Principal Software Architect - Public Sector (Remote)

Code for America; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 144,000 - 176,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Laptop provided

Remote setup stipend: $700; $200 and $

$50/mo internet reimbursement

Professional development funds: $500/€

401k employer match

No-cost health insurance

Open PTO

Job summary

Code for America seeks a Principal Software Engineer to define technical standards and practices that guide the engineering discipline, delivering reliable, high-quality software across multiple teams and projects that improve public services.

Reporting to the Director or Senior Director of Product Engineering, this role emphasizes cross-team influence, architecture decisions, and mentoring engineers, with travel up to 10% and a fully remote work arrangement for candidates based in the United

Qualifications

• 10+ years of software engineering experience with system architecture and API design.
• Proven track record defining technical standards used across teams.
• Experience solving ambiguous technical problems and delivering reusable solutions.

Responsibilities

• Technical Delivery: craft features and drive architecture across services and teams.
• Technical Leadership & Mentorship: set direction, mentor engineers, and align with cross-functional partners.
• Organizational Technical Strategy: translate trends into technical roadmaps; explore AI-enabled capabilities.

Skills

System architecture

Data modeling

Web technologies

API design

AI coding tools

Cloud infrastructure

Agile

Tools

AWS

Terraform

Kubernetes

Job description

Code for America seeks a Principal Software Engineer to define technical standards and practices that guide the engineering discipline, delivering reliable, high-quality software across multiple teams and projects that improve public services.

Reporting to the Director or Senior Director of Product Engineering, this role emphasizes cross-team influence, architecture decisions, and mentoring engineers, with travel up to 10% and a fully remote work arrangement for candidates based in the United