Principal Full Stack Engineer

What is a day in the life of a Principal Software Engineer?

• Lead software engineers to deliver innovative, high-quality products on a foundation of architectural and engineering excellence.
• Design and write elegant, high-quality code to solve complex business problems.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with business teams to define, deliver, and support software and services that meet customer needs.
• Guide software engineers through planning, designing, coding, delivery, and support, driving the day-to-day technical decisions.
• Own and continually improve the throughput and stability of product delivery and application lifecycle, in partnership with product and program management.
• Distill complex and ambiguous situations into actionable plans for your team and for customer-facing scenarios.
• Communicate and collaborate internally and with partners on technical details, ensuring alignment between technical capabilities and customer requirements.
• Train and develop top engineering talent while also mentoring business teams on technical aspects of products.

What will I need to thrive in this role?

• Bachelor's or Master’s degree in Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or applicable engineering or science field.
• 10+ years of software development experience.
• Broad understanding of coding and programming languages.
• Experience with database design and data modeling.
• Extensive knowledge of the software development process and corresponding technologies.
• Excellent understanding of design patterns and architectural styles.
• Strong soft skills, including attention to detail, problem-solving, and communication.
• Experience working with teams across different time zones and countries.
• Preferred 8+ years of proven work experience in Back-end software development.
• Preferred 2+ years of experience with Front-end software development.

What does high performance look like?

• Mentoring Skills: Leading with integrity, inspiring confidence, creating relationships of trust, coaching, counseling, and mentoring.
• Interpersonal Skills: Self-motivated, team player, builds trust, action and results-oriented; open and collaborative style; must be comfortable working in an environment where ideas are shared and challenged.
• Communication Skills: Strong, professional written, oral, interpersonal, and presentation skills with the ability to effectively interface with all ranges of employees and customers, particularly in a sales context.
• Attention to Detail: Thoroughness in accomplishing a task for all essential functions, double-checking the accuracy and quality of own work product to provide accurate, precise, and consistent work.
• Problem Solving Skills: Ability to operate as an effective tactical as well as strategic thinker; excellent and creative problem-solving skills, including negotiation and conflict resolution skills; able to apply independent judgment and provide insightful analysis in a team setting.

We are looking for individuals who are:

• Game Changers- A game changer is someone who looks at problems with an open mind and shares new ideas with team members, regularly reassesses existing plans and attaches a realistic timeline to goals, makes profitable, productive, and innovative contributions, and actively pursues improvements to Pattern’s processes and outcomes.
• Data Fanatics- A data fanatic is someone who recognizes problems and seeks to understand them through data, draws unbiased conclusions based on data that lead to actionable solutions, and continues to track the effects of the solutions using data.
• Partner Obsessed- An individual who is partner obsessed clearly explains the status of projects to partners and relies on constructive feedback, actively listens to partner’s expectations, and delivers results that exceed them, prioritizes the needs of your partners, and takes the time to create a personable experience for those interacting with Pattern.
• Team of Doers- Someone who is a part of team of doers uplifts team members and recognizes their specific contributions, takes initiative to help in any circumstance, actively contributes to supporting improvements, and holds themselves accountable to the team as well as to partners.

What is the hiring process?

• Initial phone interview with Pattern’s talent acquisition team
• Two Technical Onsite Interviews with a member of the team
• Video interview with a hiring manager
• Professional reference checks
• Executive review
• Offer

How can I stand out as an applicant?

• Be prepared to talk about professional accomplishments with specific data to quantify examples
• Be ready to talk about how you can add value and be the best addition to the team
• Focus on mentioning how you would be partner obsessed at Pattern
• Be prepared to talk about any applicable side projects