Principal Application Software Engineer

Location: United States

The ideal candidate combines deep technical expertise with strong leadership skills, serving as a trusted technical advisor while remaining actively engaged in software design and development. This individual will collaborate closely with product, engineering, and platform teams to deliver high-quality solutions that meet business and customer needs.

Key Responsibilities

Technical Leadership

• Lead the architecture, design, and implementation of enterprise-scale software systems and services.
• Drive technical strategy and influence architectural decisions across multiple projects and teams.
• Serve as a technical lead for critical initiatives, providing guidance through design, development, testing, deployment, and operational support.
• Establish and promote software engineering best practices, coding standards, and design principles.
• Identify and mitigate technical risks while ensuring solutions meet scalability, reliability, and performance requirements.

Software Development

• Design, develop, and maintain high-quality backend services and applications.
• Build and support distributed systems and microservices-based architectures.
• Ensure solutions are secure, maintainable, observable, and operationally efficient.
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex production issues while driving root-cause analysis and long-term improvements.
• Participate in code reviews and architectural reviews to maintain engineering excellence.

Team Leadership and Mentorship

• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to software engineers across the organization.
• Guide and support teams of approximately 5-6 engineers through technical execution and delivery.
• Foster a collaborative engineering culture focused on continuous learning, innovation, and accountability.
• Assist in technical skill development, career growth, and knowledge sharing within the team.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Partner with Product Management, Engineering, Platform, Security, and Operations teams to deliver business value.
• Translate business requirements into scalable technical solutions.
• Communicate technical concepts, tradeoffs, and recommendations effectively to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Support planning, estimation, prioritization, and execution of strategic initiatives.

About Us

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We are seeking a Principal Application Software Engineer to provide technical leadership in the design, development, and delivery of enterprise-scale software solutions. This role will be responsible for driving architecture decisions, leading complex technical initiatives, mentoring engineers, and ensuring the successful delivery of scalable, reliable, and secure applications.