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Principal Software Engineer, AI & Platform - Koala Health
Software Engineer
Lead the design and delivery of scalable AI and platform services for pet health, driving production-ready systems with Python, AWS, and Kubernetes while mentoring teams and shaping engineering best practices.
About the role
Key Responsibilities
- Architect and implement large‑scale, highly available AI and platform services using Python, AWS, and Kubernetes.
- Own end‑to‑end delivery of production systems, from design through deployment and monitoring.
- Mentor and coach engineering teams, fostering a culture of code quality, automation, and continuous improvement.
- Collaborate with product, data science, and operations to translate business needs into robust technical solutions.
- Drive adoption of CI/CD pipelines, observability, and best practices for distributed systems.
Requirements
- 10+ years of software engineering experience with a strong focus on backend and cloud infrastructure.
- Deep expertise in Python, AWS services (Lambda, ECS/EKS, S3, RDS), and Kubernetes orchestration.
- Hands‑on experience building and scaling machine learning pipelines and inference services.
- Proven track record of leading technical teams and delivering high‑impact production systems.
- Excellent communication skills and a passion for mentoring junior engineers.
Skills
pythonawsmachine learningkubernetescicd