Bentley Systems

Bentley Systems

Senior Principal Engineer (US)

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States · Principal

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 20 days ago
Distributed SystemsAPI DevelopmentRESTOAuthERPLeadershipCommunicationConstruction Management

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About the role

  • You will set the architectural direction for the platform, write production code, review pull requests, and act as the senior technical authority the engineering team relies on for difficult decisions.
  • If you're an engineer who enjoys both deep technical work and influencing standards across a global organization, this role offers significant scope and impact.

Responsibilities

  • Own the end-to-end platform architecture from the developer experience through to the registry, including all aspects of commercialization, adoption, support, monitoring, and analytics.
  • Serve as the primary technical interface between the Developer Platform, Product & Technology and product engineering teams, building credibility as the go-to person for platform questions.
  • Jointly develop and publish API Design Standards v1, working collaboratively with product teams so that standards reflect the technical reality of what those teams are building and are adopted in practice.
  • Own platform standards and governance: define the telemetry schema, maintain hub listing requirements, and establish the security and integration patterns applied across all API families.
  • Define and document migration paths for existing APIs to meet platform standards.
  • Partner with the Engineering Manager on technical hiring, team structure, and delivery sequencing.
  • Partner with the CIO organization on enterprise application and ERP integration and unified architecture.
  • Be part of a company committed to making a real difference by advancing the world's infrastructure for better quality of life, where your contributions help build a more sustainable, connected, and resilient world.

Requirements

  • 12+ years of software engineering experience and significant time spent architecting large-scale systems.
  • Proven track record of architecting and assembling a new API platform by integrating enterprise tools and writing the custom software, when required into a seamless, customer-facing developer experience.
  • Strong technical expertise in OAuth 2.0 / OIDC, token handling, and underlying platform security models.
  • Hands-on experience engineering distributed systems, event streaming, API gateways, routing, usage-based billing pipelines, and ERP/settlement integrations.
  • Proven ability to own the comprehensive developer platform architecture spanning from the front-end developer experience down to the API registry encompassing commercialization, adoption, support and analytics.
  • Deep, hands-on experience evaluating, implementing, and operating enterprise API Management and Integration platforms (e.g., MuleSoft, Apigee, Kong, Workato) as well as developer portal frameworks (e.g., Backstage).
  • Demonstrated experience partnering closely with Product teams to define and establish global API standards that enable monitoring, authentication, metering and registration.
  • Unique blend of hands-on coding ability and the communication skills to work credibly and collaboratively with multiple distinct product engineering teams.
  • #LI-Hybrid
  • This is a Hybrid role.

Nice to have

  • Familiarity with AI/agent integration patterns and MCP is a strong plus.

Compensation

  • An attractive salary and benefits package.

Benefits

  • An attractive salary and benefits package.
  • A commitment to inclusion, belonging and colleague wellbeing through global initiatives and resource groups.

Company info

  • Bentley Systems (Nasdaq: BSY) is the infrastructure engineering software company.
  • We provide innovative software to advance the world's infrastructure - sustaining both the global economy and environment.
  • Bentley Systems' 5,200 colleagues generate annual revenues of more than $1 billion in 194 countries.
  • Our industry-leading software solutions are used by professionals, and organizations of every size, for the design, construction, and operations of roads and bridges, rail and transit, water and wastewater, public works and utilities, buildings and campuses, mining, and industrial facilities.
  • Our offerings, powered by the iTwin Platform for infrastructure digital twins, include MicroStation and Bentley Open applications for modeling and simulation, Seequent's software for geoprofessionals, and Bentley Infrastructure Cloud encompassing ProjectWise for project delivery, SYNCHRO for construction management, and AssetWise for asset operations.
  • Equal Opportunity Employer:
  • Bentley is an equal opportunity employer and considers all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, pregnancy, protected veteran status, religion, national origin, age, genetic information or any other protected characteristic.
  • This commitment extends to all aspects of employment, including, but not limited to, hiring, placement, promotion, compensation, and training.
  • Know Your Rights as an applicant under the law.
  • Bentley Policy on EEO, Affirmative Action and Pay Transparency Non-Discrimination
  • Bentley participates in e-Verify / Bentley participate in e-Verify / Right to Work Notice
  • Request an Accommodation:
  • As an Equal Opportunity Employer, Bentley is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities.
  • We encourage you to request a reasonable accommodation if you are not able to fully use or access our online application system.

Equal opportunity

  • Employer:
  • Bentley is an equal opportunity employer and considers all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, pregnancy, protected veteran status, religion, national origin, age, genetic information or any other protected characteristic. This commitment extends to all aspects of employment, including, but not limited to, hiring, placement, promotion, compensation, and training. Know Your Rights as an applicant under the law.
  • As an Equal Opportunity Employer, Bentley is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities. We encourage you to request a reasonable accommodation if you are not able to fully use or access our online application system. You can make an accommodation request by calling 610-458-5000 or sending us an email at disabilityrequest@bentley.com
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