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The Lead Principal Software Engineer, Core Infrastructure joins a team focused on solving foundational distributed-systems, developer-platform, and reliability problems. This individual contributor role involves leading the architecture of highly scalable, resilient distributed systems and mentoring engineering teams. Key responsibilities include driving performance optimization, data-plane innovation, and fault tolerance while establishing SLO-based standards for availability and durability. The engineer will architect security controls, IaC, and automated change-management solutions for safe cloud operations. Technical requirements include applying formal verification techniques such as TLA+ and developing advanced replication and synchronization strategies. The role addresses the technical challenge of building trustworthy platforms that enable engineers to deploy and operate services at unprecedented scale, ensuring operational readiness through automated patching, upgrades, and complex incident resolution.