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The Lead Principal Systems Software Engineer joins the Product and Research team to define architecture for large-scale systems software, firmware integration, and fleet automation. This role involves building frameworks for validation, conformance, and rapid incident mitigation while influencing silicon, board, and firmware roadmaps to optimize reliability and performance at hyperscale. Key responsibilities include developing hardware provisioning solutions, leading multi-quarter initiatives from prototype to production hardening, and mentoring engineers on systems integration and operational excellence. The position requires expertise in coding standards, threat modeling, resource management, concurrency, and fault isolation. You will utilize modern technologies to debug complex issues, implement API versioning strategies, and manage software development lifecycles. The work focuses on solving high-impact hardware provisioning failures and ensuring seamless bring-up for server, storage, networking, and GPU subsystems.