Principal Engineer — Software Supply Chain Trust
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At a glance
- Employment type
- Full-time
- Location
- Ireland · Remote within Ireland
- Workplace
- Remote
- Salary
- €170k/year (EUR)
- Category
- Full-stack
What you'll be doing
Join as a Principal Engineer to build systems for software supply chain trust, focusing on security intelligence pipelines and policy engines. Influence technical strategy and foundational architecture in a role that intersects distributed systems, platform engineering, security, and data infrastructure.
Key requirements
Experience: NotSpecified
Role signals
- Technical focus
- Full-stack
- Architecture / system design
- Indicated in the listing
- Hands-on vs management
- Mixed
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Full job description
Every day, millions of packages, containers, dependencies, and binaries move through software delivery pipelines. Most organisations have limited visibility into where they came from, whether they're secure, or whether they should be allowed into production.
You'll help build the systems that answer those questions.
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Think large-scale security intelligence pipelines ingesting and correlating vulnerability, provenance, and trust data from across the software ecosystem.
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Think policy engines capable of making real-time decisions on millions of software artifacts.
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Think designing the architecture behind software trust, compliance, and governance for engineering organisations operating at enterprise scale.
This is a role for engineers who enjoy operating at the intersection of distributed systems, platform engineering, security, and data infrastructure. You'll influence technical strategy across the organisation, shape foundational architecture, and work on problems where there isn't an accepted playbook yet.
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The technology is interesting.
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The scale is real.
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But the opportunity is bigger than either.
The software industry is moving toward a future where every artifact, package, container, AI-generated component, and dependency needs to be verified, governed, and trusted before it reaches production.
You'll help build the infrastructure that makes that possible. If you're a Principal Engineer who wants to work on a problem that will matter even more five years from now than it does today, let's talk.
Build the infrastructure that decides what software the world can trust.
Interview prep pack
Grounded in this listing. Use it to prepare examples before you apply.
Your interview focus
Based on this listing, the Principal Engineer — Software Supply Chain Trust role focuses on designing and building large-scale security intelligence and policy systems to ensure the trust, provenance, and compliance of software artifacts in enterprise environments.
- Distributed systems architecture·High
- Security and trust in software supply chains·High
- Real-time policy and compliance engines·High
- Data infrastructure for large-scale pipelines·High
Only have 30 minutes?
Follow a focused preparation plan based on this job.
Start 30-minute prep
Your 30-minute plan
Review Distributed Systems and Security Pipelines
0–8 minRevisit your most relevant projects involving distributed data pipelines and security intelligence systems.
Prepare Policy Engine and Compliance Examples
8–15 minSelect and outline specific examples where you designed or improved policy engines for real-time decision-making.
Refresh Knowledge on Artifact Provenance and Trust
15–21 minStudy current best practices and tools for software artifact verification, provenance, and governance.
Reflect on Enterprise-Scale Challenges
21–26 minIdentify and be ready to discuss major challenges and solutions from your experience in large-scale environments.
Draft Role-Specific Questions
26–30 minPrepare thoughtful questions to ask the interviewers about technical challenges, team dynamics, and strategic direction.
Talking points
, 5 itemsDesigning Distributed Security Pipelines
Be ready to discuss your experience architecting systems that ingest and correlate data at scale, as the role centers on building security intelligence pipelines.
Implementing Policy Engines
Prepare examples of designing or scaling policy engines that make real-time decisions, since the listing highlights this as a core responsibility.
Software Artifact Provenance and Trust
Demonstrate your understanding of tracking, verifying, and governing software artifacts, as the role is about ensuring trust and compliance.
Enterprise-Scale Infrastructure Challenges
Showcase how you have addressed challenges unique to enterprise-scale systems, such as reliability, scalability, and governance.
Influencing Technical Strategy
Share examples of shaping foundational architecture or technical direction, as the role involves influencing strategy across the organization.
What to research
, 4 itemsDistributed Security Intelligence Pipelines
Review your experience with designing and scaling distributed data pipelines, especially those focused on security or compliance.
Policy Engine Design
Prepare to discuss how you have built or integrated policy engines for real-time decision-making in software delivery.
Software Artifact Provenance and Trust
Refresh your knowledge of best practices and tools for tracking, verifying, and governing software artifacts and dependencies.
Enterprise-Scale Infrastructure
Think through examples where you addressed scalability, reliability, or compliance challenges in large organizations.
Questions to ask
, 6 itemsWhat are the biggest technical challenges the team is currently facing in building software supply chain trust infrastructure?
Why ask this? To understand the immediate priorities and where your expertise can have the most impact.
How does the organization approach policy management and updates for real-time decision engines?
Why ask this? To learn about the processes and flexibility in policy enforcement.
What is the scale of data and artifact flow the systems are expected to handle?
Why ask this? To gauge the technical scale and performance requirements.
How does the team collaborate with other engineering or security teams across the organization?
Why ask this? To assess cross-team collaboration and influence.
What opportunities exist for shaping the long-term technical strategy of the platform?
Why ask this? To understand your potential for strategic impact.
How does the company stay ahead of emerging threats and trends in software supply chain security?
Why ask this? To evaluate the organization's commitment to innovation and learning.
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