Principal Cloud Developer

Principal Cloud Developer

This role has been designed as ‘Hybrid’ with an expectation that you will work on average 2 days per week from an HPE office.

Who We Are:

Hewlett Packard Enterprise is the global edge-to-cloud company advancing the way people live and work.

We help companies connect, protect, analyze, and act on their data and applications wherever they live, from edge to cloud, so they can turn insights into outcomes at the speed required to thrive in today’s complex world. Our culture thrives on finding new and better ways to accelerate what’s next. We know varied backgrounds are valued and succeed here.

We have the flexibility to manage our work and personal needs. We make bold moves, together, and are a force for good.

If you are looking to stretch and grow your career our culture will embrace you. Open up opportunities with HPE.

Job Description:

We're a team of passionate engineers responsible for the infrastructure that powers our core product.

Our mission is to build robust, scalable, and efficient infrastructure, so our product will be delivered faster, safer, and smarter.

We're looking for a strong backend developer who enjoys diving into new areas and solving complex system-level challenges.

This role is perfect for someone who’s curious, independent, and excited to work across a wide range of technologies.

If you like building reliable systems, care about performance and scalability, and constantly want to learn – we want to meet you.

Key Responsibilities:


* Lead the design and development of scalable, high-performance backend systems that are critical to the core product


* Take full ownership of complex infrastructure components, from concept to production, ensuring reliability, observability, and maintainability


* Deep dive into new technologies and system areas, evaluating and integrating them as needed to solve infrastructure and product challenges


* Drive engineering excellence by setting high standards for code quality, testing, documentation, and design reviews


* Act as a senior developer within the team: mentoring others, contributing to architectural discussions, and supporting the team’s technical growth


* Collaborate cross-functionally with Product, DevOps, Security, and QA to align infrastructure and backend work with business needs


* Investigate and resolve production issues, customer escalations, and performance bottlenecks with a proactive, root-cause-oriented approach


* Help shape the team’s technical roadmap and long-term direction through strategic input and hands-on contribution

Required Qualifications:


* 7+ years of hands-on experience in backend software development


* Solid understanding of backend architecture and scalable service design


* Proficiency in at least one of the following languages: Go, .NET (C#), or Python


* Experience designing and building cloud-native applications


* Familiarity with containeriz...