**Who We Are** At Bluehost, we believe all small businesses deserve the opportunity to succeed online. Our mission is to give small businesses the confidence to think big. We're the all\-in\-one platform for small businesses to grow online with powerful simplicity, premium performance, smart tools and human support. **Why we're hiring for this role** 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. **What You'll Do \& How You'll Make Your Mark** * 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: where AI is used across the lifecycle and where it isn't, how generated code is reviewed, how provenance and licensing are handled, and what customer data may enter a prompt — and measure whether the standard is actually holding * Lead root\-cause analysis on the most complex, highest\-impact production issues, and turn 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 **Who You Are \& What You'll Need To Succeed** * 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 * AI\-augmented delivery: you use AI across the delivery lifecycle, not just code generation, and can say which models suit which problems and where you don't use them. You have set the org\-wide standard for how AI\-generated code is reviewed, how provenance and licensing are handled, and what customer data enters a prompt — and you can show how you measured adoption and outcomes against it, including what a security or compliance review will ask for. * 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 **Why You'll Love Us** * Work\-life balance. Meaningful work, balanced by a culture that respects your time. * A culture of belonging. We celebrate what makes each of us different, with 20\+ affinity groups connecting employees globally. * We care about you. We offer a Meal Voucher or Food Voucher worth R$44\.55 per working day. Comprehensive health and dental insurance, with no employee co\-pay. * Well\-being program including Gympass, online meditation, and telemedicine. * Do you have a dog, cat, rabbit, hamster, goat, turtle, or even a mini dragon? We offer access to a pet health insurance partnership. * Educational platform: pursue undergraduate and graduate degrees, language courses, and much more through 100\+ educational institutions at highly affordable rates. * Life insurance coverage. * Free website hosting. * Where can we take you? Mentorship, new challenges, and real career growth. Unfold new possibilities \#OTOD! \#Bluehost