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Location: San Francisco, California — On-site Compensation: $180,000–$300,000 USD Start Date: ASAP Languages: Fluent English required Type: Full-time Tech Stack: TypeScript, Python, Go About the Opportunity Pragmatike is recruiting on behalf of a fast-growing technology company building sophisticated software systems and infrastructure at scale. Pragmatike is recruiting on behalf of a rapidly scaling technology company seeking a Principal Software Engineer with experience in YC-backed or Venture backed start-ups to provide technical leadership across critical systems and engineering initiatives. This is a high-impact individual contributor role focused on architecture, technical strategy, and solving complex engineering problems. What You'll Do Define architecture for complex, high-scale systems. Lead company-critical technical initiatives. Design distributed services and platforms using TypeScript, Python, and Go. Solve challenging scalability, reliability, and performance problems. Establish engineering patterns and technical standards. Influence architecture across multiple engineering teams. Partner with Product and Engineering leadership. Mentor Staff and Senior engineers. Drive long-term technical strategy. What We're Looking For 8+ years of software engineering experience. Exceptional system design and architecture skills. Deep production experience with TypeScript, Python, Go, or similar. Strong distributed systems knowledge. Proven experience solving complex problems at scale. Strong technical leadership without requiring direct management authority. Excellent communication and judgment. Willingness to work on-site in San Francisco . Nice to Have Cloud and Kubernetes. AI/ML infrastructure. High-performance or distributed systems. Experience in a rapidly scaling startup.. Why Join? Our client is building highly scalable technology that sits at the core of critical business operations, offering engineers the opportunity to work on complex systems, large-scale integrations, and real-world technical challenges. You'll join a collaborative, fast-moving environment where ownership is encouraged, decisions are made quickly, and engineers have meaningful influence on architecture, product direction, and engineering culture. This role offers the opportunity to tackle challenging backend problems, work with modern technologies, and grow alongside an ambitious team building for scale. Full benefit package and competitive compensation. Pragmatike is committed to a fair, transparent, and inclusive recruitment process. We do not discriminate based on age, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation. In accordance with GDPR, your personal data will be processed lawfully, fairly, and securely, and used solely for recruitment purposes, including sharing it with our client(s) for employment consideration. You may request access, correction, or deletion of your data at any time. We are committed to maintaining the confidentiality and security of your information throughout the recruitment process.
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That number is real. WorkMundi's database shows 144,883 open engineer roles across the world. India has the most with 31,687 jobs, followed by the United States with 30,084. If you just finished reading one job ad and felt paralyzed by choice, you're not alone—but this scale is actually an advantage. It means you can afford to be selective.
Start by geography and language. The majority of engineer ads—117,837 of them—have the job posting text written in English. Use that as one filter, but remember: the ad text language tells you nothing about whether the role actually requires you to speak English day-to-day. Read the job description carefully. Then check which countries have the volume you're targeting. Singapore, Poland, and Australia round out the top five after India and the US.
Next, learn who's hiring. Accenture has posted 2,801 engineer roles. andurilindustries, speechify, and jobgether are also actively recruiting. If you're applying to one of these names, research their hiring patterns and interview style before you apply. That homework pays off.
When you interview, expect the question every engineer hears: 'Tell me about a time you had to debug a problem that wasn't in your job description.' Have a specific story ready—not a general one. Name the tools, the deadline pressure, and what you learned. Hiring managers listen for whether you see problem-solving as part of the role itself, not a favour.