As a Principal Python Engineer, you will architect backend systems, manage data flows, collaborate on solutions, and mentor engineering teams.
About Teramind
Teramind is the leading platform for user behavior analytics, serving multiple use cases from insider risk mitigation to business process optimization. With our comprehensive suite of solutions, organizations gain unprecedented visibility into user activities while enhancing security, optimizing productivity, and ensuring compliance. Trusted by Fortune 500 companies and businesses of all sizes across industries, our innovative platform helps organizations protect sensitive data, maximize workforce performance, and create safer, more efficient digital workplaces. Through real-time monitoring and advanced analytics, we enable businesses to safeguard their most sensitive information while optimizing employee productivity in both in-office and remote work environments.
Our Core Values
At Teramind, our values drive everything we do. We embrace innovation as a fundamental principle, constantly pushing boundaries to improve our products, streamline processes, and enhance customer experiences. We foster resourcefulness by empowering our team members with the autonomy and confidence to solve problems independently while providing collaborative support when needed. As a globally inclusive organization, we celebrate diversity and create an adaptable work culture where respect and collaboration thrive across our international teams. Above all, we are committed to excellence, delivering the highest quality in every aspect of our work and consistently exceeding expectations in service to our clients and each other.
About the Role
We’re looking for a hands-on Principal Engineer who can lead the design and development of complex data-driven systems. You’ll start as a key individual contributor, owning critical backend and data infrastructure. As we grow, you’ll mentor others, lead projects, and help shape a high-performing engineering team.
This role is ideal for someone who:
• Thrives on solving open-ended technical problems
• Wants real ownership of architecture and outcomes
• Knows how to build systems that scale, last, and evolve
• Prefers Python but cares more about the right solution than the tool
You'll help us ingest and analyze billions of user behavior records in real-time to detect insider threats — with sub-second latency and high reliability.
What You’ll Do
• Architect and build core backend systems
• Own end-to-end data flows: ingestion, transformation, storage, querying
• Collaborate with product and data teams to shape solutions
• Optimize for performance, scale, and developer experience
• Write maintainable code with strong interfaces and testing
• Set and promote high technical standardsMentor engineers and evolve into a team leadership role
Our Stack Includes:
• Python, FastAPIPostgreSQL, ClickHouseDocker, Linux, cloud-native tools
• Experience with these is helpful but not required — we value problem-solving and architectural thinking over buzzword familiarity.
What We’re Looking For
We care more about your ability to solve problems than exact years of experience or tool-by-tool match.
Must-Have:
• Proven experience building backend systems from scratch
• Strong Python or adjacent language skills
• Deep experience with relational databases and performance tuning
• Experience with production data workflows
• Clear, async-friendly communication in a remote setting
Nice-to-Have:
• ClickHouse or other columnar DB experience
• Docker, Linux, CI/CDML/analytics/data pipeline familiarity
Benefits
This is a remote job. Work from anywhere! We’ve been thriving as a fully-remote team since 2014. To us, remote work means flexibility and having truly diverse, global teams.
Additionally:
• Collaboration with a forward-thinking team where new ideas come to life, experience is valued, and talent is incubated.
• Competitive salary
• Career growth opportunities
• Flexible paid time off
• Laptop reimbursement
• Ongoing training and development opportunities
About our recruitment process
We don’t expect a perfect fit for every requirement we’ve outlined. If you can see yourself contributing to the team, we want to hear your story. You can expect up to 3 interviews. In some scenarios, we’re able to streamline the process to have minimal rounds. Director-level roles and above should expect a more thorough process, with multiple rounds of interviews.
All roles require reference and background checks
Teramind is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, age, religion, color, marital status, national origin, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, disability, or veteran status.
Top Skills
Clickhouse
Docker
Fastapi
Linux
Postgres
Python
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