Principal Node.js Software Engineer

Overview

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. Sora, an ADP company, is hiring a Principal Full-Stack Software Engineer. This role is remote anywhere in the United States. Accepting applications until 10/31/25.

Sora, an HR Workflow automation product, is empowering people-focused teams to create exceptional employee experiences. We’re building a product that streamlines the tedious and repetitive work People teams do every day, from sending emails to assigning onboarding tasks to a new hire’s manager to syncing data across 3 to 20 tools in a customer’s HR stack.

As a Principal Full-Stack Software Engineer
, you'll be an integral part of the Sora engineering team. We take a startup mindset—focused, action-oriented, and quick to execute, while always being thoughtful in our approach.

In this role, you'll collaborate with a diverse group of stakeholders and contribute across the full software development lifecycle (SDLC) from product alignment and technical discovery to end-to-end integration and ongoing support.

Success requires strong collaboration, excellent communication, and deep technical expertise.

To thrive in this role, you’ll need 12+ years of experience in modern web development and cloud technologies, and substantial experience in Dev Ops (CI/CD pipelines, cloud infrastructure, production support).

• Design, develop, test, and review code in an Agile environment. Participate in stand-ups, sprint planning, and interaction with customer success and sales teams to hear directly from clients and prospects.
• Review the team’s work, help people excel in an Agile environment, proactively address issues, and ensure finished products are polished before delivery.

To Succeed In This Role

• You’ll have a Bachelor’s degree OR equivalent.
• 12+ years of professional experience in relevant skills (in the tech stack below) gained in the same or similar role.
• NodeJS
• React (or similar modern front-end framework)
• Postgres
• AWS (EC2, SQS, SES) or similar cloud experience

Note:

Experience in all of these areas is not strictly required. Principal engineers are expected to have significant experience in a majority of the stack and to onboard quickly.

• Substantial (8+ years) of Dev Ops, infrastructure, and CI/CD experience, including security, performance and scale.
• Substantial (8+ years) experience scaling distributed systems, database architecture, observability, security/vulnerability reduction, and message queuing.
• Experience writing technical plans/proposals, completing proofs of concept, making recommendations on technical direction/strategy, and leading multiple technical projects across teams.
• Demonstrated success as a cross-functional collaborator and problem solver.
• 8+ years experience as a technical leader and mentor to junior developers.

• Collaborative, courageous teamwork and ownership mindset.
• Impactful work at scale with a focus on client happiness and productivity.
• Curious, learning-oriented environment that values growth and collaboration.
• Ownership and initiative to solve complex problems.
• Commitment to giving back to the community and a focus on equality and equity.

What are you waiting for?
Apply today!

Base salary offers for this position may vary. The compensation for this role is USD $ - USD $ / Year. Benefits include Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Matched Retirement Savings, Wellness Program, Disability, Paid Time Off, and more. Actual compensation will adhere to applicable laws.

ADP is a global provider of cloud-based human capital management (HCM) solutions, recognized for its culture and values. We are committed to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Equal Employment Opportunity.