About Nimble
We solve our client's most difficult business challenges through technology. Our company partners with the most ambitious companies around the world creating long-term impact with the work we do. If you want to grow together, work on challenging products and enjoy using the best tools and practices, Nimble is the right place for you!
Our Core Values
- Ownership mentality: reat our company and our clients’ business as ours taking care of the collective interests. This, in the end, translates to personal interests achievement through our company
- Dependable & Resilient: We go to great lengths for our clients, they can rely on us to deliver and all our team members are reliable and trustworthy and we don’t give up when we face challenges.
- Obsession for Excellence: Our delivery quality has no parallel.
- Courage: We must have the courage to speak up, raise our concerns in a timely manner and be able to confront the status quo with ideas by being constructive and without holding on to hard feelings.
The Opportunity We are seeking an exceptional
Principal Software Engineer to join our team and elevate our engineering capabilities to the next level. This role is for a visionary technical leader with deep expertise in web development, system architecture, and team mentorship. You will play a pivotal role in shaping the technical direction of our projects, driving innovation, and mentoring engineers across squads to deliver world-class solutions.
What You Will Do
- Lead technical strategy and execution:
- Architect and deliver highly scalable, performant, and maintainable systems that align with business goals and client needs.
- Take ownership of the technical roadmap for complex, cross-functional projects, ensuring alignment with company objectives.
- Hands-on coding and code reviews to uphold the highest standards of quality and guide the team by example.
- Drive engineering excellence:
- Collaborate with Engineering Leads, Product Managers, and the Head of Engineering to define and implement best-in-class processes, tools, and frameworks.
- Spearhead technology evaluations and adoption, balancing innovation with practicality.
- Identify and resolve systemic technical challenges, improving scalability, security, and performance across projects.
- Mentor and empower teams:
- Provide technical leadership and mentorship to engineers at all levels, fostering a culture of continuous learning and growth.
- Act as a role model for best practices in software development, DevOps, and system design.
- Provide insights to and collaborate closely with the Head of Engineering to:
- Lead technology comparison and engineering process improvements
- Coordinate activities between all engineering areas.
Requirements
- 10+ years or more of professional web development experience. Experience in Ruby, JavaScript (Node.JS) or Go is preferred.
- Prior experience as a Tech Lead, Engineering Lead or Staff Engineer.
- At least 1 year of DevOps experience with tools such as: Terraform, Redis, AWS, Docker and Kubernetes.
- Hands-on software development experience. We are looking for engineering leaders who are still involved in development actively and want to continue doing so.
- Enjoy working on challenging solutions and systems.
- Believe that building great applications is not only about delivering code that “works”, but involves thinking about reusability, maintainability, security, and performance.
- A "Can do attitude" and a product mindset.
- Confidence in communicating in English.
Why You'll Love Working Here
- You will be proud of any product that has our name on it.
- We are an engineering-focused company. Both co-founders are software engineers and led the tech teams at the most prominent e-commerce powerhouses in South East Asia.
- We really pay attention and care about processes, high quality, and aesthetics.
- Strong processes. We not only believe but also really work following agile principles. Developers work on well-sized and well-defined user stories, do estimate using points and work iteratively in short sprints (1-2 weeks).
- Regular one-on-one reviews to constantly improve and grow. We have a clearly defined process for our developers to level up continuously not only their technical skills but also soft skills.
- The vast amount of learning resources (Pluralsight, Pragpub, Leanpub, (e-)books, etc.) and yearly education allowance to step up your game.
- Provident Fund which allows you to save money every month and we match your monthly contributions (see more detailed info).
- Private medical insurance (Allianz) from day one, company care fund, and social welfare coverage.
- Great equipment consisting of a MacBook Pro, large screens, and any accessory to let you work comfortably.
- Casual work attire for everyone.
- Comfortable and modern office space environment in the heart of Bangkok next to BTS Asoke and MRT Sukhumvit (Interchange 21).
- Our office kitchen is fully stocked with drinks and snacks for the team.
- Visa and work permit for foreigners. If you live abroad, we provide a relocation assistance package consisting of a plane ticket allowance and up to 2 weeks of initial accommodation.
- 25 days of paid leaves/year (13 public holidays + 12 personal days).
- Sabbatical month every 3 years.
- Company outing every year.
- And many more perks!
If you are a passionate Web Technical Lead looking to make a significant impact in a growing software development company, we would love to hear from you.
Join us in shaping the future with elevating web innovation!
We keep our recruitment process practical and straightforward.
To learn more about how we work, check our handbook named Compass, Github organization, and Medium account.
Want to see what we have built? Check our Dribbble and Behance accounts.
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Nimble is an equal opportunity employer.
