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# Principal Software Engineer

- **Company:** Dataflow, Inc
- **Location:** Sandy Springs, GA, United States
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Data Flow Control, Ruby on Rails, Ruby, Docker, Jenkins
- **Published:** November 7, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.juju.com/job/28_25303_17e51f0d3a86faa04bc31684da289254

## About the Role

* Proven Docker judgment when the textbook answer doesn't fit
 * Principal mastery of Self-Motivation, validated by people who'd hire you again
 * The kind of ownership that treats the company's money like your own
 * Proven aptitude for Critical Thinking, ideally near Sandy Springs, GA

## Description

* Track and report on key performance metrics for technology services
 * Pull Self-Motivation telemetry into dashboards DataFlow Systems leaders actually open
 * Own the principal Ruby on Rails workstream that unblocks the rest of DataFlow Systems's Sandy Springs, GA roadmap
 * Configure and manage infrastructure as code across staging and production
 * Translate technology compliance rules into Ruby guardrails baked into the build
 * Collaborate with product and design teams to ship features end to end
 * Negotiate Jenkins tradeoffs with product when DataFlow Systems timelines and reality collide