About the Role 

As a Principal Software Engineer, you will provide technical leadership across complex, mission-critical systems, shaping architecture, engineering standards, and long-term technology strategy. You will operate at both a strategic and hands-on level, guiding teams, influencing stakeholders, and ensuring the delivery of scalable, resilient, and high-quality software solutions. This role is pivotal in driving engineering excellence, enabling innovation, and aligning technology outcomes with business objectives. 

Responsibilities 

• Define and drive the technical vision, architecture, and roadmap for key platforms and systems 

• Lead the design of scalable, secure, and high-performance distributed systems 

• Provide hands-on technical leadership and mentorship to engineers across multiple teams 

• Establish and enforce engineering best practices, standards, and design principles 

• Collaborate with product, architecture, and leadership teams to align technical solutions with business goals 

• Lead critical technical decision-making, including trade-offs, build vs buy, and platform selection 

• Drive system reliability, performance, and observability through proactive engineering practices 

• Oversee code quality, system design reviews, and technical governance processes 

• Identify and mitigate technical risks, ensuring long-term maintainability and scalability 

• Champion a culture of continuous improvement, innovation, and engineering excellence 

Requirements 

• Extensive experience designing and delivering complex, large-scale software systems 

• Deep expertise in modern architecture patterns (e.g., microservices, event-driven, cloud-native) 

• Strong programming background (preferably C#, .NET) with the ability to contribute hands-on when needed 

• Proven experience influencing technical strategy and leading cross-team initiatives 

• Demonstrated ability to mentor and develop senior engineers and technical leaders 

• Strong understanding of cloud platforms, distributed systems, and system scalability 

• Experience with DevOps practices, CI/CD, and modern engineering toolchains 

• Excellent problem-solving skills with the ability to navigate ambiguity and complexity 

• Strong communication skills, with the ability to engage both technical and non-technical stakeholders 

• Track record of delivering high-impact technical solutions aligned to business outcomes 

• Bachelor’s/Master’s degree in Computer Science (or related field) or equivalent practical experience.