Principal Engineer

Job Description:
In this role, you will be required to provide technical and engineering leadership. Design and implement software using the latest technologies and development process. Set engineering priorities in support of company goals to deliver quality, high-performance products in a fast-paced startup environment. You will also be expected to:

Lead the full software development lifecycle from prototyping and design to release
Provide realistic scoping of projects
Create extensible designs and implement products with high quality, and perform- ance
Insure quality development processes are used and that code is designed to facilitate testability and support
Support Sales and Marketing efforts
Manage your time and mentor technical team members in a collaborative
team-oriented environment

JOB REQUIREMENTS:

15+ years software development experience
Proven track record of meeting tight deadlines
Positive, team-oriented attitude
Excellent oral and written communication skills
Excellent analytic and troubleshooting skills
Demonstrated ability to complete highly detailed tasks with strict attention to quality, completeness and timeliness
Strong organizational and self-management skills
Must be a self-motivated learner
Must be able to work individually and with others with little supervision in fast-paced, constantly changing start-up environment
Will likely have customer contact and/or need to provide customer-level documenta- tion

TECHNICAL SKILLS REQUIREMENTS:

Application development experience on Linux platform
Strong knowledge of Python
Strong background of OO, MVC-based, web-focused analysis and design
Knowledge of Internet protocols such as SMTP, LDAP, HTTP, POP3, IMAP, FTP, SNMP, etc.
Knowledge of Java, C++ or other object-oriented language is a plus.
Solid understanding and application of Web Services, SOAs, AJAX (Web 2.0 Tech- nologies)
Experience designing areas of security, performance, capacity and maintainability
SQL and schema design experience
Must have prior work with HTML and MVC paradigms.
Must understand the general software development release cycle, source manage- ment and defect management methodologies in a mixed Microsoft Windows,
Macintosh and Linux environment.