Principal Software Development Engineer

Jobtailor

Arizona

On-site

USD 210,000 - 320,000

Full time

13 days ago

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Job summary

Jobtailor seeks a Senior Principal Software Architect to set technical direction for a next‑generation compute platform powering PBM underwriting and financial metrics. You will design and lead architecture for systems processing hundreds of millions of claims‑level records under tight latency SLAs.

You will mentor senior engineers, present to VP/SVP audiences, and drive cloud‑native delivery with container‑first, observability‑first, and CI/CD practices.

Qualifications

12+ years building production software systems.
3+ years at staff/principal scope.
Experience designing and operating systems processing hundreds of millions to billions of rows.
Fluency in throughput, latency, partitioning, and cost trade-offs across batch, streaming, and OLAP workloads.
Strong system design skills, including consistency, failure modes, backpressure, and system evolution.
Architecture leadership through ADRs, design reviews, standards, and tooling.
Experience with legacy strangulation versus rewriting and service boundaries.
SQL fluency and data modeling.
Parity/reconciliation patterns and debugging metric drift with finance and actuarial stakeholders.
Hands-on experience with Java, Spring Boot, Gradle, and SQL-first persistence such as JOOQ.
Performance engineering: profiling, query plans, caching, SLAs on large datasets.
Produce design documents and executive-readable architecture narratives.
Ability to present to VP/SVP audiences.
Technical leadership without authority, mentoring and cross-squad alignment.
Cloud-native delivery mindset with container-first and CI/CD discipline.

Responsibilities

Set technical direction for a next-generation compute platform powering PBM underwriting and financial metrics.
Design and lead architecture for systems processing hundreds of millions of claims-level records under tight latency SLAs.
Translate PBM financial logic into trusted, extensible systems for finance, actuarial, account, and engineering teams.
Lead architecture decisions, ADRs, and design reviews.
Establish and enforce standards for service boundaries, testing strategy, and schema evolution through tooling.
Decide whether to strangle legacy systems or rewrite them, and whether to split or retain services.
Profile systems, read query plans, develop caching strategies, and achieve sub-second-to-low-minute SLAs on large datasets.
Produce design documents, architecture narratives, and decision-driving demonstrations.
Present technical concepts to VP/SVP audiences and executive stakeholders.
Mentor senior, staff, and principal engineers.
Raise the hiring bar and drive cross-squad alignment.
Deliver cloud-native systems using container-first, observability-first, and CI/CD practices.

Skills

Architecture Leadership

SQL Fluency

Java Development

Performance Engineering

Cloud-Native Delivery

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics, or a related quantitative field; equivalent experience accepted

Tools

Spring Boot

Gradle

JOOQ

CI/CD

Job description

Set technical direction for a next-generation compute platform powering PBM underwriting and financial metrics
Design and lead architecture for systems processing hundreds of millions of claims-level records under tight latency SLAs
Translate PBM financial logic into trusted, extensible systems for finance, actuarial, account, and engineering teams
Lead architecture decisions, ADRs, and design reviews
Establish and enforce standards for service boundaries, testing strategy, and schema evolution through tooling
Decide whether to strangle legacy systems or rewrite them, and whether to split or retain services
Profile systems, read query plans, develop caching strategies, and achieve sub-second-to-low-minute SLAs on large datasets
Produce design documents, architecture narratives, and decision-driving demonstrations
Present technical concepts to VP/SVP audiences and executive stakeholders
Mentor senior, staff, and principal engineers
Raise the hiring bar and drive cross-squad alignment
Deliver cloud-native systems using container-first, observability-first, and CI/CD practices

Requirements

12+ years building production software systems
3+ years at staff/principal scope
Experience designing and operating systems processing hundreds of millions to billions of rows
Fluency in throughput, latency, partitioning, and cost trade-offs across batch, streaming, and OLAP workloads
Strong system design skills, including consistency, failure modes, backpressure, and system evolution
Architecture leadership through ADRs, design reviews, standards, and tooling
Strong solution design judgment regarding legacy strangulation versus rewriting and service boundaries
SQL fluency and data modeling experience
Experience with parity/reconciliation patterns and debugging metric drift with finance and actuarial stakeholders
Hands‑on experience with Java, Spring Boot, Gradle, and SQL‑first persistence such as JOOQ or equivalent
Performance engineering experience, including profiling, query‑plan reading, caching strategy, and meeting SLAs on large datasets
Ability to produce high‑quality design documents, executive‑readable architecture narratives, and technical demos
Ability to present to VP/SVP audiences
Technical leadership without authority, including mentoring and cross‑squad alignment
Cloud‑native delivery mindset with container‑first, observability‑first, and CI/CD discipline
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics, or a related quantitative field; equivalent experience accepted

Core Competencies

Demonstrates extensive experience in system architecture and design, particularly in high‑volume data processing and cloud‑native environments. Proven ability to lead technical direction, mentor engineering teams, and effectively communicate complex concepts to executive stakeholders.

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