Principal Engineer

About the Role

As a Principal Engineer at Aignostics, you will play a crucial role in shaping the technical direction and architectural integrity of our technical platform and products. You will work closely with our collaborators in academia and industry to advance the state of the art in digital pathology. Your expertise will be instrumental in driving technical excellence across all engineering teams, ensuring we deliver high-quality, scalable solutions that transform complex biomedical data into actionable insights for cancer research and diagnostics. You will report directly to our Sr. Vice President of Product & Engineering.

Key Responsibilities

• Own the technical direction and architectural integrity of our platform.
• Advise our CTO and Sr. Vice President of Engineering on the technical vision of Aignostics.
• Align our technical strategy with business objectives to provide a competitive advantage.
• Resolve technical conflicts across teams and harmonize technologies to unlock synergies.
• Advise product management on technical feasibility, cost, and risks of complex product features.
• Drive technical design, planning, and integration of our platform across systems.
• Provide technical guidance in system design reviews for all teams.
• Educate senior and mid-level engineers to bring them up to the next level.
• Demonstrate long-term thinking and utmost technical excellence in your individual contributions.
• Lead the technical strategic planning and execution across the TechOrg’s quarterly roadmap.
• Champion the drive for the highest standards across engineering teams.
• Drive yearly operational readiness reviews of our systems, collaborating with owning teams.
• Guide engineering teams in maintaining up-to-date, high-quality documentation and code.

What We Are Looking For

• Advanced degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.
• 10+ years of software development experience, with at least 5 years in senior technical leadership roles.
• Proven track record of driving technical excellence and innovation in organizations with 50+ engineers.
• Excellent communication skills, able to articulate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Strong background in large scale systems and software architecture, design patterns, and clean coding.
• Extensive experience in designing and implementing large-scale, distributed and event-driven systems.
• Extensive experience with data processing and machine learning at scale.
• Extensive expertise in multiple programming languages and frameworks.
• Deep understanding of cloud technologies (GCP, AWS), containerization and orchestration (Kubernetes).
• Familiarity with DevSecOps and MLOps practices, complex CI/CD pipelines, and infrastructure as code.

Ideally, You Also

• Contribute to open-source projects and technical publications.
• Have experience with frontend engineering and TypeScript.
• Worked in a regulated environment, e.g., financial services, aerospace, or healthcare.
• Have knowledge of digital pathology or medical imaging.
• Have experience with biomedical data processing and analysis.

Our Offer

• Join a purpose-driven startup: We are working collectively to fight cancer and improve patient outcomes.
• Cutting-edge AI research and development, with involvement of Charité, TU Berlin, and our other partners.
• Work with a welcoming, diverse, and highly international team of colleagues.
• Opportunity to take responsibility and grow your role within the startup.
• Expand your skills by benefitting from our Learning & Development budget of 1,000 € (plus 2 L&D days), language classes, and internal development programs.
• Mentoring program, you’ll learn from great experts.
• Flexible working hours and teleworking policy.
• Enjoy your well-deserved time off within our 28 paid vacation days per year.
• We are family & pet friendly and support flexible parental leave options.
• Pick a subsidized membership of your choice among public transport, sports, and well-being.
• Enjoy our social gatherings, lunches, and off-site events for a fun and inclusive work environment.

Join us to make a difference!