83 principal software engineer jobs at 42 companies in Wheeling, IL
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Founding Full-stack / Product Engineer
Cupertino, CA, US
$130k-$300k/yrOn-SiteFull Time
HiringCafe: Building a 100× better job search engine to take on Indeed and LinkedIn.
Help us build a 100× better job search engine. We need a full-stack engineer with great taste, sharp fundamentals, and a track record of shipping polished product on React/Next.js plus a real backend (Firebase, Elasticsearch, Redis, Stripe).
Northrop GrummanNYSE: NOC: Develops and manufactures advanced aerospace, defense, and space systems.
5+ YOEBachelor's in CS/CE or equivalent experience, 5+ years engineering experience (Principal) or 8+ years (Sr Principal). Proficiency in C++, embedded Linux/VxWorks, scripting (Python/Bash), version control (Git/GitLab/GitHub/Bitbucket/ClearCase), Agile/Waterfall; U.S. citizenship and active Secret clearance required.
Northrop GrummanNYSE: NOC: Designs and manufactures advanced aerospace and defense systems.
5+ YOEUS citizen with active Secret clearance and SAP access; Bachelor’s in CS/CE (or equivalent experience). 5+ years engineering experience (Principal) or 8+ years (Sr Principal). Must have C++, embedded Linux or VxWorks, scripting (Python/Bash), version control (Git/GitLab/GitHub/ClearCase), and Agile/Waterfall experience.
Principal Software Development Engineer (Customer Insight & AI Solutions)
Buffalo Grove or United States or United States
$144k-$288k/yrRemoteFull Time
CVS HealthNYSE: CVS: Provides retail pharmacy, health insurance, and pharmacy benefit management services.
10+ YOE10+ years in full-stack software engineering; 5+ years in senior/principal/architect roles; 5+ years frontend (Angular/React) and backend (Python/Java); 3+ years AI/GenAI; Agile/Scrum; cloud native, API-first, microservices.
CNANYSE: CNA: Provides commercial property and casualty insurance and risk management.
9+ YOELead principal AI engineer with 9+ years in software engineering and 6+ years in application development; 2+ years building or operating AI-augmented development tools; expert in AI-native software, CI/CD, and security.
Walgreens: Retail pharmacy providing prescriptions and health and wellness products.
8+ YOE5+ Mgmt8+ years software engineering experience (or 11+ with HS/GED). Experience with complex online applications, Unix/Linux, C++/Java/Node, service-oriented or microservice architectures, cross-functional leadership, and contributing to financial decisions.
Chicago or Scottsdale or San Francisco or New York City or Phoenix
$173k-$276k/yrHybridFull Time
Early Warning Services: Operates payment and risk solutions for the financial industry.
15+ YOE15+ years software engineering experience with 8+ years in FinTech; hands-on full‑stack design and architecture, cloud/containerization, CI/CD, test automation, Java/J2EE/Spring, messaging, Oracle PL/SQL, Git, and strong communication.
Java, J2EE, JUnit, Tomcat, Spring Boot, Spring Core, Kafka, Tibco EMS, JMS, Oracle PL/SQL, JavaScript, jQuery, AngularJS, Git, Chef, Maven, Jenkins, AWS, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure, SVN, Jira, Bugzilla, Confluence, Splunk, Altiris, Zabbix, Terraform, AppDynamics, C#, Ruby, Python, PHP, Kubernetes
The HartfordNYSE: HIG: Provides business and personal insurance, group benefits, and investments.
12+ YOE12+ years enterprise application development experience, bachelor’s degree in CS/Engineering required, hands-on with Java, Spring Boot, Angular/TypeScript, SQL, cloud (AWS), APIs/microservices, observability tools; strong communication and AI-first experience.
Java, Spring Boot, Angular, TypeScript, SQL, AWS, Application Insights, Splunk, APIs, microservices, event-driven architectures, Identity and Access Management, AI frameworks, CI/CD, DevSecOps
Bellevue or Chicago or New York City or San Francisco or Washington
$244k-$376k/yrHybridFull Time
OktaNASDAQ: OKTA: Provide secure identity management and authentication for enterprises.
10+ YOE10+ years software development, 4+ years identity/cloud experience, 3+ years developer tooling experience; strong systems design, communication, and rapid learning skills.
Auth0, Auth0 FGA, Model Context Protocol (MCP), A2A, SDKs, Python
6+ YOE3+ MgmtBachelor's in CS/CE/IT with 8+ years (or Master's with 6+ years); 5+ years designing cloud-native AI solutions; 3+ years leadership; experience with AWS, Azure, OpenAI, Python, Java, Docker, Kubernetes; strong communication and debugging skills.
Principal Engineer, Customer Web and Mobile Experience
Chicago, Illinois, United States
HybridFull Time
Independence Pet Group: Integrated platform providing pet insurance and health services.
15+ YOEBachelor's or Master's (or equivalent experience), 15+ years software engineering with 5+ years at Staff/Principal level; expert JavaScript/TypeScript, React/React Native, Next.js; experience with .NET (C#), CI/CD, auth standards, and technical leadership.
React, React Native, React Native Web, JavaScript, TypeScript, Git, GitHub, Node.js, Next.js, VS Code, GitHub Codespaces, GitHub Copilot Enterprise, Expo CLI, Expo SDK, Microsoft Azure, Microsoft Azure CLI, Microsoft Dynamics 365, .NET (C#), Postman, React DevTools, BrowserStack, Tailwind, NativeWind, shadcn/ui-style, Contentful, Sitecore, Adobe Experience Manager, GraphQL, REST, OIDC, OAuth2, SSO, MFA, WCAG 2.1, OWASP, SOC 2, PCI, EIS Suite
Principal Software Engineer – AI & Cloud (Healthcare / EHR Platforms)
Atlanta or Chicago or Phoenix or Charlotte or Texas
HybridFull Time
OracleNYSE: ORCL: Provides cloud infrastructure and enterprise software for global businesses.
6+ YOE7+ years building distributed systems; strong Java and Python; microservices and Kubernetes; cloud experience (OCI/AWS/Azure/GCP); AI/ML or AIOps production; REST APIs; SQL; code reviews and mentoring; customer-facing troubleshooting.