Principal Software Engineer
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Job Location:
Philadelphia, PA - USA
Monthly Salary:
$ 150 - 170
Posted on:
5 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Ascensus is the leading independent technology and service platform powering savings plans across America providing products and expertise that help nearly 16 million people save for a better today and tomorrow.
Ascensus does not provide visa sponsorship now or in the future and does not hire candidates working under OPT/EAD (Student STEM etc)
Position Summary
As a Principal Software Engineer you will lead and hands-on contribute within a Scrum team to deliver complex solutions that align with our software architecture strategy coding standards and organizational policiespartnering across disciplines to clarify requirements make sound technical tradeoffs and ship reliable software through a modern delivery pipeline focused on automation quality and frequent releases. You will mentor engineers provide architecture and technical guidance in your areas of expertise and continuously evaluate emerging technologies and practicesincluding AI-assisted engineering and intelligent automationrecommending adoption paths that strengthen delivery while meeting security privacy and enterprise governance expectations.
Job Functions Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Analyze requirements and propose solutions that meet business goals; estimate and plan work across the Agile lifecycle. Use AI where it helps to explore options prototype and surface risksthen ground decisions in constraints and evidence.
- Implement complex changes to the codebase using team standards source control unit testing and CI/CD. Use AI-assisted coding to move faster without sacrificing quality: small increments clear intent peer review and tests that prove correctness.
- Diagnose complex application issues to root cause and resolution. Use AI to suggest hypotheses or steps when useful; confirm with logs metrics and reproducible evidence.
- Support testing and clear written descriptions of changes. Use AI to speed drafting of cases scenarios or docs; engineers own accuracy completeness and customer clarity.
- Collaborate in Scrum activities pair programming and code review; help refine team norms for AI-assisted work (reviews secure usage quality gates) as part of continuous improvement.
- Work with the Product Owner to understand and influence the roadmap with ownership for architecture and technical deliveryincluding automation and AI-enabled capabilities that fit enterprise governance and non-functional requirements.
- Lead or support technical research and innovation: evaluate platforms models tooling and integration patterns; participate in architecture discussions with a consistent lens on security privacy model lifecycle and operations.
- Lead by example as coach and mentor; give steady feedback on technical and architectural choices incidents and safe rollout of AI-related changes (evaluation monitoring guardrails).
- Protect Ascensus confidential information and follow approved AI and data-handling policies so data is not exposed mis-transmitted or disclosed without authorization.
- Demonstrate the I-Client philosophy and Core ValuesPeople Matter Quality First and Integrity Alwaysincluding transparent ethical use of AI that earns trust with clients and colleagues..
- Diagnose complex application issues to root cause and resolution. Use AI to suggest hypotheses or steps when useful; confirm with logs metrics and reproducible evidence.
- Support testing and clear written descriptions of changes. Use AI to speed drafting of cases scenarios or docs; engineers own accuracy completeness and customer clarity.
- Collaborate in Scrum activities pair programming and code review; help refine team norms for AI-assisted work (reviews secure usage quality gates) as part of continuous improvement.
- Work with the Product Owner to understand and influence the roadmap with ownership for architecture and technical deliveryincluding automation and AI-enabled capabilities that fit enterprise governance and non-functional requirements.
- Lead or support technical research and innovation: evaluate platforms models tooling and integration patterns; participate in architecture discussions with a consistent lens on security privacy model lifecycle and operations.
- Lead by example as coach and mentor; give steady feedback on technical and architectural choices incidents and safe rollout of AI-related changes (evaluation monitoring guardrails).
- Protect Ascensus confidential information and follow approved AI and data-handling policies so data is not exposed mis-transmitted or disclosed without authorization.
- Demonstrate the I-Client philosophy and Core ValuesPeople Matter Quality First and Integrity Alwaysincluding transparent ethical use of AI that earns trust with clients and colleagues.
Experience Skills Knowledge Requirements
- Bachelors degree in computer science engineering or equivalent experience
- Strong technical leadership with the ability to engage both technical and non-technical audiences and produce clear technical documentation and diagrams
- Proficiency with modern AI coding and analysis tools (e.g. IDE assistants chat-based models automation) to accelerate development while maintaining quality security and accountability
- Ability to design effective AI-assisted workflows evaluate AI-generated output and exercise sound judgment on when not to rely on automation
- Experience integrating AI tooling into team standards (code reviews testing documentation) with appropriate guardrails for data handling intellectual property licensing and regulated environments
- Experience mentoring and coaching junior developers
- Hands-on experience with C/C Python Apache Nginx Redis jQuery PowerShell or similar languages and platforms
- Experience with modern JavaScript frameworks (React preferred; Angular Knockout or Bootstrap acceptable)
- Experience with containerization and orchestration technologies including Docker and Kubernetes
- Experience maintaining and evolving legacy codebases
- Strong understanding of object-oriented design principles including SOLID design patterns data structures and algorithms
- Proven ability to write clean maintainable code using best practices such as unit testing TDD CI/CD automation and refactoring
- Strong experience with Agile SDLC methodologies
- Excellent problem-solving communication and troubleshooting skills
The national average salary range for this role is $150-170k in base pay exclusive of any bonuses and base salary range represents the low and high end of the salary range for this position. Actual salary offered will vary and may be above or below the range based on various factors including but not limited to location experience performance and internal pay alignment. We do not anticipate that candidates hired will begin at the top of the range however from time to time it may occur on a case-by-case basis. Other rewards and benefits may include: 401(k) match Medical Dental Vision Paid-Time-Off etc. For more information please visit are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer
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About Company
Everyone deserves to feel financially secure. We help more people save through partnerships with leading financial institutions and state governments.
