Principal Software Engineer
Location: Remote
Compensation: Salary
Reviewed: Fri, May 29, 2026
This job expires in: 30 days
Job Summary
Seeking a highly experienced Principal Software Engineer, the full-time remote position will lead enterprise-wide architectural initiatives, define long-term technology strategies, and deliver scalable distributed systems while mentoring senior engineers.
Key Responsibilities
- Define architectural standards and system design principles across multiple business units
- Lead the design and implementation of scalable, fault-tolerant distributed systems
- Drive enterprise modernization initiatives, including microservices transformation and legacy decommissioning
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or a related discipline
- Ten or more years of professional software engineering experience
- Proven expertise designing distributed, high-scale systems in production
- Advanced proficiency in Java, Go, C++, or similar backend languages
- Strong expertise in reliability engineering and distributed architectures
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