Principal Software Engineer

The Principal Software Engineer at Alex Lee will develop highly performing, robust, scalable, and maintainable software, and as needed, mentor other IT team members. This position is expected to participate in application development and integration activities across internal systems and third‑party/cloud‑based systems. This role is instrumental in developmental activities related to transitioning from legacy platforms to newer technologies. You collaborate with cross‑functional teams, document system designs, and report on project status.

Continuous improvement and adoption of the best practices are essential to your success as a Principal software engineer. Activities include, but are not limited to, development in ADABAS Natural, JCL, SQL, SSIS, SSRS, and web service integration as well as providing oversight to team members on various integration and development activities.

• Technical Leadership:
  • Design, develop, debug and support development initiatives involving ADABAS Natural, JCL, COBOL, SSIS, SSRS and T‑SQL.
  • Lead development tasks and projects related to Microsoft SQL Server Integration Services and Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services, including projects to transition from legacy platforms to newer technologies.
  • Hold accountability as a Designated Responsible Individual (DRI), mentoring engineers across products/solutions, working on‑call to monitor system/product/service for degradation, downtime, or interruptions.
  • Serve as a subject‑matter expert for your assigned component, providing mentorship and expertise to build knowledge and capabilities within engineering teams.
  • Act actively in maintaining an inclusive and positive culture through participation in team discourse, providing mentorship for junior team members, and fostering continuous learning and improvement.
  • Actively schedule and attend code reviews to maximize quality, security, and maintainability of all software.
  • Quickly identify and resolve complex technical issues and recommend and implement permanent robust solutions.
  • Lead IT testing processes within project and application‑wide testing to help ensure design requirements are met and standards compliance.
• Collaboration and Cross‑Functional Teams:
  • Partner with cross‑functional teams to determine user requirements and drive project plans, releases, and overall development.
  • Collaborate with peers across the organization on projects that turn opportunity into results.
• Documentation and Transparency:
  • Document system designs, processes, and architecture for transparency and future reference, complying with standards developed by architecture teams.
  • Report on project status, challenges, and results to stakeholders.
• Continuous Improvement and Best Practices:
  • Proactively seek new knowledge and adapt to new trends, technical solutions, and patterns to improve the availability, reliability, efficiency, observability, and performance of products while sharing knowledge with other engineers.
• Ability to manage competing priorities according to business need.
• Serve as mentor to IT team members and contribute to the continual improvement of the team’s quality standards and engineering processes.

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience.
• 8+ years software engineering experience including but not limited to ADABAS Natural, JCL, and web service integration.
• SQL experience with a minimum of 3 years relational database development focused on SQL Server.
• Proficient in developing SSIS / SSRS packages or similar ETL and reporting tools.
• Responsible for on‑call duties to provide application support during off hours.
• Agile experience, including daily standups/scrums, sprint planning, sprint reviews, retrospectives and daily peer code reviews. Proficiency in these areas is important, especially at the Principal Software Engineer level and above, where there is an expectation to lead others and engage in these agile ceremonies effectively.
• Soft skills:
  
  problem solving, effective time management, willingness to learn, seeking assistance as needed, openness to feedback from multiple perspectives via Pull Request reviews, and the ability to peer review other team members.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to clearly articulate technical concepts to both technical and non‑technical stakeholders.
• Strong self‑motivation and organizational skills.
• Demonstrated ability to context switch between multiple concurrent efforts.
• Ability to quickly assess a need or problem and assign responsibility and priority.
• Self‑sufficiency and excitement for working in a fast‑paced, results‑driven environment.

Mid‑Senior level

Full‑time

Engineering and Information Technology

Wholesale

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