Principal Python Engineer (Remote)

**The Challenge** Teramind protects 10,000\+ organizations from insider threats by analyzing billions of behavioral events daily. We're scaling to 100,000 customers, and our data platform needs to scale with us—without falling over at 3AM or burning through our cloud budget. This isn't a Python job. It's a "make massive amounts of data queryable in under 2 seconds" job. Python happens to be what we use today. **What You'll Own*** Architecture that handles 10x growth without 10x complexity * Making 5 engineers as effective as 15 through better tools and patterns * Building systems that self\-heal so you can actually sleep * Turning "we need better analytics" into actual solutions * Choosing our next database, framework, or approach—and teaching us why **Could you solve these example issues?*** Customer dashboard queries hit 45\-second timeouts on Monday mornings * A "quick fix" data migration has been running for 3 weeks * Third\-party API changes broke 40% of integrations * Compliance wants 7\-year retention. How do companies comply without storage fees going through the roof? **What We Care About** ✓ You ship. Perfection is the enemy of progress. ✓ You simplify. Your solutions make complex problems feel obvious. ✓ You teach. Your code reviews educate instead of criticize. ✓ You learn. New database? You figure it out. ✓ You own. If it's broken, you fix it. **Technical Environment Stack:** Python, FastAPI, PostgreSQL, ClickHouse, Redis, Docker, Cloud infrastructure**Culture:** We value developer productivity and fast iteration cycles**Team:** Global, distributed, knows how to do remote right The range listed is determined based on experience and overall organizational fit. All engineering positions at Teramind are included in the **Engineering Team bonus plan**, an additional performance\-based incentive of **up to 30%** of a team member's annualized salary, paid out quarterly.**About Us** At Teramind, we're pioneering a predictive, AI\-driven approach to safeguarding organizations' people, data, and operations. As a global leader in user behavior analytics, insider risk management, and workforce intelligence, we empower businesses to transform data into a strategic asset \- delivering clear visibility, control, and proactive protection across digital environments. **Benefits** This is a remote job. Work from anywhere! We’ve been thriving as a fully\-remote team since 2014\. To us, remote work means flexibility and having truly diverse, global teams. **Additionally:*** Competitive salary * Flexible paid time off * Laptop reimbursement * Ongoing training, development, and career growth opportunities * We use an open stack of technologies, so you have the chance to learn and evolve * High complexity of problems to solve, with active feature development \- not just bugs \& refactoring * Collaboration with a forward\-thinking team where new ideas come to life, experience is valued, and talent is incubated. You can make an impact quickly. **About our recruitment process** We don’t expect a perfect fit for every requirement we’ve outlined. If you can see yourself contributing to the team, we want to hear your story. You can expect up to 3 interviews, including a live coding component. In some scenarios, we’re able to streamline the process to have minimal rounds. Director\-level roles and above should expect a more thorough process, with multiple rounds of interviews. **All roles require reference and background checks** *Teramind is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, age, religion, color, marital status, national origin, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, disability, or veteran status.*