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Principal Systems Engineer
- Compensation
- Not disclosed
- Location
- Concord, California
- Work setup
- Not specified
- Seniority
- Principal
- Employment
- Full time
- Experience
- Not specified
- Category
- Software engineering
- Posted
Skills
Nice to have
- Experience designing and developing SaaS or cloud-native applications.
- Experience with AWS, Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud Platform.
- Familiarity with Docker, Kubernetes, and containerized deployments.
- Experience with relational and NoSQL databases.
- Experience building highly available, scalable, and resilient distributed systems.
- Knowledge of messaging systems, event-driven architectures, or real-time communications platforms.
- Experience working in Agile development environments.
- Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and automated testing frameworks.
- Understanding of cybersecurity principles and secure software development practices.
Full description
Worker Sub-Type:
Regular
Job Description: Are You The Person We're Looking For?
BlackBerry AtHoc is seeking talented Software Developers to join our growing engineering team. In this role, you will contribute to the design, development, and evolution of a highly scalable mass notification and critical communications platform used by millions of users worldwide.
You will work across the full software development lifecycle, helping to build cloud-based and on-premises solutions that deliver reliable, secure, and high-performance communications during critical situations. This position offers the opportunity to solve complex distributed systems challenges while working alongside experienced software engineers, architects, product managers, and quality engineers.
What You'll Do
- Design, develop, troubleshoot, and enhance software applications, services, and platform components supporting BlackBerry AtHoc's critical event management solutions.
- Develop new APIs, web services, and scalable backend software components that enable secure and reliable communication across multiple channels.
- Drive the development and ongoing evolution of AtHoc's mass notification platform.
- Participate in all phases of the software development lifecycle, including requirements analysis, architecture, design, implementation, testing, deployment, maintenance, and operational support.
- Collaborate closely with Product Management, Quality Engineering, DevOps, and Software Development teams to deliver high-quality solutions.
- Evaluate, define, recommend, and implement scalable architectural solutions for both cloud-native and on-premises products.
- Develop software and tools in support of system infrastructure, operational efficiency, security, and platform reliability.
- Analyze and resolve complex technical issues involving performance, scalability, availability, and security.
- Contribute to modernization initiatives, platform improvements, and cloud transformation efforts.
- Participate in code reviews and technical design discussions to ensure engineering excellence and maintainability.
- Help drive best practices around software architecture, testing, automation, and DevOps.
- Influence the future technical direction of products that help organizations protect people and respond to critical situations.
What You'll Bring
- Professional experience designing and developing enterprise software applications.
- Strong programming experience in one or more languages such as Java, C#, Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, Go, or C++.
- Experience developing RESTful APIs, web services, or microservices-based applications.
- Understanding of software design patterns, object-oriented programming principles, and distributed systems architecture.