Principal Software Engineer

Lime is a global leader in micromobility, aiming to create a future with shared, affordable, and carbon-free transportation. They are seeking an experienced Principal Systems Engineer to design and build core technology for their fleet of connected vehicles and mentor a talented team in a remote work environment.

Responsibilities:

• Identify, define, and solve strategically essential technical problems, including architecting and building highly scalable foundational platforms, leading new product initiatives, and revamping core application experiences
• Scrutinize and reason clearly about the technology and architecture choices we make. In many cases, you will be the decider of these decisions
• Lead the cross-functional collaboration with PMs, Engineers, Design, Data Scientists, Research, and Operations teams
• Mentor and support other engineers on the team. Identify and develop future leaders
• Advise Lime’s leadership team on key technology adoption and process improvements
• Define technical strategy and future technical directions Lime should take
• Participate in a shared on-call rotation to support production systems and services
• Respond to and troubleshoot production issues, outages, and critical alerts during assigned on-call shifts
• Escalate incidents as needed and collaborate with team members to restore service
• Document issues and contribute to improvements that reduce recurring incidents
• Be available to provide occasional after-hours, weekend, and holiday support while on call

Requirements:

• 10+ years of industry professional software/hardware development experience, and a track record of building impactful products or systems
• Customer obsessed. You put customers first
• Technically fearless; Breadth of knowledge. You can work anywhere in Lime's technology. From devices to backend data
• Data driven. You have a strong data insight and rely on data to make decisions
• Owner's mindset. You're a self-starter and get things across the finish line
• Outcomes oriented. You focus on impact
• Strong influencer. You motivate and empower your team to go above and beyond
• Strong collaborator. You understand cross-functional strategies and involve key stakeholders in decision making
• Passionate. You're passionate about Lime's mission and micromobility; you want to see cities transform to become people-centric and less polluted
• Ability to participate in a shared on-call rotation supporting production systems, including occasional after-hours, weekend, and holiday coverage, with responsibility for responding to critical alerts, coordinating escalations to restore service, and documenting issues to help prevent recurrence