Principal Software Engineer - Platform

As a Principal Engineer - Platform, you will:

• Define the technical vision for Atlan s platform, driving the architecture and strategy for scalable, secure, and high-performing enterprise customers across industries like financial services and healthcare.
• Tackle complex challenges in metadata management, distributed systems, and large-scale data processing to deliver innovative solutions.
• Architect and implement solutions like a large-scale metadata graph, OLAP-ready lakehouse, and vector capabilities.
• Own and deliver on the major business outcomes for the Atlan Platform.
• Lead technical initiatives to enhance observability, optimize costs, and strengthen system security and compliance.
• Collaborate with globally distributed teams and mentor engineers to cultivate excellence.
• Serve as a technical thought leader, advocating for best practices in engineering and contributing to Atlan s technical community.

• 12+ years of experience in solving challenging problems at scale, especially in metadata management and distributed computing.
• You are proficient in Go or Java, and you write clean, well-documented code that stands the test of time.
• You have experience managing Kubernetes clusters and ensuring enterprise-grade security across cloud platforms like AWS, Azure or GCP.
• You excel at API design and management for large-scale platforms.
• You embrace a cost and security-first mindset, always looking for ways to optimize and secure systems.
• You re passionate about working on industry-leading innovations, such as building the world s largest metadata graph.
• You value transparency and accountability, thriving in a culture of rapid iteration, timely feedback, and a build fast-fail fast approach.
• You re a collaborative team player who thrives in globally distributed teams and values customer-first problem solving.