About the role
Appfire Flow helps engineering leaders turn data into faster outcomes with fewer blockers. As a Software Engineering Intelligence (SEI) platform, Flow connects data across the DevOps stack, including Git, Jira, and collaboration tools, to surface insights that show where delivery slows down and how to fix it. Our mission is to transform raw delivery data into clear, actionable insights that help teams ship faster, collaborate better, and stay aligned with business goals. Joining the Flow team means helping organizations increase visibility, capacity, and predictability by driving outcomes that matter.
The Principal Role
As a Principal Software Engineer, you are a trusted technical leader whose judgment shapes the direction of key product and platform initiatives. You will apply your expertise to guide decisions, influence architecture, and drive outcomes that matter.
Your scope impact includes:
- Strategy and Planning: Implementing strategic goals and establishing operational plans for your job area with short-to mid-term impact.
- Innovation: Developing and implementing new features, processes, or standards to achieve functional results.
- Problem Solving: Conducting extensive investigation to understand the root cause of numerous, undefined problems and unique issues across functions and/or businesses.
- Execution: Deliver large, complex project initiatives of strategic importance to the organization, involving large cross-functional teams.
- Leadership and Communication: You will frequently provide guidance, coaching, and training to other employees across the company within your area of expertise.
What You Will Do — Accelerate Product Impact
As someone who enjoys working on a wide range of challenges, you will contribute to accelerating the delivery, quality, and evolution of Appfire Flow through:
- Team Collaboration: As the architect responsible for technology at the product level, you will reach beyond the team scope and cooperate closely with Designers, Product Managers, Team Managers, Support and Sales.
- Engineering Excellence: Uphold our commitment to engineering excellence through collaborative practices, including pair programming, code reviews, and automated testing.
- Ownership and Improvement: Be the change you seek—if you see something that can be improved, suggest how and make it happen (alone or by engaging your colleagues).
- Purpose: Focus your efforts on high-impact assignments, knowing that your daily work translates into tangible value for our customers and accelerates product outcomes.
About Appfire
A people-first approach to business
Since its inception, Appfire has been a remote-first company. With 850+ employees (who we call fireflies) across 28 countries, we foster an environment where everyone is respected. We invest in team members by ensuring they grow professionally and personally.
Making an impact
At Appfire, corporate social responsibility is driven by team members, family, friends, customers, and partners through Appfire Town.
Pledge 1% is part of our evolution.
Our business
Appfire mission to equip and connect every team so they can plan and deliver their best work. We are committed to building a durable, multi-generational business, and to evolving, innovating, and scaling in a way that ensures stability and opportunity for years to come
What’s our secret sauce?
- We follow teams. We do our research and build software that solves real-life collaboration challenges while being easy to implement and a joy to use. We’re proud to support over 20,000 customers and growing, including 55% of the Fortune 500. From the entertainment delivered by Netflix to the devices crafted by Samsung, and Dell Technologies and the financial transactions handled by Visa, Edward Jones, and US Bank, Appfire’s technology is indispensable. Our products also play a pivotal role in streamlining operations and fostering innovation at companies like Tesla and significant institutions such as NASA, Boeing, and many more.
- We enhance. Our software is designed to give developers, knowledge workers, and teams the ability to extend and get greater value from the platforms they’ve invested in and enjoy. So far, our solutions extend and enhance the capabilities offered by Atlassian, Microsoft, monday.com, and Salesforce.
- We build bridges and invest in our partners. Appfire's success is underscored by its channel program as its primary path to market. Today, Appfire has a dedicated Channel team supporting 800+ channel partners.
- We make security and privacy a priority, but we also keep it simple for our customers. We’ve achieved International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 27001 and ISO 27017 and System and Organization Controls (SOC) SOC 2, Type I and SOC 2, Type II certifications. Our award-winning Appfire Trust Center, offers our customers, partners, and prospects the latest security, privacy, and compliance information, including pre-completed questionnaires (CAIQ, SIG, and VSA) with an accelerated NDA process and just one EULA to cover it all.
Market recognition
Appfire has been consistently recognized for company growth, culture, corporate social responsibility, and product excellence and has been included among the Deloitte Technology Fast 500, Inc. Best Workplaces, BuiltIn Best Places to Work, and Inc. 5000. Learn more about our accomplishments, which would not be possible without our team members, partners, and customers: https://appfire.com/awards.
Choose to work where you thrive:
Whether from home, in one of our offices, or while exploring the world, you decide where you’re most productive. From hardware and software to access to two decades of collective wisdom on working effectively in a remote-first company, we’ve got you covered.
Choose to balance your life without compromise:
Plan your workday around your needs and what matters most to you. Enjoy flexible time off without the hassle of complicated approvals. From day one, we trust you to deliver quality work without sacrificing your personal life, hobbies, loved ones, and well-being.
Choose to grow on your terms:
Take charge of your professional growth with access to online learning platforms, facilitated training, leadership programs, and internal hackathons. Collaborate with a global team to gain fresh perspectives. When you're ready for a new challenge, our internal mobility program is here to support your journey.
We offer:
Financial benefits
- Every Appfire employee is eligible for company equity.
Skills development benefits
- Access to the Appfire University learning platform, a hub of knowledge, interactive resources, and engaging instructor-led courses designed to fuel your learning journey with unparalleled depth and accessibility.
Health Insurance
Volunteering
- 3 fully paid days each year to participate in Appfire Town, Appfire’s Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Program.
Other
- Ability to work remotely
- Flexible work schedule
- Growth opportunity in a dynamic company
- Work in a highly motivated team
- 25 days paid vacation, team buildings and celebrations, sports card and more
- Transport Card
- Multisport Card
- Food vouchers
Come join us at our new office building! GORA is a new office building located in the heart of the city, within a walking distance from Paradise Mall and Vitosha Metro station. LEED certified GORA offers sustainable and comfortable spaces for the business development of its tenants
Skills and experience you'll need to succeed:
The ideal candidate will have mastery-level knowledge typically obtained through education combined with experience.
- Experience: Proven record (10+ years) of delivery of multiple complex software development projects or products.
- Full-Stack Expertise: Hands-on experience with front-end and back-end web technologies. Consider any of: Python, Java, React. You do not have to be a master in each, but you should be comfortable learning and working with any of them.
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Architectural Depth:
- Strong architectural understanding of modern Cloud architectures, and practical experience implementing them in either AWS, GCP, or Azure.
- Deep architectural understanding of web applications, including performance, quality, and security aspects.
- Database Knowledge: Strong foundational understanding of SQL and relational database concepts; familiarity with NoSQL is a plus.
- Technical Acumen: Ability to decompose complex problems into well-described, realistic-to-estimate tasks.
- Mentorship: Desire and ability to mentor other team members, transferring your expertise across the organization.
- Language: Working English proficiency.
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