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Rubrik is seeking a Principal Engineer for its Developer Platform organization to define and execute technical strategy for multiple key systems impacting the company's Software Development Lifecycle, developer experience, and engineering productivity. This is a highly strategic individual contributor role operating at the same level as an Engineering Director.
You will be responsible for:
**Platform Strategy & AI-Powered Productivity:**
- Define the long-term technical vision (3+ years) for the Developer Platform, including core infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, and observability systems
- Pioneer the integration of AI/ML into engineering workflows and internal processes to drive company-wide productivity
- Identify and translate future business opportunities or engineering productivity gaps into multi-quarter technical problems with clear roadmaps
- Drive significant improvements in engineering velocity and quality by identifying and solving bottlenecks in the software development process
**Technical Leadership & Standards:**
- Apply domain expertise across multiple system domains (CI/CD, Observability, Cloud Infrastructure, Tooling) to drive future-proof, high-leverage platform solutions
- Set standards for quality, structure, and operational excellence across all core platform systems
- Act as a consensus builder, resolving conflicting priorities and mitigating risks across dependent engineering teams
- Take end-to-end ownership of complex, cross-cutting projects (10-18 engineers' effort) from inception to operation
**Engineering Influence & Growth:**
- Drive collaboration across the entire Engineering organization to establish a unified software development vision
- Act as a company ambassador through open-source contributions, publications, and standards committee participation
- Coach and mentor Staff Engineers toward Principal-level impact and raise the hiring bar
**Required Qualifications:**
- 18+ years of industry experience in Software Engineering, with significant focus on Developer Platforms, Infrastructure, or Core Tools
- Demonstrated ability to function at Engineering Director level in terms of strategic impact, scope of influence, and technical ownership
- Proven track record of identifying, defining, and driving technical strategy for high-impact initiatives across multiple complex, multi-organizational systems
- Deep expertise in a general-purpose programming language (Go, Java, C/C++, Scala, Python) and mastery of first principles thinking
- Exceptional consensus-building and cross-functional leadership skills
- Experience architecting and scaling highly available, fault-tolerant Developer Platforms and Infrastructure
- Demonstrable understanding of strategically leveraging AI/ML to improve software development processes
- Effective coaching and mentoring capabilities
- Self-directed, capable of managing time and advocating for critical resources
