Principal Software Engineer – Cloud-Native & Azure

Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance Company; Toronto; On-site; CAD 205,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, Dental and Vision benefits

Retirement Savings 401(k) with Company

Generous holiday and PTO

Job summary

Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance Company (BHSI) in Toronto is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to lead the design and delivery of scalable cloud-native solutions that support a fast-growing Surety business.

The role combines architecture ownership, mentoring teams, and direct code contribution across backend and frontend stacks, with a focus on secure, reliable software that delivers measurable business value.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of progressive software engineering and systems experience.
• Proven leadership as a Principal Engineer or equivalent.
• Expertise in API-first, cloud-native, event-driven architectures.

Responsibilities

• Lead design and development of scalable cloud-native apps on Microsoft Azure.
• Head front-end work using Angular or React for responsive UI.
• Design/optimize database architecture with SQL Server and ORMs.
• Drive CI/CD pipelines and DevOps improvements for velocity and reliability.
• Mentor engineering teams; review code and enforce best practices.

Skills

Cloud-native

Front-end (Angular/React)

Azure

SQL Server

Java / C# / .NET

Leadership & mentorship

Tools

Azure Functions

App Services

Azure SQL

ORM frameworks

Job description

Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance Company (BHSI) in Toronto is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to lead the design and delivery of scalable cloud-native solutions that support a fast-growing Surety business.

The role combines architecture ownership, mentoring teams, and direct code contribution across backend and frontend stacks, with a focus on secure, reliable software that delivers measurable business value.