Principal Software Engineer

Lead end-to-end technical strategy and execution for large, complex, business-critical product areas by partnering with stakeholders to define vision, shape roadmaps, and deliver measurable customer and business outcomes. Architect, design, and guide implementation of secure, scalable, resilient, high-performance distributed systems; set engineering standards and drive design/code quality through reviews, automation, and operational excellence. Drive technical direction across teams by resolving ambiguous requirements, identifying cross-team dependencies, decomposing multi-quarter initiatives, and improving planning accuracy, risk management, and delivery predictability. Own production health at scale by establishing observability strategy, leading incident response and root-cause analysis, and driving durable reliability, security, and performance improvements. Mentor and grow senior engineers, influence cross-organizational technical decisions, and foster a culture of continuous improvement, data-driven decision making, and engineering excellence. Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 6+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR equivalent experience. Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, or a related technical field, AND 8+ years of professional software engineering experience coding in one or more programming languages including C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python, with demonstrated technical leadership delivering large-scale, mission-critical systems across multiple teams, OR equivalent experience. 10+ years of software engineering experience, including technical leadership of large, cross-team initiatives from strategy through production operations. Proven track record architecting and operating large-scale distributed/cloud services with strong reliability, security, and performance outcomes. Demonstrated ability to influence at the organization level through technical vision, architecture governance, and executive-level communication. Experience mentoring senior engineers and building engineering capability through design excellence, operational rigor, and continuous improvement practices.