[Hiring] Principal Engineer @Newfold Digital

Role Description

We're looking for a Principal Engineer to bring deep technical leadership to our Hosting platform at a pivotal moment for the business. This is a high-impact senior individual contributor role for someone who's run large-scale hosting infrastructure end-to-end (Python, Linux, MySQL at scale, Perl, cPanel) and wants to shape architecture, reliability, and SRE practice as Bluehost modernizes and grows.

• Set technical direction and architecture standards for backend and infrastructure systems across the Hosting org.
• Design and evolve large-scale Python backend services running on Linux, backed by MySQL at production scale.
• Bring deep, hands-on expertise on Perl-based and cPanel-integrated systems, guiding their modernization without disrupting live customer sites or live provisioning automations.
• Drive site reliability engineering practice across Hosting, partnering closely with DevOps and SRE functions on incident response and system hardening.
• Own the org-wide standard for AI-augmented delivery, including how AI is used across the lifecycle, code review processes, and customer data handling.
• Lead root-cause analysis on the most complex, highest-impact production issues, turning findings into durable architectural fixes.
• Mentor senior and staff-level engineers, raising the technical bar and influencing how the broader org builds and operates.
• Partner with engineering leadership to shape multi-quarter technical roadmaps that support Bluehost's growth trajectory.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of backend/infrastructure engineering experience, including deep, hands-on hosting-platform expertise.
• Expert-level Python and Linux systems knowledge at real production scale.
• Strong MySQL expertise, including performance tuning, schema design, and large-scale troubleshooting.
• Deep hands-on experience in Perl and cPanel environments, with a track record of modernizing legacy systems without breaking them.
• Preferred: strong background in Site Reliability Engineering and infrastructure practice, applying architectural patterns for systemic resilience, fault isolation, and operational governance.
• Experience with AI-augmented delivery across the delivery lifecycle, including setting standards for AI-generated code review and compliance.
• Proven technical leadership: setting direction, mentoring engineers, and influencing decisions across multiple teams.
• Excellent judgment operating in complex, high-scale, customer-facing SaaS environments under real business pressure.

Benefits

• Work-life balance.
• Meaningful work, balanced by a culture that respects your time.
• A culture of belonging with 20+ affinity groups connecting employees globally.
• Excellent Health, HSA, Dental, Vision, Matching 401K, Life/AD&D/STD/LTD, Tuition Reimbursement, Pet Insurance, and generous PTO.
• Opportunities for mentorship, new challenges, and real career growth.