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# Principal Software Engineer

- **Company:** Barracuda Networks, Inc.
- **Location:** United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $158,735.0 - $236,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Agile Methodology, Amazon Web Services, Apache Lucene, Software Quality, Databases, Computer Engineering, Continuous Integration, Elasticsearch, Pair Programming, Software Engineering, Apache Solr, Data Streaming, Backend, Kubernetes, Information Technology, Functional Programming
- **Published:** June 24, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/b62ebec7-8a69-49ca-83ce-2da8bbdceed5

## About the Role

* Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering or related field.

Experience Requirements:

 * Five (5) years of post-baccalaureate experience as a Software Developer, Software Engineer, Backend Engineer, Technical Lead or related occupation.

 * Must have experience with the following: functional programming (Scala); Lucene; Elasticsearch or Apache Solr; Kubernetes, databases, and streaming/queueing services; Agile development environment leveraging; and Modern CI/CD best practices.

## Description

* Design and drive implementation of highly scalable, highly available, highly secure services deploying to AWS.
 * Create backend APIs supporting new product features.
 * Drive design, implementation, and review of major areas of the codebase, adding new features and evolving our next generation architecture.
 * Contribute to a team that values code quality, innovative thinking, good communication, occasional pair programming, sound testing practices, and opportunities for mentoring. Telecommuting permitted pursuant to company policy.


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