Principal Software Developer

What you will do:

• Architectural Leadership: Lead the evolution of the Cloud Platform from a monolith to microservices, identifying the most impactful initiatives that provide the highest return on investment.
• Stakeholder Collaboration: Work closely with engineering, product teams, and executive leadership to develop a robust technical strategy that aligns with the company’s broader goals.
• Technical Vision & Strategy: Drive long-term planning and vision for the Cloud Platform, contributing to both monolith and microservices architectures. Ensure effective resource allocation and priority-setting for key projects.
• Quality Engineering Advocacy: Establish and promote a quality-first engineering culture, guiding teams to implement testing and quality assurance right from the development phase, shifting from end-to-end testing to more modern practices.
• Team Leadership & Mentorship: Inspire and mentor development teams, helping them improve their technical skills, enhance their understanding of quality engineering, and foster a positive team culture.
• Hands-On Involvement: Balance technical leadership with hands-on coding and architectural design. Assist in incident response management and participate in critical production outages.
• Project Management: Lead the execution of major projects such as EKS migration, observability improvements, and enhancements to SQL database performance.

What you will bring:

• 10+ years of software development experience, with a proven track record of leading and delivering cloud-based platform solutions.
• Strong .NET expertise, with hands-on experience in .NET Framework, .NET Core, and familiarity with Java for microservices architecture.
• Deep understanding of SQL databases, with experience in optimizing SQL performance at scale. NoSQL experience is a plus.
• Hands-on experience in building, scaling, and maintaining cloud applications on AWS, preferably within large-scale distributed systems.
• Leadership experience guiding teams through architecture decisions, technical debt reduction, and improving development velocity and culture.
• Incident management expertise, especially in handling outages, improving system reliability, and contributing to continuous improvement in platform availability.
• Familiarity with DevOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, and cloud-native development.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to collaborate across teams and provide technical insight to executive leadership.
• Experience driving quality engineering initiatives and fostering a culture that emphasizes proactive testing and reliability.

Key Success Factors in 6-12 Months:

• Technical Roadmap: Develop and execute a roadmap that reduces technical debt, optimizes the Cloud Platform’s architecture, and enhances system performance.
• Cross-Team Collaboration: Build strong relationships with product and platform leaders, ensuring seamless collaboration and alignment with broader company objectives.
• Quality Engineering Culture: Establish new testing patterns that shift quality efforts earlier into the development lifecycle, reducing production issues.
• Mentorship & Leadership: Develop and mentor a high-performing development team, instilling best practices and guiding the next generation of technical leaders.
• Business Case Contributions: Lead at least one high-value business case within the first six months, demonstrating impact and delivering results.

What’s In It for You:

• Architectural Ownership: Drive the technical transformation of a mission-critical platform supporting global practice management solutions.
• Strategic Influence: Shape the future of the Cloud Platform through high-level technical decisions that directly influence the company’s success.
• Mentorship & Growth: Lead and mentor a talented team of developers, helping to foster a culture of technical excellence.
• Work-Life Balance: Enjoy competitive compensation, comprehensive benefits, and a hybrid work model that offers flexibility and work-life balance.