Principal Software Engineer

We are adding a Principal Software Engineer to our operations team. This is a hands-on coding role on software used by a few hundred thousand people. Expect code review, design discussions and a fair amount of debugging. Our team is spread across 12 countries. Headquarters is in Berlin. Contract role, full-time hours, paid in USD at the end of each month. Core hours are 10:00 to 15:00 CET. A stable internet connection and a backup power option are required.

Responsibilities:

• Take part in an on-call rotation (roughly one week in six) and help resolve production incidents.
• Review pull requests from teammates and give clear, specific feedback.
• Break down product requirements into technical tasks and rough estimates.
• Mentor junior engineers through pairing and code review.
• Contribute to postmortems and follow through on the action items.

What we're looking for:

• Comfortable working in Linux and on the command line.
• Willing to join the on-call rotation once ramped up.
• Ability to write clear technical documentation and explain decisions to non-engineers.
• Familiarity with Git, pull request workflows and CI tools like GitHub Actions, Jenkins or CircleCI.
• Solid understanding of data structures, algorithms and basic system design.
• BS in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.

Preferred:

• Event-driven systems using Kafka or RabbitMQ.

What we offer:

Pay: ₹33,00,000-₹45,00,000 pa

• Annual rate review.
• Monthly payments via wire transfer or Wise.
• Company laptop.

About Alpen Cloud:

Alpen Cloud employs 620 people across engineering hubs in Berlin and three other locations, building ERP software for mid-market manufacturers.

Duration: 6 months. Start: Immediately.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at Alpen Cloud GmbH.