Principle Software Engineer

We are seeking a Principal Software Engineer (REMOTE) for a full time and direct hire role for one of our amazing partners in the United States. This role is remote but you MUST be living in the United States and be a US Citizen for Green Card Holder. This role does NOT offer sponsorship its NOT a consulting role and we do NOT work with 3rd parties!

Overview

We are seeking a senior-level technical leader to help drive the architecture scalability and innovation of a global AWS cloud-native SaaS platform. This role will play a key part in shaping technical direction mentoring engineering teams and delivering secure high-impact solutions used by hotels multifamily communities campgrounds college campuses and other large-scale environments to provide secure internet connectivity for guests and residents worldwide. You will help establish engineering standards champion security-first development practices and lead the adoption of emerging technologies including AI-augmented development workflows that improve productivity code quality and team effectiveness.

Responsibilities

• Architect design and implement scalable secure cloud-native solutions within AWS across multi-tenant high-transaction environments
• Design and maintain event-driven and serverless architectures using AWS technologies such as Lambda DynamoDB EventBridge API Gateway and Step Functions
• Partner with architects and senior engineering leaders to define technical strategy and provide architectural guidance across teams and initiatives
• Drive end-to-end ownership of solutions from requirements gathering and system design through deployment and operational support
• Champion security-first engineering practices ensuring compliance and proper handling of sensitive data across all services
• Establish and evolve engineering standards patterns and best practices that scale with the organization
• Mentor engineers at all levels and foster a culture of technical excellence innovation and continuous learning
• Lead cross-functional initiatives with Product UX and Engineering teams to deliver business outcomes
• Leverage AI tools and repeatable AI-assisted workflows to improve development speed quality and engineering efficiency
• Optimize software and infrastructure performance to reduce operational costs and cloud spend
• Support vendor and technology partner relationships
• Participate in Agile development processes including two-week sprint cycles
• Participate in an on-call rotation as needed

Requirements:

• Deep expertise in AWS cloud services and hands-on experience building complex serverless and event-driven architectures
• 12 years of software engineering experience with increasing technical leadership responsibilities
• Strong experience in at least two of the technologies with willingness to work across all three: .NET/C# and Python
• Strong understanding of secure software development practices including encryption access controls data isolation and compliance within multi-tenant SaaS platforms
• Experience with relational and NoSQL databases including SQL Server DynamoDB and OpenSearch
• Proven success building and operating scalable high-performance backend systems in high-volume environments
• Demonstrated ownership of large-scale solutions from architecture and implementation through production support
• Experience using AI in engineering workflows including experience building repeatable AI-assisted systems that improve development quality speed or efficiency
• Experience designing RESTful APIs and event-driven integration patterns
• Proven experience delivering software within Agile teams
• Hands-on experience building CI/CD pipelines and deployment infrastructure using tools such as CloudFormation CDK Kraken or similar IaC frameworks is a plus
• Experience with data lake and business intelligence technologies such as AWS Athena Redshift Glue or QuickSight is a plus
• Experience with storage architecture and infrastructure design is a plus
• Database administration or backup DBA experience across relational NoSQL or in-memory databases
• AWS certifications such as Solutions Architect Developer or Security Specialty is a plus
• Strong communication skills with the ability to explain complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences
• Collaborative mindset with a proactive approach strong curiosity and passion for learning new technologies

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color national origin age ancestry religion sex sexual orientation gender identity gender expression marital status disability medical condition genetic information pregnancy or military or veteran status. You must be legally authorized to work in the United States without current or future sponsorship.