Principal Software Engineer

Harnham Inc.
Berkeley, United States of America
yesterday

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Working hours
Regular working hours
Languages
English

Job location

Berkeley, United States of America

Tech stack

Artificial Intelligence
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Databases
Django
Python
PostgreSQL
React
Large Language Models
Multi-Agent Systems
Backend
Front End Software Development
Automation Anywhere

Job description

  • Drive growth and engagement engineering, including personalization and marketing systems
  • Partner closely with product and leadership to validate new ideas directly with users
  • Collaborate cross-functionally and with a high-performing international engineering team

Tech Stack

  • Backend: Python, Django
  • Frontend: React
  • Cloud: AWS
  • Database: PostgreSQL
  • AI/ML: OpenAI + emerging agent frameworks

Requirements

Work Authorization: Must be authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship, * Principal/Staff-level engineer with a builder mindset

  • Proven experience owning systems end-to-end in ambiguous environments
  • Strong backend or full-stack capabilities (Python preferred)
  • Experience designing data-intensive or knowledge-driven systems
  • Familiarity with LLMs, agent frameworks, or applied AI workflows
  • Ability to move between rapid experimentation and product ionization

Nice to have:

  • Experience with healthcare or regulated datasets
  • Exposure to growth engineering or marketing systems

About the company

A new CTO has just joined and is building out a small, elite engineering team from the ground up. This is the first senior IC hire, with significant influence over architecture, technical direction, and product innovation. You'll operate in a true 0?1 to 1?N environment: * Early stage: rapid prototyping, experimentation, and validation * Scaling phase: productionizing systems and collaborating with a distributed team This is an evergreen mandate to hire exceptional engineers (multiple hires planned) - the bar is extremely high.

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