The Senior Principal Software Engineer will lead software design improvements, deliver technology solutions, guide developers, and ensure architectural integrity in a team-focused environment.
Senior Principal Software Engineer
ROLE DESCRIPTION SUMMARY
Intelsat Inflight has an exciting opportunity for a Senior Principal Software Engineer. You will be part of a team responsible for
• Airborne System Software design and architectural improvements. • Evolving and scaling the platform for any WAN technologies (ATG4/ 2Ku/ ESA etc.) • Delivery of application technology solutions and data information planning efforts.
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES / KEY RESULT AREAS
The ideal candidate for this role will be a working member of an engineering team delivering quality tech-nical solutions by providing architectural idea for the new or improved application. This role requires solid understanding of the design, architectural flows and scaling the performance, using CI / CD technologies. Primary Responsibilities will include to
Core Responsibilities• Design & Architecture: Creating the overall picture on the architectural changes, defining components, their interactions, and selecting tech stacks (languages, frameworks, databases).• Requirements Translation: Analyzing business needs and translating them into technical specifications and architectural designs.• Technical Leadership: Guiding developers, enforcing coding standards, managing technical risks, and ensuring architectural integrity.• Stakeholder Communication: Collaborating with clients, developers, and managers to align technical solutions with business goals.• Quality Assurance: Overseeing testing, ensuring systems meet non-functional requirements (security, performance, scalability).• Documentation: Creating clear documentation (diagrams, design principles) for the team and stakehold-ers.
Key Focus Areas• System Structure: Defining layers, modules, and how they connect.• Non-Functional Requirements (NFRs): Ensuring the system is reliable, secure, performant, and main-tainable.• Trade-off Management: Balancing competing factors like budget, time, technology, and business goals.
COMPETENCIES
• Good communication skills including technical documentation, written reports and proposals, de-velopment and delivery of presentations and the ability to listen to and communicate effectively with customers and vendors. • Demonstrated ability to work autonomously, yet cooperatively in a dynamic, matrixed environ-ment.
QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE
• Masters or bachelor's degree in computer science, electronics engineering or related technology - advanced degree preferred.• Minimum 15 years of experience in the Software industry with 3 years of working on the architect.• Good development experience with Java / C++ / C / Go. • Experience in CI/CD and AWS deployments (EC2, SQS, SNS, Lambda, S3, Aurora, DynamoDB)• Advanced knowledge of software development lifecycles; expert knowledge in Agile and Lean methods. • Ability to support architectural suggestions and bring up a high available and scalable system.• Proponent of DevOps, TDD, Agile/XP practices, and CI/CD pipelines • Ability to work under pressure, prioritize work, coordinate with onsite stakeholders and well orga-nized.• Flexibility in working with technologies and platforms.• A commitment to excellence, best practices, and the continuous improvement of our products, code base, processes, and tools.
SES and its Affiliated Companies are committed to providing fair and equal employment opportunities to all. We are an Equal Opportunity employer and will consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, pregnancy, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, genetic information, protected veteran status, disability, or any other basis protected by local, state, or federal law.
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ROLE DESCRIPTION SUMMARY
Intelsat Inflight has an exciting opportunity for a Senior Principal Software Engineer. You will be part of a team responsible for
• Airborne System Software design and architectural improvements. • Evolving and scaling the platform for any WAN technologies (ATG4/ 2Ku/ ESA etc.) • Delivery of application technology solutions and data information planning efforts.
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES / KEY RESULT AREAS
The ideal candidate for this role will be a working member of an engineering team delivering quality tech-nical solutions by providing architectural idea for the new or improved application. This role requires solid understanding of the design, architectural flows and scaling the performance, using CI / CD technologies. Primary Responsibilities will include to
Core Responsibilities• Design & Architecture: Creating the overall picture on the architectural changes, defining components, their interactions, and selecting tech stacks (languages, frameworks, databases).• Requirements Translation: Analyzing business needs and translating them into technical specifications and architectural designs.• Technical Leadership: Guiding developers, enforcing coding standards, managing technical risks, and ensuring architectural integrity.• Stakeholder Communication: Collaborating with clients, developers, and managers to align technical solutions with business goals.• Quality Assurance: Overseeing testing, ensuring systems meet non-functional requirements (security, performance, scalability).• Documentation: Creating clear documentation (diagrams, design principles) for the team and stakehold-ers.
Key Focus Areas• System Structure: Defining layers, modules, and how they connect.• Non-Functional Requirements (NFRs): Ensuring the system is reliable, secure, performant, and main-tainable.• Trade-off Management: Balancing competing factors like budget, time, technology, and business goals.
COMPETENCIES
• Good communication skills including technical documentation, written reports and proposals, de-velopment and delivery of presentations and the ability to listen to and communicate effectively with customers and vendors. • Demonstrated ability to work autonomously, yet cooperatively in a dynamic, matrixed environ-ment.
QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE
• Masters or bachelor's degree in computer science, electronics engineering or related technology - advanced degree preferred.• Minimum 15 years of experience in the Software industry with 3 years of working on the architect.• Good development experience with Java / C++ / C / Go. • Experience in CI/CD and AWS deployments (EC2, SQS, SNS, Lambda, S3, Aurora, DynamoDB)• Advanced knowledge of software development lifecycles; expert knowledge in Agile and Lean methods. • Ability to support architectural suggestions and bring up a high available and scalable system.• Proponent of DevOps, TDD, Agile/XP practices, and CI/CD pipelines • Ability to work under pressure, prioritize work, coordinate with onsite stakeholders and well orga-nized.• Flexibility in working with technologies and platforms.• A commitment to excellence, best practices, and the continuous improvement of our products, code base, processes, and tools.
SES and its Affiliated Companies are committed to providing fair and equal employment opportunities to all. We are an Equal Opportunity employer and will consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, pregnancy, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, genetic information, protected veteran status, disability, or any other basis protected by local, state, or federal law.
For more information on SES, click here .
Top Skills
Aurora
AWS
C
C++
Ci/Cd
DynamoDB
Ec2
Go
Java
Lambda
S3
Sns
Sqs
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