Principal Software Architect (Cloud-Native)

DriveTime Car Sales; United States; On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

DriveTime Car Sales is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to lead complex, business-critical initiatives across the organization. You will design scalable solutions, guide engineering strategy, and solve challenging problems using modern cloud-native technologies.

This hands-on role influences technical direction, champions best practices, and drives measurable business impact. As a principal engineer, you will lead the design, development, and delivery of enterprise-scale software, architect

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in IT, CS, engineering or related field.
• 8+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• Experience with object-oriented languages (C#, Java, Python).
• API design experience using RESTful services and GraphQL.

Responsibilities

• Lead design, development, and delivery of enterprise-scale software solutions.
• Architect and build modern applications using OO languages.
• Design and implement APIs with REST/GraphQL and serverless tech.
• Drive data platform solutions across relational and non-relational databases.
• Provide technical leadership through code reviews and architecture reviews.
• Collaborate with product, architecture, and business teams.

Skills

OOP languages

C#/Java/Python

API design

RESTful APIs

Azure cloud

Front-end frameworks

DB design/NoSQL

Education

Bachelor's degree in IT/CS/Engineering

Tools

SQL Server

MongoDB

PostgreSQL

Okta/Auth0/Cognito

Angular/React/Vue

Job description

DriveTime Car Sales is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to lead complex, business-critical initiatives across the organization. You will design scalable solutions, guide engineering strategy, and solve challenging problems using modern cloud-native technologies.

This hands-on role influences technical direction, champions best practices, and drives measurable business impact. As a principal engineer, you will lead the design, development, and delivery of enterprise-scale software, architect