Principal, IT Software Engineer 1

DIRECTV, Inc.
Los Angeles County, CA, United States
18 days ago
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Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Expert
Experience required
2 years minimum
Compensation
$134,000.0 - $244,000.0
Working hours
Regular working hours

Tech stack

Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) Artificial Intelligence Amazon Web Services Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud Python (Programming Language) Salesforce.Com Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) Software Engineering SQL Databases Systems Integration Web Services Scripting
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Enterprise Software Applications Genesys Large Language Models Technical Debt AI Platforms Kubernetes Infrastructure Automation Frameworks Information Technology Salesforce Object Query Language (SOQL) Functional Programming Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS) Terraform

Job description

Senior level Provides architectural leadership for complex CX orchestration platforms built on AWS, Genesys Cloud, and Salesforce. Designs integrations and distributed systems, establishes engineering standards, leads governance and technical roadmaps, resolves high-impact production issues, evaluates technologies, and mentors senior engineers and technical leaders. The role influences enterprise architecture, risk mitigation, platform strategy, and cross-functional technical decisions. The summary above was generated by AI

The Principal, IT Software Engineer 1 is a senior technical authority responsible for setting architectural direction and driving end-to-end solution design across multiple teams and complex, interdependent systems. This role operates with a high degree of autonomy, shaping technical strategy, influencing organizational engineering standards, and serving as a key advisor to engineering leadership on platform direction, technical risk, and long-range planning. The Principal Engineer is a recognized subject matter expert who elevates the capability of the broader engineering organization through mentorship, technical governance, and thought leadership, while directly resolving the most ambiguous and highest-impact technical problems facing the business. This pivotal role is responsible for driving the technical design, implementation, and reliability of our next-generation Customer Experience (CX) orchestration platforms, centered on AWS, Genesys Cloud, and Salesforce.

Here’s what you’ll do:

  • Architects and delivers highly complex, cross-system solutions, proactively identifying and resolving dependencies, risks, and technical debt across multiple teams and platforms.
  • Sets technical direction and establishes architectural standards, patterns, and best practices adopted across the engineering organization.
  • Lead development of data pathways between internal and external systems, especially with integration to CRM, AI Platforms, and APIs.
  • Leads and facilitates architectural review boards, design reviews, and technical governance forums, ensuring solutions align with enterprise architecture and long-term technology strategy.
  • Drives multi-PI (Program Increment) and multi-quarter technical roadmaps, translating business strategy into actionable engineering initiatives and sequencing work across teams.
  • Serves as the primary technical escalation point for the most complex, ambiguous, or high-risk problems, often those without established precedent or playbook.
  • Mentors and coaches senior engineers, tech leads, and managers, building organizational depth in technical decision-making, system design, and engineering craftsmanship.
  • Champions engineering excellence by defining and promoting best practices, coding standards, tooling strategy, and quality processes across the development community.
  • Proactively identifies systemic risks (technical, operational, and organizational) and partners with leadership to shape mitigation strategies and influence prioritization.
  • Represents engineering in cross-functional strategic discussions, influencing product, platform, and infrastructure decisions at an organizational level.
  • Evaluates emerging technologies and industry trends, making recommendations on adoption that materially affect the technology roadmap.
  • Leads technical due diligence for major initiatives, including build-vs-buy decisions, platform migrations, and large-scale re-architecture efforts.
  • Drives resolution of critical production issues requiring deep system knowledge and cross-team coordination., Own the conversion of manual regression suites into automated tests for CAD-based desktop and Revit-integrated applications using T-Plan Robot. Design reusable test frameworks, execute and analyze automated tests, document defects, and maintain CI/CD integrations. Apply AI and LLM tools with validation workflows to improve test authoring and reliability. Collaborate with developers and product owners, track coverage and defect trends, and eventually expand automation frameworks and mentorship across other product teams. Top Skills: AIAutocadAutodesk RevitAzure DevopsCi/CdGithub ActionsInventorLlmsNunitPostmanSeleniumSQLSwaggerT-Plan RobotWinappdriver, Motive

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field, or equivalent practical experience; advanced degree a plus.
  • 3 - 5 years of progressive software engineering experience, including significant experience in senior/lead technical roles with at least 2 years focused on high-scale Contact Center as a Service (CCaaS), CX enterprise software or Field Services enterprise software.
  • Extensive experience designing and building reliable workflows and integrations in major CRMs, specifically Salesforce.
  • Experience in AWS services (e.g., Lambda, EC2, SQS, Kinesis) and proven production experience using Terraform for infrastructure provisioning.
  • Experience working with REST and SOAP based web-services preferred.
  • Recognized subject matter expert with deep, broad technical expertise across software engineering, system design, and architecture.
  • Demonstrated track record of designing and delivering large-scale, distributed, and highly available systems.
  • Proven ability to influence technical direction and decision-making at an organizational (not just team) level.
  • Strong expertise in agile methodologies, SAFe/PI planning, and scaled agile delivery models.
  • Exceptional communication and executive presence; able to translate complex technical concepts for both technical and non-technical audiences, including senior leadership.
  • Demonstrated success mentoring and developing engineering talent, including senior engineers and tech leads.
  • Experience driving enterprise architecture standards, technology governance, or engineering best-practice initiatives.
  • Strong business acumen with the ability to connect technical strategy to organizational and business outcomes.

May require a background check due to job duties requiring routine access to DIRECTV and DIRECTV customer’s proprietary data. Qualified applicants with arrest and conviction will be considered for employment in accordance with local ordinances and state law.

Benefits & conditions

The Base Salary range displayed below reflects the minimum and maximum target salary for each of DIRECTV’s 4 (four) US Labor Market Zones. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

DIRECTV WAGE ZONES: $134,363 - $244,036

Low (N1): $134,363 - $201,595

Mid (N2): $141,435 - $212,205

High (N3): $155,579 - $233,426

Top (N4): $162,650 - $244,036, Please note that the salary ranges reflect base salary only and do not include bonus or benefits - when you consider all of these together, it represents a pretty impressive total compensation package., 38K-75K Annually Mid level 38K-75K Annually Mid level Machine Learning * Payments * Security * Software * Financial Services Provide high-volume, phone-based technical support and first-line resolution for hardware, software, networking and access issues. Log and track incidents in ServiceNow/ITSM, escalate complex problems, suggest process improvements, and maintain security and confidentiality while working from an approved remote workspace on a set evening/weekend schedule. Top Skills: Call Center TechnologiesItsmPhone SystemsServicenowTicketing Systems Enverus, United States Easy Apply 140K-160K Annually Senior level 140K-160K Annually Senior level Artificial Intelligence * Fintech * Hardware * Information Technology * Sales * Software * Transportation Build and manage AI-powered workflows, agents, automations, and internal applications for Deal Desk and GTM teams. Identify automation opportunities, develop prototypes, scale solutions to production, integrate enterprise data and APIs, implement human validation and audit controls, optimize LLM costs, document tools, measure adoption, and train users. The role requires Deal Desk or RevOps experience plus practical knowledge of AI models, APIs, scripting, SQL/SOQL, Python, CPQ, CLM, Salesforce, and agentic platforms. Top Skills: Agent2AgentAgentforceAPIsChatgptClaudeClaudeforceClmCpqCursorGeminiGleanGrokMcpN8NPerplexityPythonReactRetoolSalesforceSOQLSQL

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