Principal Software Engineer, Platform Services

* Provide thought leadership and build software solutions that deliver high impact business value and deliver customer delight
* Lead the design and implementation of software solutions that are scalable, reliable, and maintainable
* Collaborate with a diverse cross functional team including business partners, Product Managers and designers to define product requirements, direction and clarity
* Drive technical innovation and improvements of the design and architecture of software systems towards leading edge technologies and practices
* Define, develop and drive software engineering best practices
* Become an expert in the business process domain to better support the business and align technologies with the business outcomes
* Work with the engineering leadership team to develop and execute on the company’s technical and business strategy
* Conduct impact analysis to proactively identify impact of a change across multiple applications/systems
* Perform technical due diligence and architectural assessments of third-party technologies and solutions.
* Participate and drive decomposing a monolithic code base to decoupled services
* Experiment and test ideas, validate assumptions against needs, reach conclusions and recommend solutions
* Document standards, best practices, and engineering artifacts so others can easily understand, build and maintain best in class software systems
* Debug the critical problems which arise in production and execute effective solutions within the application and across multiple applications/systems
* Lead continuous learning and process improvement activities to improve design and overall engineering practices
* Grow talent by participating in hiring and mentoring team members
- This position will work from home; occasional planned travel to an assigned Southfield, Michigan office location may be required.  However, this position is permitted to work at a Southfield, Michigan office location if requested by the team member.
* ** Customer Empathy:
** Customer Empathy is the ability to understand the perspectives, pain points, and experiences of customers. It involves actively putting oneself in the customer’s shoes, comprehending their needs and challenges, and using that understanding to provide a better, more customer-centric experience.
* ** Engineering Excellence:
** Engineering Excellence is about bringing great craftsmanship and thought leadership to deliver an outstanding product that delights customers and solves for the business. This involves the pursuit and achievement of high standards, best practices, innovation, and superior solutions.
* ** One Team:
** A One Team mindset refers to a collaborative approach across the organization, where individuals work together seamlessly, without boundaries, as a single, cohesive team. Shared goals, open communication and mutual support create a sense of collective purpose. This enables teams to navigate challenges and pursue shared objectives more effectively.
* ** Owner’s Mindset:
** Owner’s Mindset involves adopting a set of behaviors that reflect a sense of responsibility, accountability, strategic thinking, and a proactive approach to managing your domain. As an owner, you understand the business and your domain(s) deeply and solve for the right outcome for the domain(s) and the business.
* Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or closely related field of study; or equivalent work experience
* Minimum 15 years of software engineering experience or comparable depth of experience
* Experience in the lead role overseeing technical direction of a team of software engineering talent across multiple software systems
* Expert knowledge of software engineering best practices with experience building complex software engineering products
* Expert understanding and use of multiple object-oriented programming languages and design patterns such as Java
* Extensive experience with building and driving adoption of software engineering best practices
* Strong understanding of distributed systems, cloud computing, and microservices architectures
* Extensive experience in data modeling, design and messaging
* Experience working on…