Posted 2 months ago
Principal Engineer
@ Newfold Digital, Inc.
Nova Scotia
Overview
Newfold Digital is hiring a Principal Engineer for its Bluehost Hosting platform to set technical direction, architecture and SRE practice for large-scale Python, Linux, MySQL and Perl/cPanel systems. The role is a senior individual contributor position requiring 10+ years of backend and infrastructure experience and mentoring of senior and staff engineers. Benefits include health, dental, vision, a matching 401K and tuition reimbursement.
Responsibilities:
- Set architecture standards for backend and infrastructure systems
- Design and evolve large-scale Python services on Linux with MySQL
- Guide modernization of Perl and cPanel systems without disruption
- Drive site reliability engineering practice and incident response
- Lead root-cause analysis and mentor senior engineers
Requirements summary:
- 10+ years of backend and infrastructure engineering experience
- Expert Python and Linux systems knowledge at production scale
- Strong MySQL performance tuning and schema design expertise
- Deep hands-on Perl and cPanel experience
- Preferred background in Site Reliability Engineering
- Proven technical leadership across multiple teams
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- Employer posting date
- 2026-09-10
- First seen by our source
- 2026-10-10
- Source record updated
- 2026-10-14
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Job details
| Seniority | Senior |
| Department | Software development |
| Experience | 10+ years |
| Work setting | Office, Home |
| Position | Mostly sitting |
| Physical demands | physical low · computer high |
| Languages | English |
| Perks mentioned | Generous paid time off, Retirement plan, Tuition support |
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Newfold Digital, Inc.
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Full company description
Newfold Digital is a leading web technology company serving nearly seven million customers globally. Established in 2021 through the combination of leading web services providers Endurance Web Presence and Web.com Group, our portfolio of brands includes: Bluehost, CrazyDomains, HostGator, Network Solutions, Register.com, Web.com, Yoast and many others. We help customers of all sizes build a digital presence that delivers results. With our extensive product offerings and personalized support, we take pride in collaborating with our customers to serve their online presence needs. #TeamNewfold
- LinkedIn followers
- 166,281
- People associated on LinkedIn
- 3,979
- Reported office locations
- 5335 Gate Pkwy, Jacksonville, Florida 32256, US
- Burlington, MA, US
- Singapore, SG
- Mumbai, IN
- Toronto, CA
- Austin, TX, US
- Tempe, AZ, US
- Tenerife, ES
- Hong Kong, CN
- Melbourne, AU
- Sydney, AU
- New Plymouth, NZ
- Cebu, PH
- Kyiv, UA
- Boise, ID, US
- Buenos Aires, AR
- Business categories
- Information Technology
- Web Design
- Web Hosting
- Web Development
- SEO
- Domain Registrar
- Other recorded names
- Newfold Digital
- Dreamscape Networks
- HostGator
- Specialties
- websites
- domains
- hosting
- online marketing
- SEO
- website builder
- and WordPress
- Profile identifies a recruitment agency
- No
- Reported total investment
- 100,000,000
Currency and observation date were not supplied; this is not a current valuation or a funding round.
Newfold Digital is a leading web technology company serving nearly seven million customers globally. Established in 2021 through the combination of leading web services providers Endurance Web Presence and Web.com Group, our portfolio of brands includes: Bluehost, CrazyDomains, HostGator, Network Solutions, Register.com, Web.com, Yoast and many others. We help customers of all sizes build a digital presence that…
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Industry | Software Development |
| Company size | 1,001-5,000 employees |
| Headquarters | Jacksonville, Florida |
| Organization type | Privately Held |
| Specialties | websitesdomainshostingonline marketingSEOwebsite builderand WordPress |
| Open jobs on Jobsy | 4 |
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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. Excellent Health, HSA, Dental, Vision, Matching 401K, Life/AD&D/STD/LTD, Tuition Reimbursement, Pet Insurance, and generous PTO.
Where can we take you? Mentorship, new challenges, and real career growth. Unfold new possibilities #OTOD!
Employment with Newfold Digital is at-will and nothing in this Job Description should be interpreted or construed to alter the at-will employment relationship.
This Job Description includes the essential job functions required to perform the job described above, as well as additional duties and responsibilities. This Job Description is not an exhaustive list of all functions that the employee performing this job may be required to perform. The Company reserves the right to revise the Job Description at any time, and to require the employee to perform functions in addition to those listed above.
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