Principal Software Engineer

Principal Engineer

Position Location: New York, NY

Your Role: We are seeking a highly experienced and driven Principal Software Engineer to lead the modernization of our Assessment platform. This role requires deep expertise in modern software development practices, a passion for emerging technologies, and the ability to provide strong technical leadership and mentorship. You will play a critical role in shaping the future of the platform, ensuring it is scalable, resilient, secure, and maintainable for long‑term growth.

• Architect and implement a modern Assessment platform using technologies such as Type Script, React, React Native, Flutter, and Graph
  
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• Establish and champion best‑in‑class engineering practices to ensure systems are modular, scalable, resilient, and flexible.
• Define and enforce coding standards, architectural patterns, and quality metrics to maintain high engineering standards.
• Lead technical design discussions, perform code reviews, and provide hands‑on guidance across the engineering team.
• Design and implement CI/CD pipelines and contribute to Dev Sec Ops  practices.
• Contribute to platform hosting, deployment, and runtime strategies, ensuring reliability and performance at scale.

• A modernized, production‑ready Assessment platform supporting both B2B and B2C use cases.
• Well‑documented, maintainable codebases aligned with agreed architectural standards.
• Consistent, repeatable deployments enabled by standardized CI/CD pipelines.
• Improved system performance, reliability, and scalability across web and mobile platforms.
• Strong technical foundations that support future feature development and platform expansion.

• Raise the technical bar across the organization by modeling engineering excellence and best practices.
• Reduce long‑term technical debt through thoughtful architecture and disciplined execution.
• Accelerate delivery by enabling teams to build on a stable, scalable platform.
• Improve customer and partner experiences through reliable, high‑quality applications.
• Enable the business to confidently scale assessments, integrations, and transaction volumes.

• Own the technical vision and architecture of the Assessment platform.
• Serve as a key decision‑maker for technology choices, architectural trade‑offs, and implementation approaches.
• Take accountability for platform quality, performance, and long‑term sustainability.
• Identify and proactively address technical risks, scalability challenges, and architectural gaps.

• Partner closely with Product Managers and business stakeholders to translate requirements into robust technical solutions.
• Collaborate with engineering peers, mobile and web teams, and shared services to ensure architectural alignment.
• Mentor and coach engineers, fostering a culture of learning, quality, and continuous improvement.
• Work cross‑functionally with security, infrastructure, and operations teams to support platform reliability and compliance.

• A systems‑level mindset with the ability to balance short‑term delivery needs against long‑term architectural health.
• Strong product and business awareness, enabling you to align technical decisions with customer, partner, and organizational goals.
• An ownership‑oriented approach that views platform reliability, scalability, and maintainability as shared, long‑term responsibilities.
• The ability to anticipate technical risks and proactively design solutions before issues surface at scale.

• Hands‑on technical leader who leads by example and is comfortable operating at both strategic and implementation levels.
• Curious, pragmatic, and outcomes‑driven, with a passion for continuous learning and improvement.
• Clear and confident communicator who can influence technical direction across teams and stakeholders.
• Resilient and adaptable in fast‑moving environments, with a strong bias toward action and accountability.
• Collaborative mentor who elevates the capabilities and confidence of other engineers.

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience. An advanced degree is a plus but not…