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# Principal Software Engineer | Full Trading Lifecycle | Python AWS | Hybrid

- **Company:** Living, Inc.
- **Location:** Atlanta, GA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $185,000.0 - $195,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, Amazon S3, Application Services, Cloud Computing, Continuous Integration, Information Engineering, Data Integration, Extract Transform Load (ETL), DevOps, Distributed Systems, Python (Programming Language), Systems Development Life Cycle, Software Engineering, SQL Databases, Workflow Management Systems, Snowflake, Containerization, Kubernetes, Bitbucket, Functional Programming, Software Coding, Software Version Control, Data Pipelines, Docker, Microservices
- **Published:** June 5, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.careerjet.com/jobad/us492c325561212eead6c04e7ad26d345a

## About the Role

* 6+ years of software engineering experience
 * Expert Python development
 * Production experience with AWS (Lambda, S3, microservices, CI/CD pipelines)
 * Strong data engineering background: Snowflake, SQL, and ETL/orchestration tools (DBT, UAC, Schedulers)
 * Container and orchestration technologies: Docker, Kubernetes
 * Version control and CI/CD platforms (Bitbucket)
 * Comfortable with backend distributed systems, DevOps practices, and cloud infrastructure
 * Professional experience working with AI tools and models integrated into the software development lifecycle

AI in the SDLC

 * AI is rapidly becoming integral to how we develop software.
 * We need engineers who embrace AI as a strategic tool
 * You should have hands-on experience with AI in development workflows and be committed to continuously learning and adopting emerging AI technologies.

Soft Skills & Mindset

 * Strong communication and mentorship abilities
 * Ability to operate independently while collaborating across teams
 * Comfort with ambiguity and rapid decision-making in a fast-paced environment
 * Passion for learning and teaching others

## Description

This is a high-impact leadership role combining hands-on solutions architecture, leading and mentoring and hands-on development.

 * Lead the design and implementation of applications that generate investment models and trade allocations for fixed income and equities
 * Support a global trading platform integrating data and application services across the enterprise
 * Mentor and coach software engineers at all levels; foster collaboration with enterprise architecture and adjacent technology teams
 * Design cloud-native solutions leveraging AWS microservices, containerization, and orchestration
 * Own infrastructure decisions in a federated model; provision, configure, and deploy services on AWS without a dedicated infrastructure team
 * Solve complex data pipeline and orchestration challenges using Snowflake, DBT, and UAC

Time Allocation

 * 80%: Solution creation, lead design, coach and mentor, team collaboration
 * 20%: Hands-on coding and technical development


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