The Principal Software Engineer is a senior technical leader responsible for defining and driving enterprise-scale architecture, engineering strategy, and delivery excellence across modern web platforms.
Requirements
- Define and evolve enterprise-wide architecture patterns for front-end, API, and cloud-native systems, ensuring alignment with long-term business and technology strategy.
- Lead design of large-scale, distributed, and highly available systems, driving decisions across multiple teams and platforms.
- Establish and govern engineering standards, design principles, and reference architectures for TypeScript/React front ends and Node.js API ecosystems.
- Drive delivery of complex, cross-team initiatives with measurable business outcomes (e.g., scalability improvements, performance gains, cost optimization, reduced lead time).
- Ensure systems are designed for resilience, observability, and operability (logging, monitoring, tracing, SLOs).
- Lead end-to-end system design reviews, architecture governance, and technical decision-making across programs.
- Champion engineering quality at scale, including automated testing strategies, CI/CD maturity, and secure SDLC practices.
- Act as a technical authority and advisor to engineering leadership, product teams, and stakeholders across the organization.
- Mentor and develop senior and staff engineers; raise the bar for technical design, coding standards, and architectural thinking.
- Influence organizational direction through technical roadmaps, platform strategy, and investment recommendations.
- Lead cross-functional collaboration with product, security, infrastructure, and enterprise architecture teams.
- Guide development of enterprise-grade React + TypeScript applications, establishing scalable UI architectures and shared component strategies.
- Architect and oversee Node.js API platforms with emphasis on contract-first design (OpenAPI), versioning strategies, and secure integrations.
- Define patterns for data access, caching, and API performance optimization across relational and NoSQL systems.
- Lead adoption of event-driven and real-time architectures (messaging, streaming, WebSockets) where appropriate.
- Design and drive adoption of cloud-native architectures (AWS/Azure), including containers, serverless, and platform services.
- Establish scalable patterns for multi-environment deployment, cost optimization, and operational resilience.
- Collaborate with platform teams to define golden paths, reusable frameworks, and shared services.
- Lead enterprise adoption of AI-assisted development practices, including code generation, test automation, documentation, and design acceleration.
- Define standards for safe, secure, and governed use of AI tools, ensuring compliance and quality.
- Quantify and drive improvements in developer productivity, code quality, and cycle time through AI-enabled workflows.
- Stay at the forefront of emerging technologies, frameworks, and engineering practices and guide their adoption where beneficial.
- Represent engineering in executive discussions, architecture reviews, and strategic planning forums.
- Drive continuous improvement in engineering processes, tooling, and organizational capabilities.
Benefits
- Competitive Pay
- Bonus for Eligible Employees
- Pension Plan
- 401k Match
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Disability Insurance
- Medical Insurance
- Dental Insurance
- Vision Insurance
- Employee Discounts
- Career Training & Development Opportunities
- Health and Work/Life Balance Benefits
- Paid Time Off starting at 160 hours annually for employees in their first year of service.
- Ten (10) paid holidays per year (typically mirroring the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) holidays).
- Be Well Company holistic wellness program, which includes Wellness Coaching and Reward Dollars
- Parental Leave – fifteen (15) days of paid parental leave per calendar year to eligible employees with at least one year of service at the time of birth, placement of an adopted child, or placement of a foster care child.
- Adoption Assistance
- Employee Assistance Program
- Back-Up Care Program
- PTO for Volunteer Hours
- Employee Matching Gifts Program
- Employee Resource Groups
- Inclusion and Diversity Programs
- Employee Recognition Program
- Referral Bonus Programs
- Inclusion & Diversity
