Principal Software Engineer
Passionate about designing and implementing high-impact software?
As a Principal Engineer, you’ll set the vision and strategy for our technology team, guiding the evolution of our architecture, systems, and development practices. This role is not just about writing code—it’s about shaping our future. You’ll drive high-level technical decisions, define best practices, and ensure our engineering efforts align with business goals. Your leadership will influence the scalability, security, and efficiency of our platform, and you’ll serve as a mentor to engineers across all levels. If you’re passionate about innovation, solving complex problems, and leading teams toward long-term success, we’d love to have you join us. Our team is proud of the culture it fosters; we focus on authenticity, collaboration, a healthy work-life balance, and an environment where your ideas and effort are valued.
What We Do
At Collabware, our primary goal is to free organizations from information chaos. We provide Intelligent information management solutions and services that focus on transparency, collaboration, and security. The Engineering Team is focused on our cloud solution – Collabspace. With a wide set of functionalities, massive amounts of unstructured data, and the highest cloud security posture in the industry, you’ll have the opportunity to expand your skillset and learn by doing. We take pride in the impact of our work and we’re certain you will too.
Our culture is grounded in five core values:
Think Big, Make It Happen, Embrace and Drive Change, Passion for Customer Success, and Grow Together.
The Responsibilities
Think Big: You'll establish the long-term technology roadmap, ensuring our architecture, tools, and frameworks support both immediate needs and future scalability.
Embrace and Drive Change: While you’ll work with a modern tech stack—including C# and .NET 8.0, Azure, Kafka, Elasticsearch, Kubernetes, and more—you’ll also challenge the status quo, exploring new technologies and driving continuous improvement.
Grow Together: Act as a mentor and coach for engineers of all levels, fostering a culture of learning, collaboration, and technical excellence. Through pair programming, knowledge sharing, and feedback, you’ll help the team thrive. Be the mentor you would like to have and help inspire others. Teaching is the greatest act of optimism.
Making It Happen: Collaborate with senior leadership, product teams, and stakeholders to align engineering initiatives with business objectives. Your expertise will be instrumental in making strategic technical decisions. You take pride in your work, collaborate effectively, and communicate with your peers efficiently (both written and verbal). Be the first to push forward and the last to give up.
Passion for Customer Success: Continuously improve our process and product to provide the best experience for our customers.
Role Expectations
Here’s a sample timeline for what your first year would look like:
First Month
Learn the product – we’ll enroll you in Collabware University and guide you through our features and business landscape.
Collaborate with leadership to align on key initiatives and long-term technology goals.
Start contributing to architectural discussions and strategic planning.
First Few Months
Lead a high-impact technical initiative, driving improvements in scalability, security, or performance.
Engage in R&D efforts, evaluating new technologies and their potential impact on our platform.
Work closely with engineers and product managers to refine processes and development strategies.
First Year
Establish yourself as a technical authority and strategic leader within the organization.
Drive the adoption of best practices and architectural improvements across the engineering team.
Mentor and guide engineers, fostering a culture of innovation, ownership, and continuous learning.
The Benefits
Unlimited Vacation – You must take at least 3 weeks’ off per year!
Health, Dental, and Vision benefits
Growth Opportunities – Early on, you’ll be put on our Engineering Growth Framework to plan your career
Stock Options
Yearly $1,000 Technology stipend for your personal use – like AirPods, GPUs, smartwatches – anything tech really!
Yearly $1,000 Career Development stipend for courses, conferences, books, and anything else that sharpens your skills!
Yearly $1,000 Extended Health stipend
Social Gatherings & Friday Lunches
The Hiring Process
If this posting sounds like a fit for you, apply today! Here is what you can expect:
We’re excited to dive into your resume – brownie points for sending a cover letter that explains why you’re interested in joining our team as well! This will help us get to know you better and learn about your experiences.
If we think you may be a fit, we will reach out and set up a brief 30-minute phone call with our Director of Engineering. Here, you’ll discuss the company, role, and how your experiences and expectations align with ours. To respect your time, we will strive to complete the hiring process and make our decision within 10 business days. We won’t leave you hanging!
Next, you will be invited to a 90-minute behavioral & technical interview with the Director of Engineering and a Senior Software Engineer. Here, we’ll dive a bit more into your experiences and run through a live coding exercise. This will also be a great opportunity to ask all your technical questions to the team!
As a Principal Engineer, you will be responsible for guiding our architectural decisions. To get a better sense of your planning, we will invite you to join our CEO/CTO, for a 60-minute system architecture interview.
The next step in the process is a Team Fit Interview, where you will get a chance to meet a diverse group of your potential future colleagues! We take a great deal of pride in the culture we are trying to foster, and we want to make sure you’ll fit right in. Bring all the questions you can think of about the team!
The final stage – a one-on-one meeting with our CEO/CTO. Here, you’ll chat about the role and the company vision. If you are in the Vancouver area, this meeting will typically be done over lunch.
