[Remote] Principal Software Engineer (Backend Engineer)

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Hired Recruiters is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to join the Data Platform team at Fandom. This role involves providing technical leadership on architectural and systems design to enhance user engagement for over 300 million monthly users.ResponsibilitiesYou will oversee this technical area from an architectural and systems design perspective, leading other engineers, and working side-by-side with them to discover and implement solutionsYou will be a top technical leader throughout all of Fandom and communicate across a variety of audiences is imperativeYou will be one that must always think about the future, not overbuilding for it, and finding that right balance of developing solutions for current issues while not over-engineering for issues we are not sure we'll need to solve forAlways have a plan for potential future issues and growth opportunitiesStay up to date with all applicable new technology innovations happening in the industry, and know when is the right time to bring new thoughts and potential infrastructure changes into discussions, with an understanding of the trade-offs and potential impact on overall tech-debtProvide technical leadership for impactful projects that involve multiple teams and span multiple technologies and systemsLead large projects or large pieces of projects depending on the project scaleProactivity identify risks and opportunities to improve our processes and technologiesInfluence other senior leaders on engineering strategyWork with the Data Science team to build and scale Recommendations for TV, Movie, and Games both inline in the User's experience and as stand-alone pagesStream user pageview and action-event data into a system that develops a dynamic Profile of each user to be used to Personalize their experiences in many waysScale out our Gamification systems to encourage users to develop high-quality content and be rewarded for their effortsUse all of the above to find new ways to monetize the users' experiences through Affiliate, E-Commerce, Display, and hopefully many more types of future revenue streamsSkills10+ years of software engineering experience with a track-record of back-end development, design and architectureExpertise in a modern form of 1 or more of the following languages: Java, Python, Golang, KotlinDesigning and architecting scaled-up back-end systems (Kafka, MySQL, NoSQL, MongoDB, Neo4j), with expertise in both relational and nonrelational systems and when it is necessary to choose each oneA high degree of proficiency in how to optimize full-stack web systems, in cached environmentsExperience building large user personalization, recommendation and search-based systems with an average monthly base of at least 50-100M monthly usersDeep experience as an expert and technical leader for large Engineering teamsExperience explaining complicated technical plans to a variety of audiencesA mindset that is business-oriented, collaborative, and comfortable with mentoring othersPython, JavaA passion for fandoms and an interest in building products for fan communities around the worldContributed to open-source projectsCompany OverviewFrom San Francisco to Singapore, we help different companies (startups and established) to fulfill their hiring expectations. It was founded in 2015, and is headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, with a workforce of 2-10 employees. Its website is https://www.hiredrecruiters.com/.