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Principal Software Engineer Job Summary Seeking a highly skilled and experienced Principal Software Engineer to play a pivotal role in shaping the architecture and technical direction of a large-scale enterprise platform. This role combines hands-on engineering expertise with technical leadership, guiding development teams while contributing to the design and delivery of high-quality, scalable software systems. If you are passionate about solving complex architectural challenges, mentoring others, and building robust solutions for mission-critical business operations, encourage you to apply. Compensation Package • A highly competitive salary. • Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance. • Generous paid time off and holidays. • Professional development opportunities. • Flexible work arrangements, including remote work options. Responsibilities • Act as a senior technical leader within a multi-disciplinary agile development team, collaborating with engineers, quality specialists, and product stakeholders. • Serve as a technical authority for a core platform domain, ensuring architectural consistency and technical excellence. • Mentor engineers through code reviews, pair programming, design discussions, and coaching sessions to elevate team capabilities. • Lead the design and implementation of platform capabilities aligned with long-term system architecture and business priorities. • Participate in enterprise architecture and cross-team design discussions to guide platform-wide technology decisions. • Translate business requirements into scalable technical solutions in collaboration with product management and business partners. • Promote and reinforce engineering standards, development processes, and quality practices while driving continuous improvement. • Produce and maintain architecture documentation, technical specifications, and knowledge-sharing materials for the engineering organization. • Contribute to hands-on development work and ensure alignment with sprint commitments and roadmap objectives. • Provide technical guidance on testing strategies, code quality, and system validation to ensure reliability. • Ensure platform components meet performance, scalability, and operational stability expectations. • Champion secure development practices and embed security considerations throughout the software lifecycle. • Take ownership of complex technical challenges and drive solutions from design through delivery. • Encourage innovative thinking and creative approaches to address difficult engineering problems. • Participate in occasional in-person planning or strategy meetings several times annually. • Collaborate during work hours aligned with the U.S. Eastern Time Zone. Qualifications/Requirements Required: • Bachelor’s or advanced degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, or a related technical field, or equivalent professional experience. • 10+ years of professional software engineering experience, primarily within the Microsoft development ecosystem. • Advanced expertise in C# and the .NET platform, including system design, debugging, and performance optimization. • Proven experience as a senior technical leader or principal-level contributor within software engineering teams. • Experience designing enterprise-scale distributed systems, including RESTful services, integrations, and complex business workflows. • Extensive experience with cloud infrastructure, ideally within Microsoft Azure environments. • Strong background in designing and implementing microservices architectures and large-scale application platforms. • Expertise in building scalable and resilient data storage architectures, including relational databases, document stores, and other cloud-based storage technologies. • Experience establishing CI/CD pipelines and automated delivery processes, including Infrastructure-as-Code methodologies. • Strong communication skills with the ability to collaborate effectively with engineers, product teams, and leadership stakeholders. • Experience contributing to large-scale software initiatives involving multiple agile teams. #LI-MC1 job perk: Posted At: 15 hours ago, job perk: Schedule Type: Full-time, job perk: Dental Coverage: True, job perk: Health Insurance: True, job perk: Paid Time Off: True