Principal Engineer
Who are we
Ignite is the leading procurement & supplier intelligence platform, built to give companies complete visibility and control over their spend and suppliers. Since 2017, we’ve grown into a 50+ person team empowering procurement teams to move faster, act confidently, and make meaningful progress.
We’re a vibrant mix of individuals — from marathon runners and musicians to bakers, bookworms, and football players — united by a shared mission: to build a platform that solves real challenges and helps procurement teams do their best work.
We're customer-obsessed and believe that by working together, we can develop innovative solutions and turn big ambitions into reality.
One team. One dream.
Who you are 🧭
We’re looking for a Principal Engineer — a hands-on technical leader who raises the bar for how we design, build, and operate software.
You’re deeply technical and decisive, but equally focused on clarity, reliability, and helping teams make good choices.
You think across boundaries, connecting product intent to sound architecture, and know when to zoom in to code or zoom out to patterns that span teams.
You work closely with the Head of Engineering and senior engineers across Ignite to strengthen technical judgment, engineering practices, and long-term direction.
You likely have:
- 8+ years of experience building and operating modern cloud-based products.
- Proven ability to drive technical direction and influence teams through reasoning and example — not authority.
- Experience designing, scaling, and evolving distributed systems in production.
- A strong product mindset — you care why we build something as much as how.
- A habit of improving the environment you work in: tools, standards, and shared understanding.
What you will be doing 💻
- Build and ship. Stay hands-on in production code, solving complex problems and modeling disciplined delivery.
- Shape and simplify. Anticipate cross-team challenges, define clear patterns, and make systems easier to understand and evolve.
- Strengthen engineering practice. Work with the Head of Engineering to lift technical standards, judgment, and reliability across the organization.
- Guide by example. Pair, review, and mentor experienced engineers to help them grow their impact and confidence.
- Collaborate deeply. Partner with product and design to turn customer insight into practical, scalable solutions.
Our stack 👩💻
- Frontend: React micro frontends
- Backend: Golang and TypeScript micro-services
- Infrastructure: Serverless on Google Cloud Run and Cloud Functions
- Storage: PostgreSQL, MongoDB, and event-driven pipelines
What we offer
🚀 A fast-paced environment where you take ownership, ship meaningful work, and shape how we build.
💸 Competitive salary and bonus program
🧠 Learning budget for personal growth and development
💪 Health insurance and subsidized gym membership
📈 Opportunity to buy shares and take part in our journey
📍Brand new, centrally located offices in Kvadraturen
👯 Regular social events: hikes, saunas, Friday beers, Summer & Christmas parties
Ready to make an impact?
Join us at Ignite and be part of something bigger. Apply today!
- Department
- Engineering
- Locations
- Oslo
About Ignite
Ignite is the leading procurement & supplier intelligence platform, built to give companies complete visibility and control over their spend and suppliers.
With Ignite, companies get a single, intuitive platform to analyze spend, manage suppliers, gather key supplier information, monitor contracts, assess and mitigate risks, calculate emissions, and uncover savings — without jumping between spreadsheets or disconnected tools.
We’re a customer-obsessed team on a mission to help procurement do their best work. Trusted by forward-thinking companies like Veidekke, OBOS, Stena Metall, Strawberry, Jordanes, and hundreds more.
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