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The Lead Principal Software Engineer, Core Infrastructure joins the team to solve foundational distributed-systems, developer-platform, and reliability problems. This role involves leading the architecture of highly scalable, resilient distributed systems and mentoring engineering teams. You will build platforms that enable engineers to deploy and operate services at scale by driving performance optimization, data-plane innovation, and fault tolerance. Key responsibilities include establishing SLO-based standards for availability, designing security controls for multi-tenant environments, and overseeing enterprise-level IaC and automation strategies. You will utilize formal verification techniques such as TLA+ to develop replication and synchronization strategies. The work focuses on solving complex technical problems regarding hyperscale workloads, automated change-management, and operational readiness for cloud infrastructure, ensuring reliable patching, upgrades, and rollbacks across interdependent systems.