AI-First Principal Software Architect

Fullbay; Phoenix (AZ); On-site; USD 170,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Fullbay is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to drive innovation and architectural direction across our SaaS platform. You will mentor engineers, establish standards, and lead cross-domain decisions in a unified principal engineers team.

This role emphasizes organizational impact over day-to-day execution and requires a strong track record in scalable distributed systems. You will work with frontend and backend stacks (TypeScript/React, Java, Go, Node.js) on AWS, leveraging Terraform and an

Qualifications

• 10–15 years of software design and development experience.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience.
• Proven ability to design and implement scalable, distributed systems.
• Strong communication skills with ability to influence technical decisions across the organization.

Responsibilities

• Technical Leadership & Innovation: lead architectural decisions and drive best practices.
• Design and implement complex, high-impact features that increase business value.
• Drive architectural decisions to simplify implementations and improve performance.
• Investigate and evaluate new technologies and define the stack.
• Prototype solutions and deliver proofs-of-concepts that turn ideas into production.

Skills

Software design

Distributed systems

Leadership

Mentorship

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Tools

TypeScript

React

Java

Go

Node.js

Terraform

AWS

Job description

Fullbay is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to drive innovation and architectural direction across our SaaS platform. You will mentor engineers, establish standards, and lead cross-domain decisions in a unified principal engineers team.

This role emphasizes organizational impact over day-to-day execution and requires a strong track record in scalable distributed systems. You will work with frontend and backend stacks (TypeScript/React, Java, Go, Node.js) on AWS, leveraging Terraform and an