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Principal Software Engineer
United States
$140k-$160k/yr RemoteFull Time
Senior/principal engineer with multi-product expertise; strong Angular and .NET; risk identification and architectural guidance; security-minded design; mentoring.
Angular, .NET (C#), API design, Azure, PostgreSQL, SQL Server, GitHub, Azure DevOps Pipelines
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Principal Software Engineer
United States
RemoteFull Time
10+ YOE10+ years backend experience, senior/staff/principal roles; distributed systems; SaaS backend APIs; leadership and mentoring.
Python, FastAPI, PostgreSQL, OpenSearch, AWS, CI/CD
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Principal Engineer, Software
Houston, Texas, United States
HybridFull Time
10+ YOEBachelor's degree in Computer Science, MIS, Engineering, or related field plus 10 years of software engineering experience. Requires cloud, database, Python, Java, software design, testing, and Agile expertise.
AWS, Lambda, IAM, S3, EFS, SQS, SNS, API Gateway, CLI, Kinesis, Glue, ElastiCache, CloudWatch, CloudFormation, Oracle, SQL Server, PostgreSQL, Cassandra, DynamoDB, Python, Java
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Principal Software Engineer
Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
$176k-$273k/yr OnsiteFull Time
10+ YOE10+ years software engineering, architecture, leadership; Java, REST, SQL; enterprise integrations; strong communication.
Java, REST APIs, SQL, Git, AWS, ECS/EKS, Lambda, API Gateway, Terraform, Spring Boot, Kubernetes, Dynatrace, Datadog, Kafka, Confluent, Apache Camel, MuleSoft
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Principal Software Engineer – Developer Experience
Austin or Warren
HybridFull Time
10+ YOE10+ years in software development; senior/principal-level leadership; strong systems thinking and product mindset; AI-native mindset; experience leading cross-team initiatives; excellent communication.
Java, Go, C#, Python, TypeScript, GitHub, GitLab, CI/CD, Jira, ADO, Artifact repositories, Secrets management
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Principal Software Engineer
United States
$180k-$271k/yr RemoteFull Time
10+ YOE10+ years in software engineering; strong leadership; microservices; experience with JavaScript, Python, Java, or C#, .NET preferred.
JavaScript, Python, Java, C#, .NET, Microservices
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Principal Software Engineer
Arlington, Virginia, United States
OnsiteFull Time
Extensive software engineering leadership; delivery of large-scale distributed systems; cloud, AI/data platforms; strong communication and mentorship.
AWS, Cloud, DevOps, AI tooling, LLMs, distributed systems
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Principal Software Engineer
Santa Clara or San Jose
$126k-$205k/yr OnsiteFull Time
7+ YOEBS/MS in CS/Engineering; 7+ years; hands-on software engineer; Python and Go; microservices; cloud platforms; distributed systems; Docker/Kubernetes; SQL/NoSQL; messaging systems; automation and test.
Python, Go, Docker, Kubernetes, GCP, AWS, Azure, SQL, NoSQL, Redis, BigQuery, RabbitMQ, Kafka, Terraform, Ansible, CI/CD, REST API
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Principal Software Engineer
United States
RemoteFull Time
Principal-level software engineering experience building scalable systems; specific required qualifications are defined in the job description.
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Principal Software Engineer
Denver, Colorado, United States
$225k-$270k/yr HybridFull Time
12+ YOEBachelor's in CS or equivalent; 12+ years software engineering; 5+ years in identity/security; hands-on leadership; strong Java; CIAM expertise.
Java, PostgreSQL, MySQL, OAuth, OpenID Connect, SAML, SCIM
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Software/ Principal Software Engineer
Huntsville, Alabama, United States
$88k-$163k/yr OnsiteFull Time
2+ YOERequires a STEM degree, 2+ years of software experience for Software Engineer or 5+ for Principal, Java and C++, scripting, Linux, Git/GitLab, Security+, and active Secret clearance.
Java, C++, Bash, SSH, SCP, Perl, Python, Linux, Git, GitLab, Cameo, Jenkins, RTI/DDS, Interactive Data Language (IDL), Markdown, Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)
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Principal Software Engineer
Annapolis Junction, Maryland, United States
$190k-$280k/yr OnsiteFull Time
20+ YOEActive TS/SCI with Polygraph; US citizenship; 20+ years software engineering experience; bachelor's in CS or related; able to work independently and in a team; strong communication.
Java, NiFi, SQL, PostgreSQL, Elasticsearch
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Principal Software Engineer
Annapolis Junction, Maryland, United States
$215k-$250k/yr OnsiteFull Time
12+ YOE12 years of software engineering experience; BS in computer science; experience with Java, Spring Boot, MongoDB, Kubernetes, AWS; TS/SCI with Full Scope Polygraph clearance.
Java, Spring Boot, MongoDB, Kubernetes, Rancher, RKE2, AWS, RHEL, LLMs, S3/MinIO, Elasticsearch, NiFi
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Principal Software Engineer
United States
RemoteFull Time
8+ YOE8-10+ years in data engineering and product management; strong Node and Java; cloud-native tech; REST APIs; experience leading software architecture; mentoring teams.
Node.js, Java, MongoDB, REST APIs, Docker, Kubernetes, Kafka, AWS, Azure, GCP, Redis, Datadog, Codefresh, LangSmith, Weighs & Biases
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Principal Software Engineer
Waltham or North Bethesda
$200k-$225k/yr HybridFull Time
8+ YOE8–12+ years of software development; expert in Python, React/TypeScript, AWS; strong system architecture and enterprise integration experience; Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering or related field.
Python, React, TypeScript, AWS
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Principal Software Engineer
Santa Clara, California, United States
$200k-$220k/yr OnsiteFull Time
20+ YOEBachelor’s in software engineering or computer science; 20+ years in machine control/automation; industrial protocol experience; C# for hardware control; industrial automation hardware; motion control knowledge.
C#, WPF, SECS/GEM, TCP/IP, EtherCAT, Modbus, Ethernet/IP, RS232/RS485
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Principal Software Engineer
Annapolis Junction, Maryland, United States
$207k-$266k/yr OnsiteFull Time
12+ YOETop Secret clearance with Full Scope Polygraph; US citizenship; 12+ years of software engineering; BS or higher in Computer Engineering/CS; 5 years in SIGINT/IA/IT domains; expert Java (17+), REST, Spring Boot, SOLID OO design; leadership and mentoring.
Java, Spring Boot, REST, MongoDB, Docker, Kubernetes, Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana, PKI, TLS, SSL, Confluence, Jira
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Principal Engineer Software/Sr Principal Engineer Software (Infrastructure)
Melbourne, Florida, United States
$98k-$184k/yr OnsiteFull Time
5+ YOEBachelor's degree in STEM and 5+ years software engineering; Linux, C/C++, OS hardening; DoD Secret clearance; containerization; travel.
C++, Java, Linux, Bash, Git, Confluence, OS Configuration, Networking, Containerization, Kubernetes
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Principal Software Engineer (200047497)
United States
OnsiteFull Time
Principal software engineering role; the posting provides no additional qualifications or responsibilities.
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Principal Software Engineer
United States
$136k-$215k/yr RemoteFull Time
15+ YOE15+ years of software engineering experience, including 3+ years as a principal engineer; expert Elasticsearch and full-stack skills; production platform engineering, architecture, and build-versus-buy experience.
Elasticsearch, Kibana, Elastic ML, React, Logstash, Elastic Security, Elastic Observability, AWS, GCP, Azure, Anthropic, OpenAI Codex, GitHub Copilot, Google Gemini, LLM Gateway, RAG, ELSER, Kibana Canvas, Watcher
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