Software Engineer Principal; C#​/Java​/Python

Position: Software Engineer Principal (C#/Java/Python)
PA - Pittsburgh (15219)

Full time

R231060

** Position Overview*
* At PNC, our people are our greatest differentiator and competitive advantage in the markets we serve. We are all united in delivering the best experience for our customers. We work together each day to foster an inclusive workplace culture where all of our employees feel respected, valued and have an opportunity to contribute to the company's success. As a Software Engineer Principal within PNC's Technology organization, you will be based in Pittsburgh, PA.

As a Software Engineer Principal within the Developer Tools Team (DTT), you will work with the team to improve the technologies, tools, and engineering experiences used by developers across the organization.

This is a hands-on engineering role focused on modernizing our developer ecosystem, reducing friction, and building practical solutions that improve developer productivity.

As we continue to build out the Developer Tools Team (DTT), a Software Engineer Principal is needed to expand our technical capacity across developer tooling and developer experience.

The role will help improve how core development technologies including C#, Java, Python, and Node.js are approved, packaged, updated, and supported. This includes enabling appropriate access to development tools and extensions, staying ahead of major language and framework releases, and creating sustainable paths for developers to adopt modern capabilities.

The role will also partner on broader developer experience initiatives, including reference architectures, Inner Source, developer feedback, AI-assisted development, and productivity tooling. The Principal Engineer will work alongside existing team leadership and community efforts, providing technical depth and hands-on engineering capacity to turn developer needs and opportunities into practical solutions.

Job Description

- Aligns business and technology strategy with software solutions and developer enablement capabilities.

- Proposes, designs, and codes software solutions to address complex engineering and business needs.

- Provides technical leadership across development technologies including C#, Java, Python, Node.js, associated frameworks, development environments, plugins, and extensions.

- Improves how development languages, frameworks, packages, tools, and extensions are evaluated, approved, packaged, distributed, upgraded, and supported.

- Evaluates major releases and emerging development capabilities and helps establish sustainable approaches for enterprise adoption.

- Identifies and removes friction in developer environments and workflows.

- Builds and improves reference architectures, reusable solutions, prototypes, and developer productivity tools.

- Contributes to Inner Source repositories and communities, helping increase reuse and collaboration across development teams.

- Partners with developer community efforts to translate the voice of the developer into practical improvements in tools, platforms, processes, and engineering practices.

- Builds and explore solutions focused on AI-assisted development, automation, and developer productivity.

- Leads complex technical problem solving and provides technical guidance and hands-on support to development teams.

- Apply modern engineering principles, technologies, and tools to advance developer capabilities and software delivery.

PNC Expectations

PNC Employees take pride in our reputation and continue building upon that we expect our employees to be:

- Customer Focused - Knowledgeable of the values and practices that align customer needs and satisfaction as primary considerations in all business decisions and able to leverage that information in creating customized customer solutions.

- Managing Risk - Assessing and…