Technology & Digital

Principal Software Engineer II

Job ID: 95317
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  • Prague
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Do you want to work on complex and pressing challenges—the kind that bring together curious, ambitious, and determined leaders who strive to become better every day? If this sounds like you, you’ve come to the right place.

Your Impact

As a Principal Software Engineer on the Aurora team, you will lead a diverse group of engineers to advance our internal firm GenAI initiatives. Your role will focus on revolutionizing processes such as meeting scheduling, invoicing, and time management with cutting-edge software.  
You will bridge the development team and the broader Aurora ecosystem, driving the creation of new features, improvements, and bug fixes. Your responsibilities include developing, supporting, maintaining, and implementing complex software components, and solving novel problems using standard programming concepts and principles. 
Additionally, you will deploy, configure, and manage applications on the AWS cloud platform, handling resource provisioning, infrastructure as code, and performance optimization. You will also identify and resolve technical issues, debug code, troubleshoot infrastructure problems, and enhance performance. 
Upholding software engineering best practices, you will ensure adherence to architectural strategies, standards, and roadmaps. Your leadership and technical expertise will be crucial in driving the success of the Aurora team and delivering impactful AI solutions across the firm.

Your Growth

You’ll work with the Aurora team focused on our internal firm GenAI initiatives. Our team is distributed across multiple locations, including offices in North America, Europe, and Latin America. 
The Aurora team is dedicated to advancing the capabilities and applications of Generative AI within our firm, driving innovation, and delivering impactful AI solutions.

Your qualifications and skills

  • 7+ years of extensive IT experience, with strong command of backend engineering.
  • Strong proficiency in Python and knowledge of popular REST frameworks like FastAPI or Flask.
  • Experience with additional programming languages such as C# or Elixir.
  • Expertise with SQL databases, particularly PostgreSQL or cloud equivalent such as Amazon RDS.
  • Familiarity with cloud providers such as AWS or Azure, including deploying and managing applications on these platforms.
  • Experience with Docker, Kubernetes and CICD.
  • Understanding of novel generative artificial intelligence systems and processes, with the ability to apply them to real-world problems.
  • Experience with Bolt for Slack or Outlook plugin system is a plus.
  • Experience with leading, mentoring and developing software engineers.
  • Proficient in using GitHub for version control and code collaboration.
  • Collaborate with product teams and tech leaders to define clear specifications for the team to develop.
  • Foster a collaborative, innovative, and results-oriented environment within the team.
  • Strong interpersonal, written/verbal communications skills.
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Job Skill Group - N/A
Job Skill Code - SFGB - Principal Software Engineer II
Function - Technology
Industry - High Tech
Post to LinkedIn - Yes
Posted to LinkedIn Date - Fri Feb 21 00:00:00 GMT 2025
LinkedIn Posting City - Prague
LinkedIn Posting State/Province -
LinkedIn Posting Country - Czech Republic
LinkedIn Job Title - Principal Software Engineer II
LinkedIn Function - Information Technology
LinkedIn Industry - Information Technology and Services
LinkedIn Seniority Level - Mid-Senior level