Principal Software Developer

PRIMARY FUNCTIONS: The Principal Software Developer is responsible for designing, developing, testing, implementing, and supporting software applications that drive business operations and strategic objectives. This role serves as a technical leader within the development team, providing guidance to developers, collaborating with business stakeholders, and ensuring software solutions are scalable, secure, maintainable, and aligned with organizational standards., * Design, develop, maintain, and support enterprise software applications, APIs, integrations, services, and microservices, throughout the full software development lifecycle.

• Lead application architecture and solution design, defining technical direction and selecting architectural patterns-including SOA, microservices, component-based, and event-driven architectures-to deliver scalable, secure, resilient, and maintainable business solutions.
• Serve as a technical owner for assigned applications, ensuring long-term maintainability, stability, performance, and alignment with business objectives.
• Participate in project estimation, planning, and continuous improvement initiatives while contributing to development standards, methodologies, and governance.
• Create and maintain technical documentation, solution designs, architecture standards, and implementation plans.
• Collaborate with business stakeholders, Product Owners, Business Analysts, QA, Infrastructure teams, and end users to gather requirements, resolve issues, and deliver successful software solutions.
• Provide technical leadership, guidance, and mentorship to internal team members and external development partners, including code reviews and solution oversight.
• Ensure adherence to established development, security, quality, and SDLC standards, methodologies, and best practices.
• Incorporate security, data protection, regulatory, and compliance requirements into application architecture, design, development, and support activities.
• Develop high-quality, efficient, and maintainable code with a focus on reliability, performance, scalability, and user experience.
• Contribute to DevOps practices, continuous integration and deployment processes, automated testing, and operational excellence.
• Support software deployments, production releases, troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and ongoing application support.
• Identify and implement processes, workflow, and technology improvements that increase flexibility, reduce costs, and improve system availability and performance.
• Promote a collaborative team environment through knowledge sharing, cross-training, and positive relationships with internal and external stakeholders.

Software Development, Mortgage Lending, Business Loans, Loan Closing, Freddie Mac (FHLMC), Brokerage, Mortgage, Federal Housing Administration (FHA), Software Development, Information Technology & Information Systems, The Principal Software Developer combines strong technical expertise with problem-solving skills and leadership capabilities to deliver high-quality software solutions in a fast-paced environment., * Technical Leadership

• Problem Solving and Analytical Thinking
• Communication and Collaboration
• Accountability and Ownership
• Continuous Improvement Mindset
• Business Acumen
• Adaptability
• Customer Focus, * 7+ years of professional software development experience.
• 5+ years of hands-on development experience with C#/.NET and PHP applications.
• Experience designing, developing, and supporting enterprise web applications, APIs, and system integrations.
• Experience working in Agile/Scrum development environments.
• Experience with source control, CI/CD pipelines, and DevOps practices.
• Experience troubleshooting and resolving complex production issues.

EDUCATION:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related field.

EXPERIENCE:

• Experience modernizing or integrating legacy PHP applications with .NET-based platforms.
• Experience with Azure services and cloud-native development.
• Familiarity with microservices architecture and containerized deployments.
• Experience leading technical projects and mentoring development teams.
• Knowledge of DevSecOps practices.
• Experience in financial services, mortgage lending, banking, or regulated industries.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

• This position is in an office setting with computer and general office equipment. The position requires the ability to move freely around within the department and other department locations.
• Hybrid or remote work environment

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