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# Principal Software Engineer

- **Company:** Siemens AG
- **Location:** New York, NY, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Cloud Computing, Distributed Systems, Fault Tolerance, Machine Learning, Performance Tuning, Software Engineering, Real Time Systems, Backend
- **Published:** November 8, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.juju.com/job/28_25303_c67756db5782b4e1e4cd7006f3c0d7bb

## About the Role

Requirements: Requires 10+ years of software development experience, expertise designing and scaling distributed systems and real-time applications, and demonstrated leadership of technical strategy and cross-team architecture. Candidates should be proficient in a backend systems language and have strong system design, performance optimization, and fault-tolerance skills; experience connecting machine learning research to production is preferred.

## Description

Define and evolve architecture for core systems and products that combine cloud infrastructure, machine learning, and hardware interaction. Lead strategic technical projects, reviews, and mentoring while aligning engineering direction with product and research priorities and ensuring systems remain scalable, reliable, and sustainable.