Principal Software Engineer
Harnham Inc.
Oakland, United States of America
yesterday
Role details
Contract type
Permanent contract Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours) Working hours
Regular working hours Languages
EnglishJob location
Oakland, 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.