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# Principal Software Engineer

- **Company:** Insight Global
- **Location:** Plano, TX, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** .NET Framework, Agile Methodology, Microsoft Azure, C Sharp (Programming Language), Cloud Engineering, Software Quality, Data Structures, Relational Databases, Software Design Patterns, JSON, Microsoft SQL Server, Object-Oriented Software Development, Performance Tuning, Scrum Methodology, Software Architecture, Software Engineering, Software Systems, SQL Databases, Enterprise Software Applications, Backend, Information Technology, Software Version Control, Web Api, Microservices
- **Published:** June 23, 2026
- **Apply:** https://dejobs.org/x/x/31CCF02C34C2406BB03993819403DDAF/job/

## About the Role

Expert-level C#/.NET experience building and scaling enterprise-grade systems

Expert in SQL and relational database design, including performance tuning (MS SQL Server preferred)

Strong hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure and cloud-native architectures (critical)

Proven expertise in service-oriented and microservices architectures, Web APIs (REST, JSON)

Deep knowledge of software architecture, design patterns, and object-oriented principles

Strong understanding of data structures, algorithms, and system-level performance considerations

Extensive experience with Agile development (Scrum, Kanban) and scaled Agile environments

Demonstrated technical leadership, cross-team influence, and active mentorship of senior engineers

Experience with CI/CD pipelines, distributed version control, and modern development tooling

Strong focus on code quality, testability, and engineering standards across teams * B.S. in Computer Science or B.S. Software Engineering or B.A. in Computer Information Systems or equivalent education or experience.

 * Minimum ten (10) + plus years of relevant technology job experience.

 * Experience in the Mortgage industry preferred.

## Description

Loan Depot is looking for a Principal Software Engineer that will be responsible for delivering senior level innovative, compelling, coherent software solutions for our consumer, internal operations and value chain constituents across a wide variety of enterprise applications through the creation of discrete business services and their supporting components. This position has an emphasis either on the front-end or backend development focus depending on the placement of the role and team.


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