning solutions.
• Experience with big data and streaming technologies.
• Familiarity with performance tuning for large-scale planning engines.
• Experience leading globally distributed engineering teams.
• Exposure to Agile/Scrum development methodologies.

Our Values

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All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.