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title: 'Principal Software Engineer at Striim, Inc.'
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# Principal Software Engineer at Striim, Inc.

- **Company:** Striim, Inc.
- **Location:** Palo Alto California, United States
- **Posted:** 2026-09-04
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-07
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/striiminc/jobs/5231006007

## Job description

Striim, (pronounced “stream” with two i’s for integration and intelligence), is a unified data integration and streaming platform that connects clouds, data, and applications with unprecedented speed and simplicity to deliver the right data at the right time. Striim is used by enterprise companies to monitor events across any environment, build applications that drive digital transformation, and leverage true real-time analytics to provide a superior experience to their customers. At our company, we believe and expect all of our employees to operate as one with unlimited potential and dignity.

## Overview

We are looking for a Principal Software Engineer to help shape and build the next generation of real-time data and AI technologies. This is a hands-on IC role focused on designing and building innovative capabilities across real-time data streaming, distributed systems, and data infrastructure, while helping push the boundaries of what the platform can do.

The ideal candidate has deep expertise in database internals, query processing, distributed systems, or a related discipline, strong commercial product experience, and thrives in a small, fast-moving engineering environment. This role is highly technical and tactical, with opportunities to shape the product, mentor engineers, and leverage modern AI development tools to move quickly.

## Responsibilities

- Design and build high-impact product features across real-time data streaming, distributed systems, and data infrastructure.
- Take complex, loosely defined problems from concept to design, implementation, testing, and production.
- Influence technical direction, architecture, and engineering practices through hands-on contribution.
- Partner closely with Product, Engineering, and customer-facing teams to turn real-world problems into effective product solutions.
- Solve challenging product and customer issues, digging into the code and systems to identify root causes and durable solutions.
- Mentor engineers and raise the technical bar across the team.
- Leverage modern AI development tools to accelerate coding, testing, debugging, and delivery.

## Requirements

- 8+ years of software engineering experience building commercial data or infrastructure products.
- Deep expertise in database internals, query processing, distributed systems, or a related discipline.
- Strong software engineering fundamentals and a track record of taking ambiguous requirements through production.
- Experience working in small, high-performing engineering teams in a technical leadership capacity.
- Demonstrated ability to mentor engineers and influence technical decisions without formal management responsibility.
- Strong debugging, problem-solving, and systems-level thinking skills.
- Experience working across the software development lifecycle, from design through production support.
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, highly collaborative startup environment.
- Candidates must be able to work onsite at our office in PALO ALTO, CA on a Hybrid basis.

## Preferred Qualifications

- Experience with stream processing, Apache Kafka, and Kafka internals.
- Deep understanding of operating systems, concurrency, memory management, and performance tuning.
- Experience with real-time data streaming, CDC, data replication, or data integration.
- Experience building high-throughput, low-latency distributed systems.
- Expert use of AI-assisted development tools such as Claude, Gemini, Codex, or similar technologies to accelerate development and testing.

## Benefits

- Competitive salary and pre-IPO stock options
- Comprehensive health care plans (medical, dental and vision), including medical and dependent FSA
- Paid Time Off (Vacation, Sick & Public Holidays)
- The chance to contribute to and shape an upbeat, fully engaged culture

## Compensation

$200,000 - 280,000 USD on an annualized basis.

Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis and accepted until the position is filled.

Our company culture fosters entrepreneurship and nurtures our team members to grow with the company. Come join a Silicon Valley startup focused on delivering a product that’s loved by its customers and primed to be a core part of the cloud data stack.

We are an equal opportunity employer, and we value diversity at our company.It is in our best interest to continue to foster an environment of diversity, equity, and inclusion to bring the most value to our workforce, customers, and partners. All applicants are considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, or disability status.

For more information on Striim's Privacy Policy, click [here](https://www.striim.com/privacy-policy/#:~:text=Upon%20your%20request%2C%20we%20will,or%20for%20legitimate%20business%20purposes).

## About Striim, Inc.

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Striim provides a real-time data integration and streaming platform that enables enterprises to ingest, process, and deliver high-volume data from legacy systems to modern cloud applications with sub-second latency.
- **Entity Type**: Private (late-stage, backed by top-tier investors; offers pre-IPO stock options)
- **Headquarters**: Palo Alto, CA, US
- **Founded**: Year not publicly disclosed (launched by alumni of GoldenGate Software, acquired by Oracle in 2009)
- **Founders**: Steve Wilkes (Co-Founder & CTO) and Alok Pareek (Co-Founder & EVP Products)

## Core Business
- **Primary Industry**: Data Infrastructure – Real-time Data Integration, Streaming, Change Data Capture (CDC)
- **Target Customers**: B2B Enterprise (Fortune 500s across industries such as technology, healthcare, finance)
- **Mission**: “To help companies make data useful the instant it’s born.”

## Products & Services
- **[Striim Platform](https://www.striim.com/)**: A unified real-time data integration and streaming platform that combines CDC, streaming SQL, 100+ connectors, schema evolution, and pipeline monitoring. Supports cloud and on-premise deployment.
- **[Striim Cloud](https://www.striim.com/)**: Fully managed SaaS available on AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud, offering point-and-click data movement and transformation.
- **Self-Managed Deployment**: Available on-premise or in cloud marketplaces, providing full control over infrastructure.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation**: Not publicly disclosed
- **Key Metric**: Total funding amount not publicly disclosed; the company is funded by “some of the top investors in the world” (specific names not listed on provided sources)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Undisclosed (mentions top global investors)
- **Growth Signals**: 
  - Powering Fortune 500 companies across multiple industries
  - Recognized as a Great Place to Work® in 2018 (#36 Best Small Workplaces) and 2019 (#31 Best Workplaces in the Bay Area)
  - Pre-IPO stock options indicate growth-stage trajectory
  - Distributed-first workforce with remote positions globally

## Competitive Advantages
- **Advanced CDC**: Low-impact change data capture from enterprise databases without pausing operations
- **Streaming SQL**: Real-time transformations, joins with historical caches, and scaling to billions of events per minute
- **100+ Connectors**: Pre-built integrations for databases, cloud apps (Salesforce, HubSpot, ServiceNow), Kafka, BigQuery, Databricks, MongoDB, etc.
- **Schema Evolution**: Automatic handling of schema changes with configurable propagation
- **AI/ML Integration**: Built-in ML functions for real-time insights and vector generation

## Strategic Focus
- Enable enterprises to modernize data architectures without disrupting existing operations
- Deliver real-time data readiness for AI, machine learning, and digital transformation initiatives
- Expand cloud-native SaaS offerings and deepen partnerships with major cloud providers

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Emphasizes a “human-first, employee-second” environment; core values of Unlimited Potential, Dignity, and One Striim. Recognized as a Great Place to Work with 90% of employees saying it’s a great place to work (vs. 57% typical U.S. company).
- **Work Model**: Distributed-first and remote-friendly; asynchronous collaboration; roles listed across the US (remote) and India (Bengaluru, Chennai).
- **Compensation & Benefits**: Competitive salary, pre-IPO stock options, generous medical/dental/vision coverage, 401K, Medical and Dependent FSA.
- **Engineering & Team**: Work on cutting-edge streaming data, large-scale distributed systems, and high-throughput pipelines. Team includes experts from GoldenGate, Oracle, Informatica, and BEA.

## Sources
1. [Striim Company Page](https://www.striim.com/company/)
2. [Striim Homepage](https://www.striim.com/)
3. [Striim Careers Page](https://www.striim.com/careers/)
4. [Striim Job Board (Greenhouse)](http://job-boards.greenhouse.io/striiminc)
5. [Great Place to Work – Striim Profile](https://www.greatplacetowork.com/certified-company/7007939)

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