Principal Software Engineer — Broker

Principal Software Engineer – Broker Applications Team

As a Principal Software Engineer on the Broker Applications team, you will serve as the senior technical authority for the client-facing application layer that connects the Certent Equity Management (CEM) platform to a growing portfolio of broker‑dealer partners. You will be a pure IC role operating at a high‑visibility intersection of engineering and client engagement, providing technical leadership and partnering with broker partners throughout the delivery lifecycle.

• Serve as the senior technical authority for the Broker Applications team – making day‑to‑day engineering decisions, setting the bar for code quality, and ensuring the team delivers high‑quality software on schedule.
• Write, review, and contribute production‑quality code across the full stack – C#/.NET, Angular, and Oracle – as an active, hands‑on member of the team.
• Lead architecture discussions and make technical recommendations that align with the long‑term CEM platform strategy – ensuring broker‑specific work generalizes across the broader client base wherever possible.
• Hold the team accountable to engineering standards – unit testing, code review discipline, definition of done, and release readiness.
• Partner with Platform Integrations and Platform Services teams to design and implement new data connections required for broker onboarding and feature delivery.

• Achieve ≥50% AI‑authored PR targets and ≥95% AI code review adoption as organizational minimums for your team.
• Model an agentic development mindset – integrating AI tooling into your own daily workflow and actively coaching teammates to do the same.
• Push the team beyond baseline AI adoption into workflows and practices that measurably improve delivery velocity and code quality.
• Stay current on agentic development tooling and bring forward‑looking recommendations to the Engineering Manager.

• Serve as the senior technical point of contact for broker‑dealer partners – engaging directly on requirements, integration design, technical issue resolution, and delivery status.
• Lead the technical execution of new broker onboarding engagements – translating partner‑specific requirements into well‑scoped, platform‑generic solutions.
• Dig into root business problems rather than accepting requirements at face value; advocate for solutions that work across the full broker partner portfolio rather than one‑off builds.
• Partner with the Engineering Manager and Product Management to ensure broker requirements are well‑defined, properly scoped, and sequenced for delivery.
• Build credibility with broker partners through technical depth, delivery consistency, and clear communication.

• Partner closely with the Platform Integrations and Platform Services teams on new data connections, integration patterns, and shared technical standards.
• Coordinate with matrixed QA engineers to ensure test coverage, quality gates, and release readiness are met across broker‑specific workflows.
• Collaborate with Principal Engineers, the Solution Architect, and peer Lead Engineers on cross‑team technical decisions.
• Surface delivery risks, technical blockers, and scope concerns to the Engineering Manager early and clearly.

• Set the technical bar for the team – establishing coding standards, architectural patterns, and engineering practices the rest of the team follows.
• Mentor engineers on full‑stack development best practices, broker integration patterns, and professional development.
• Contribute to cross‑team technical forums alongside Principal Engineers, the Solution Architect, and Engineering Managers.