Principal Software Engineer- Onsite

Eccalon, LLC
Detroit, MI, United States
3 months ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Expert
Experience required
8 years minimum
Working hours
Regular working hours
Job source

Tech stack

Java (Programming Language) JavaScript (Programming Language) Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) Amazon Web Services Microsoft Azure C Sharp (Programming Language) Cloud Engineering Code Review Cyber Security Continuous Integration Distributed Systems Python (Programming Language)
+11 more
Performance Tuning Software Architecture Software Engineering Software Systems Systems Architecture TypeScript Information Technology Legacy Systems Golang Programming Languages Microservices

Job description

We are seeking a Principal Software Engineer to provide technical leadership across complex, large-scale software systems. This role is for a highly experienced engineer who drives architecture, influences technical strategy, and solves the organization’s most challenging engineering problems. The Principal Software Engineer operates with broad scope and autonomy, partnering closely with engineering leadership, product, and business stakeholders to ensure systems are scalable, reliable, and aligned with long-term company goals., * Technical Leadership & Architecture

  • Define and evolve system architectures across multiple teams or domains
  • Lead design of large-scale, distributed, and mission-critical systems
  • Establish and enforce technical standards, best practices, and design principles
  • Drive long-term technical vision and architectural consistency
  • Complex Problem Solving
  • Tackle the most complex technical challenges across the organization
  • Evaluate trade-offs across performance, reliability, scalability, security, and cost
  • Lead root-cause analysis of major system issues and outages
  • Guide modernization and refactoring of legacy systems
  • Cross-Team Impact
  • Influence technical direction across multiple teams and initiatives
  • Partner with product and leadership on roadmap feasibility and system constraints
  • Act as a technical advisor to senior engineers, managers, and executives
  • Review and guide high-risk or high-impact technical decisions
  • Mentorship & Engineering Excellence
  • Mentor senior and mid-level engineers
  • Elevate engineering quality through design reviews and code reviews
  • Share knowledge through documentation, talks, and technical forums
  • Model a culture of ownership, quality, and technical rigor

Requirements

Do you have experience in Technology security practices?, * Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience)

  • 8+ years of professional software engineering experience
  • Demonstrated impact designing and operating large-scale production systems
  • Strong proficiency in one or more programming languages such as Java, Python, Go, JavaScript/TypeScript, C#, or similar
  • Deep understanding of system design, distributed systems, and software architecture
  • Experience leading technical initiatives across teams
  • Experience building distributed, cloud-native, or high-availability systems
  • Expertise with APIs, microservices, messaging, and data-intensive systems
  • Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP)
  • Strong understanding of CI/CD, observability, reliability, and security practices
  • Background in performance optimization and scalability planning

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