Deep experience building and evolving large-scale distributed systems, particularly in CI/CD, build infrastructure, release engineering, or foundational backend platforms
Strong architectural instincts with a bias toward simplicity, clarity, and long-term platform leverage — and a healthy skepticism toward complexity that isn't earned
Experience operating at hyperscaler or platform-provider scale
A track record of owning and delivering complex, cross-team technical initiatives with org-wide or company-level impact
A hands-on mindset. You lead by building, debugging, reviewing, and shipping — not by staying removed from the systems you influence
The ability to move into unfamiliar technical territory quickly, form strong opinions grounded in first principles, and help teams make better long-term decisions
Why This Role Matters
HubSpot's engineering productivity depends on a delivery platform that is not only reliable, but fast, intelligent, and built for the scale we're operating at today — and the scale we're building toward. The Principal Software Engineer in Developer Acceleration will help determine how that platform evolves, how AI changes what's possible in software delivery, and how thousands of engineers across HubSpot ship better software, faster
Pay & Benefits
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