SciTec
Principal Software Engineer - Data Storage Lead
$164K–$218K
Princeton, New Jersey +1 · Principal · Full-time · Posted Oct 9, 2026
- Location
- Princeton, New Jersey
Boulder, Colorado - Experience
- 10+ years of professional experience designing, implementing, and troubleshooting production software systems, including significant experience with data storage systems.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Physical Sciences, or a related technical field.
- Visa sponsorship
- All employees must be U.S. citizens; applicants who do not meet this requirement will not be considered.
About the job
Leads SciTec’s data storage domain by evaluating and recommending storage technologies, building reusable implementations, and guiding teams on designing, operating, and optimizing storage systems.
What you'll do
- Assess storage technologies and workloads, benchmark alternatives, and maintain evidence-based recommendations and documentation.
- Develop reference implementations and guide data modeling, performance, reliability, recovery, and storage operations.
- Mentor and advise engineers across teams, track adoption and outcomes, and update guidance as needs change.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Physical Sciences, or a related technical field.
- 10+ years of professional experience designing, implementing, and troubleshooting production software systems, including significant data storage experience.
- Deep expertise with one or more relational databases and production experience with at least one search/document store, cache, or object storage system.
- Proficiency in a backend language; Linux development experience; ability to obtain and maintain a DoD security clearance; U.S. citizenship.
Nice to have
- Experience with technology standardization, containerized or Kubernetes storage operations, storage profiling and observability, or high-volume sensor or mission data workflows.
- Active DoD Secret clearance or higher.
Pay
$164,000 - $218,000 USD per year (base salary)
Tools
PostgreSQL, MySQL, Elasticsearch, OpenSearch, MongoDB, Redis, Memcached, AWS S3
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