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# Principal Software Engineer-SRE

- **Company:** The Ladders
- **Location:** United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $131,000.0 - $185,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Systems Engineering, Software Quality, Distributed Systems, Software Engineering
- **Published:** August 1, 2026
- **Apply:** https://arc.dev/remote-jobs/j/redirect/p8u7gsecf9

## About the Role

* 10+ years of experience in software engineering, SRE, or systems engineering roles
 * Extremely strong proficiency in Java and its ecosystems
 * Deep experience operating complex, distributed systems in production
 * Strong software engineering background and code quality track record
 * Demonstrated ability to lead cross-team initiatives and influence decisions

## Description

* Lead design and implementation of reliability strategies for distributed systems
 * Guide architectural decisions and long-term system evolution
 * Identify systemic risks and drive architectural improvements
 * Lead incident management and operational maturity efforts
 * Champion blameless post-incident reviews for system improvements
 * Apply engineering practices to reduce manual work and improve observability
 * Collaborate with teams to embed reliability in system design


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