Principal Software Engineer

About the role

Principal Software Engineer at OneTrust responsible for designing and architecting backend systems, building scalable cloud-native services on Microsoft Azure, and ensuring high code quality with 80%+ coverage. Leads code reviews, mentors engineers, and collaborates with product and UX teams to deliver sprint commitments. Owns production support, incident resolution, and system reliability. Drives technical excellence and ownership across the product engineering organization.

What you’ll do

• Design, develop, unit test scalable backend services on Microsoft Azure
• Contribute to cloud-native architecture using Core Java, Spring Boot, REST APIs
• Maintain 80%+ code coverage for high code quality
• Partner with Product Managers, Product Owners, UX, Engineering teams
• Contribute to sprint planning, grooming, architectural discussions
• Ensure sprint commitments delivered in line with goals
• Build high-quality, maintainable code following best practices
• Reduce defects by early issue fixing
• Resolve critical incidents within SLA
• Own production issue troubleshooting, incident analysis, root-cause resolution
• Design and support high-volume, large-scale systems
• Conduct peer code reviews to improve code quality
• Support junior engineers in testing, exploratory testing, automation
• Mentor and grow engineers within the team
• Help build high-performing teams and create development opportunities
• Lead by example through technical excellence and ownership
• Proactive self-learner open to new technologies
• Ask right questions and close clarity gaps
• Strong collaborator with quality-first mindset

What you’ll bring

• Bachelor’s/Master’s in CS or related field
• 8+ years software development experience
• Backend experience with Java, Spring Boot, REST APIs
• Hands-on Kafka or RabbitMQ
• Docker and cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, GCP)
• Java 7+ and Spring Boot recent development
• Production support ownership
• Operating systems at scale and high throughput

Nice to have

• Understanding of SRE fundamentals
• Exposure to reliability, observability, operational excellence practices

Skills

Benefits

• Healthcare coverage
• Flexible PTO
• Equity RSUs
• Annual performance bonus
• Retirement account support
• 14+ weeks paid parental leave
• Career development opportunities
• Company-paid privacy certification exam fees

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in Computer Science