JOB TITLE: Principal Software Engineer
LOCATION: Portland, OR or Remote
DURATION: 6+ month contract
Pay range : $75 - $100/hr
SUMMARY: The Principal Software Engineer is responsible for driving the success of major software intiatives across our organization on a tactical level. As the most skilled programmers in the organization, they are able to quickly support an existing team's Agile process to greatly impact velocity on mission critical features. The Principal Engineer also works across many teams to offer unparalleled mentoring and training for engineers in the creation of high quality applications that adhere to our organizational standards. They give engineers the tools and guidance they need to design and implement high quality software systems, and work to grow the overall strength of our organization.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Work with other members of the Software Architecture team to craft and realize the vision of our technical roadmap
- Quickly add velocity to mission critical feature development across many teams in a healthy, sustainable way
- Champion a high standard of excellence in code quality and application architecture across our organization
- Provide excellent mentorship and training to accelerate the growth of engineers
- Represent the engineering organization across the company, and act as an ambassador to the overall tech community
- Coordinate with team members in Engineering Leadership to help develop the organization's holistic approach to software development and engineer growth
- Work with members of the Product, Design, and Delivery organizations to reduce friction and improve outcomes
QUALIFICATIONS:
- 8+ years-experience shipping and supporting high-scale, high-performance web applications in a cloud environment
- Storied experience with container-driven development environments
- Mastery in HTTP, web application architecture, scalability, performance optimization, reliability, deployment, monitoring, security
- Mastery in a few of our core family of technologies like Javascript (React), Typescript, Kotlin, Java, Springboot, Docker, Azure