YOUR MISSION:
Join us in reimagining customer experience with Agentic AI. As a Principal Software Engineer (f/m/d), you will play a critical role in shaping Parloa’s engineering strategy and architecture while staying close to the code. This role is about building resilient, enterprise-grade systems that can scale globally and helping us set the benchmark for engineering excellence in Europe and beyond.
IN THIS ROLE YOU WILL:
- Deliver business value by writing code every day.
- Define and drive technical strategy across multiple domains and org-wide initiatives.
- Lead cross-team architecture and ensure solutions scale globally for enterprise adoption.
- Balance short-term velocity with long-term resilience, making smart trade-offs on complexity, cost, and scalability.
- Remain hands-on - whether writing foundational code, leading design reviews, or refactoring key systems.
- Act as a force multiplier by mentoring Staff Engineers and influencing the careers of future Principal-level talent.
- Serve as a trusted advisor to leadership, ensuring engineering capacity matches market and customer demands.
- Set cultural standards for fearless iteration, bias for action, and pragmatic perfectionism—design for tomorrow, build for today.
OUR TECH STACK:
TypeScript, Node.js, React, Python, FastAPI, Kubernetes, MongoDB, Azure, Kafka, NATS
WHO YOU ARE:
- A seasoned technical leader (typically 12–15+ years) with a track record of org-level or industry-level impact.
- Deeply experienced in enterprise-scale systems and multi-team architecture leadership.
- Equally comfortable flying high (strategic vision) and diving deep (technical details).
- Thrives in ambiguous, high-stakes environments with a strong sense of urgency.
- Embodies Parloa’s ambition: to build Europe’s leading engineering culture and a world-class AI platform.
- Motivated by making the impossible possible and building something iconic.
- Coding every day
WHAT'S IN IT FOR YOU?
- Join a diverse team of 40+ nationalities with flat hierarchies and a collaborative company culture.
- Opportunity to build and scale your career at the intersection of customer-facing roles and engineering in a dynamic startup on its journey to become an international leader in SaaS platforms for Conversational AI.
- Deutschland ticket, Urban Sports Club, Job Rad, Nilo Health, weekly sponsored office lunches
- Competitive compensation and equity package.
- Flexible working hours, 28 vacation days and workation opportunities.
- Access to a training and development budget for continuous professional growth.
- Regular team events, game nights, and other social activities.
- Hybrid work environment. However, we love to build real connections and want to welcome everyone in our beautiful Berlin office on certain days.
OUR VALUES:
At Parloa, we hire, promote, and evaluate based on cultural and technical excellence. You’ll thrive here if you:
- Earn Trust – act with transparency and reliability.
- Obsess Over Customers – always start with the customer problem.
- Think Big – set bold goals and pursue them fearlessly.
- Have Integrity – do the right thing, especially when it’s hard.
- Disagree & Commit – debate with candor, align fast, and deliver.
- Own It – take full responsibility for outcomes, not just tasks.
- Dive Deep – master the details without losing sight of the big picture.
- Bias for Action – move fast, decide quickly, iterate fearlessly.
- Deliver Value – measure success by customer and business impact.
- Insist on the Highest Standards – raise the bar continuously.
- Go the Extra Mile – make the impossible possible.
- Hire & Elevate the Best – raise the bar with every hire
Your recruiting process at Parloa:
Recruiter Call → Technical Peer Interview → Live coding → System Design → Technical Leadership interview → Bar Raiser
