Principal Software Engineer- Eng

Responsibilities

• Define and evolve the architecture for HCM foundation services that support HR, Recruiting, Benefits, Pay, and other consuming teams.
• Drive architectural decisions across shared services, APIs, data access patterns, platform libraries, build systems, and integration points.
• Ensure systems are designed for high availability, correctness, scalability, observability, security, auditability, and regulatory compliance.
• Lead architecture and design reviews; set standards for system design, code quality, operational readiness, and cross‑team adoption.
• Build and evolve reusable platform capabilities, service contracts, and libraries that reduce duplicated work across HCM product teams.
• Design data models, persistence strategies, and service‑layer patterns across relational and No
  
  SQL systems where appropriate.
• Create secure, reliable APIs and event‑driven patterns that allow domain teams to consume HCM foundation capabilities consistently.
• Support modernization efforts such as service decomposition, .NET Core enablement, build modernization, and migration from legacy platform dependencies.

• 10+ years of professional software engineering experience, including 3+ years operating at a senior, staff, or principal level.
• Deep experience designing and building distributed systems using .NET Core and modern backend architectures.
• Experience building and supporting large‑scale, business‑critical platform services, shared APIs, or foundational systems consumed by multiple product teams.
• Track record of influencing technical direction across multiple teams or organizations.
• Demonstrated ability to set architectural standards and drive adoption.
• Strong problem‑solving skills with the ability to break ambiguous problems into clear technical designs.
• Experience applying AI‑assisted engineering practices or partnering with AI, ML, or data teams to product ionize intelligent capabilities.
• Proven ability to lead highly complex, cross‑functional initiatives with significant business impact.
• Experience with HCM, workforce management, payroll, benefits, recruiting, or other highly regulated enterprise systems.
• Familiarity with AI concepts such as anomaly detection, rule augmentation, model inference pipelines, or decision‑support systems.
• Experience designing systems with strict requirements for compliance, auditability, and data privacy.
• Front‑end experience supporting or integrating with Angular applications.
• Background in event‑driven, batch, hybrid processing, or service‑oriented platform architectures.
• Track record of shaping long‑term shared platform architecture across multiple teams, domains, or product lines.
• Experience modernizing legacy systems or leading large‑scale technical transformations.