Principal Software Engineer(Back End)

Clearance Level None Category Software Engineering Location Remote, Working from the USA

Key Skills For Success Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Kubernetes

User Experience (UX)

Web Development

##### REQ#:RQ226922

##### Public Trust:Other

##### Requisition Type:Pipeline

##### Your Impact

Own your opportunity to work alongside federal civilian agencies. Make an impact by delivering solutions that improve citizen services millions depends on.

Job Description

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PRINCIPAL SOFTWARE DEVELOPER SENIOR

What You’ll Do

* Define and drive the strategic direction for backend and full-stack engineering practices, architecture, and technical excellence across the organization

* Lead the development of scalable, reliable, and secure distributed systems that serve government customers

* Serve as the technical authority and thought leader for system architecture, data design, and engineering excellence

* Design and implement modern service architectures, data pipelines, and infrastructure patterns that enable team velocity and system reliability

* Deliver new features and improvements to our core services including major read/write paths for customer intake, application screening, and information dissemination

* Collaborate with product managers and stakeholders to balance technical feasibility with business requirements, making pragmatic trade-offs that deliver measurable impact

* Build and maintain shared libraries, service frameworks, and infrastructure patterns that enable consistency and reduce cognitive load

* Identify opportunities to modernize our backend systems and take ownership of large-scale technical initiatives that improve system quality, performance, and maintainability

* Establish and champion engineering best practices including API design, data modeling, testing strategies, observability patterns, security standards, and code quality

* Mentor and coach engineers at all le