Principal Software Engineer (React / Golang) - Peer Community

About Gartner Peer Community

This role owns technical leadership for the Peer Community product within Digital Product Technology (DPT), partnering with three Scrum teams to deliver web and backend platforms and to drive discovery and the architectural runway. 

Gartner Peer Community is a peer-driven platform where thousands of verified enterprise leaders connect to share knowledge, ask questions, and provide peer feedback that helps inform technology and business decisions. 

What you will do:  

• Lead system architecture, run technical reviews, and own cross-team integration and interfaces across three Scrum teams. 

• Participate and lead discovery, prototyping, and the architectural runway to ensure delivery readiness and technical alignment. 

• Design and evolve client-side architecture for web and mobile while ensuring consistency across platforms. 

• Design and build effective, observable, and scalable backend services in Go. 

• Define and drive non-functional requirements: scalability, availability, security, observability, and performance. 

• Coach and mentor senior engineers; influence hiring, on-call practices, and engineering standards. 

• Work closely with Product and Design to translate customer problems into technical solutions and measurable outcomes. 

• Improve engineering processes and tooling to reduce cycle time and increase reliability. 

What you will need: 

Must have: 

• Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent degree in Computer Science or a related field required. 

• 8+ years of professional software engineering experience building production systems. 

• Demonstrated experience leading architecture and delivery across multiple teams. 

• Strong proficiency with at least two of: React, Next.js, Go. 

• Hands-on experience with observability, incident response, and performance tuning. 

• Proven track record delivering systems with strong UX, maintainability, and operational quality. 

• Excellent written and verbal communication across technical and non-technical stakeholders. 

Nice to have / opportunity to learn 

• Experience with Kubernetes, cloud platforms (AWS/GCP), CI/CD and infrastructure-as-code (Terraform/Scalr). 

• Experience with Next.js and server-side rendering patterns. 

• Prior experience in distributed systems, high-traffic services, or data-intensive platforms. 

• Experience with data science platforms 

How we work: 

• We work with a focus on continuous, iterative delivery. 

• We rely on clear documentation and asynchronous communication to coordinate across our multi-regional teams. 

• We test heavily to rapidly deliver changes with minimal risk. 

• We operate with a clear leadership structure and career framework while empowering teams with autonomy, strong mentorship, and cross-team collaboration. 

How we measure success: 

• We work with a focus on continuous, iterative delivery. 

• Delivery of cross-team initiatives and architectural runway items 

• Reduced time-to-merge and improved release stability 

• Adoption and performance of new platform features 

What you will get:

• Competitive compensation

• 25 days annual holiday and an additional day off for your birthday.

• Private Medical and Dental Care.

• Life and Disability Insurance.

• Public Transport Subsidy.

• Ticket Restaurant Card.

• Childcare Vouchers (Ticket Guarderia).

• IncentiFit - annual reimbursement for health-and-wellness-related activities.

• Pension Scheme.

• Tuition Reimbursement.

• Employee Stock Purchase Plan.

• Employee Assistance Program.

• Gartner Gives Charity Match.

• Relocation Assistance - a specialist to help you with all the appointments and paperwork.

• Limitless growth and learning opportunities.

• A collaborative and positive culture - join a diverse team of professionals that are as smart and driven as you.

• A chance to make an impact – your work will contribute directly to our strategy.

• Hybrid Work Environment - enjoy the flexibility of working from home and the energy of collaborating with peers in our dynamic offices.

• New offices close to Glòries and the beach in the fantastic, “innovation and tech” 22@ district of sunny Barcelona.

• Fresh fruit, snacks, selection of teas, fair trade organic coffee.

And much more!

Please Note:

- Applications must be submitted in English.

- A valid EU visa/passport is required for this position.

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