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7AI

Principal Software Engineer (Cloud)

$220K–$240K

Boston, MA · Hybrid · Principal · Full-time · Posted May 6, 2026

Experience
15+ years of professional software engineering experience.

About the job

Leads the design and delivery of scalable cloud-native backend systems that form the technical foundation of 7AI’s AI-native cybersecurity platform.

What you'll do

  • Lead system design and complex technical initiatives from concept through production and operations.
  • Partner across teams to resolve ambiguous problems, address technical risks, and improve reliability, observability, testing, and deployment.
  • Provide technical leadership and mentorship while helping shape engineering standards and culture.

What they ask for

  • 15+ years building and operating production-grade distributed systems.
  • Proven experience leading the design and delivery of large-scale, highly available cloud-native systems.
  • Strong system design expertise in distributed systems, APIs, event-driven architectures, data-intensive applications, and infrastructure scalability; experience leading complex, ambiguous cross-functional projects.
  • Proficiency in one or more of Rust, Python, TypeScript, or Go; experience building on AWS, GCP, or Azure; strong communication skills and comfort with AI-assisted development tools.

Nice to have

  • Experience building AI-native products or integrating LLM/agent-based systems into production.
  • Background in cybersecurity, security operations, or high-sensitivity infrastructure environments.

Pay

$220K – $240K (base salary)

Tools

Rust, Python, TypeScript, Go, AWS, GCP, Azure, Claude Code

AI focus

Builds the foundation for an AI-native cybersecurity platform; the role also involves working with AI-assisted development tools. AI-native product or LLM/agent integration experience is preferred.

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