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# Principal Software Engineer

- **Company:** Oraapps Inc
- **Location:** Edison, NJ, United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Cloud Engineering, Data Synchronization, Distributed Systems, OAuth, Backend, Event Driven Architecture, Webhooks, Web Api
- **Published:** July 29, 2026
- **Apply:** https://arc.dev/remote-jobs/j/redirect/p8bn6zt9qj

## About the Role

8+ years of experience building and operating production software

 * systems.Proven track record of owning and delivering complex backend or full-stack systems end
 * -to-end.Strong experience designing distributed systems, APIs, event-driven architectures, and cloud-native appli
 * cations.Experience building integration-heavy platforms involving third-party APIs, webhooks, data synchronization, and identity systems (OAuth, SAM
 * L, SSO).Strong software engineering fundamentals including system design, data modeling, observability, reliability, performance, and s
 * ecurity.Experience handling sensitive data and building systems where privacy, security, and compliance are architectural requi
 * rements.Demonstrated success delivering 0-to-1 products or major platform initiatives in environments with significant am
 * biguity.Proven ability to influence technical direction, mentor engineers, and lead through collaboration rather than au

## Description

Lead architecture, technical design, and implementation of new school safety products from concept through produ

 * ction.Drive technical strategy and engineering excellence across multiple teams and sy
 * stems.Design scalable, secure, and resilient distributed systems that operate reliably in real-world environ
 * ments.Build and maintain integrations with third-party platforms, identity providers, communication systems, hardware devices, and external data so
 * urces.Collaborate closely with Product, Design, and Engineering leaders to translate customer needs into practical technical solu
 * tions.Mentor engineers, raise engineering standards, and help shape the technical culture of a growing organiz
 * ation.Make thoughtful technology decisions that balance customer impact, operational complexity, speed of execution, and long-term maintainab


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