Overview
Black Duck Software Inc. helps organizations build secure high‑quality software minimizing risks while maximizing speed and productivity. Black Duck is a recognized pioneer in application security, providing SAST, SCA and DAST solutions that enable teams to quickly find and fix vulnerabilities and defects in proprietary code, open‑source components and application behavior. With a combination of industry‑leading tools, services and expertise, Black Duck helps organizations maximize security and quality in DevSecOps and throughout the software development life cycle.
Job Summary
As a Principal Software Engineer you will provide technical leadership and coach our engineers to maintain and evolve our industry‑leading application security platform. Join us and be part of a team that’s pushing the boundaries of web application development with agile practices, cloud‑native patterns, state‑of‑the‑art engineering methodologies and tools like GitHub Copilot and other AI/GenAI tools.
Key Responsibilities
* Provide technical leadership to multiple engineering teams using best practices for SaaS and related technologies.
* Collaborate with the architecture and peer product teams to define our product vision, build the roadmap and help drive the technical implementation.
* Oversee large‑scale and complex projects to innovate and solve important customer and internal challenges.
* Inspire and mentor other team members, providing coaching and technical training where needed.
* Keep abreast of industry best practices, success and failures and help the team adopt the right practices.
* Work and collaborate with UX and product management in delivered features.
Key Qualifications
* BSc or MSc in Computer Science or related field/degree.
* 15 years of experience developing large enterprise applications using microservices architecture and container orchestration technologies running on Kubernetes and/or cloud technologies (AWS or GCP).
* Proven track record of successfully delivering strategic projects.
* Expertise in Golang, Java and Perl.
* Expertise in software architecture, systems design including experience with scalable architecture and performance optimization.
* Experience with development and working with RESTful APIs.
* Experience in data modelling and working with RDBMS (PostgreSQL, Oracle or MySQL) and NoSQL databases (e.g. MongoDB).
* Experience with messaging systems (RabbitMQ, Kafka).
* Hands‑on experience with AI‑assisted development tools (e.g. GitHub Copilot, Claude, Code Cursor or similar).
* Experience in integrating AI capabilities into software systems including prompt engineering, API integration and leveraging LLM‑based services for automation and productivity.
* Experience in developing in Linux environment.
* Solid understanding of Agile methodologies and DevOps practices.
* Advanced problem‑solving abilities.
* Strategic thinking.
* Strong leadership skills.
* Excellent communication skills (in‑person and remote).
Nice to have
* Experience designing and implementing Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers or similar architectures to enable secure and scalable AI‑driven workflows.
* Experience with front‑end development frameworks (React).
* Experience in GO and Python programming.
EEO Statement
Black Duck considers all applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender preference, national origin, age, disability or status as a Covered Veteran in accordance with federal and state and local laws. Black Duck also provides reasonable accommodation to individuals with a disability in accordance with applicable laws.
Required Experience & Key Skills
Staff IC
Key Skills: Continuous Integration, Docker, Jenkins, Python, System Design, Agile, C/C++, Go, Systems Engineering, Software Development, Java, Distributed Systems.
Employment Type: Full Time
Experience: years
Vacancy: 1
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