# Principal Software Engineer at Striim

- Company: Striim
- What the company does: Striim is the only supplier of unified, real-time data streaming and integration for enterprise analytics and operations. Backed by Atlantic Bridge.
- Company website: https://striim.com
- Type: Startups
- Level: Principal and up
- Location: Palo Alto, California, United States
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $200K to $280K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-09-04
- Apply by: 2026-10-19
- Apply: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/striiminc/jobs/5231006007
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/striim-principal-software-engineer/

## About the role

We are looking for a Principal Software Engineer to help shape and build the next generation of real-time data and AI technologies. This is a hands-on IC role focused on designing and building innovative capabilities across real-time data streaming, distributed systems, and data infrastructure, while helping push the boundaries of what the platform can do.

## What they're looking for

- 8+ years of software engineering experience building commercial data or infrastructure products
- Deep expertise in database internals, query processing, distributed systems, or a related discipline
- Strong software engineering fundamentals and a track record of taking ambiguous requirements through production
- Experience working in small, high-performing engineering teams in a technical leadership capacity
- Demonstrated ability to mentor engineers and influence technical decisions without formal management responsibility
- Strong debugging, problem-solving, and systems-level thinking skills

Tags: Engineering