Principal Software Development Engineer

Storable; Seattle (WA); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health coverage for you and family

401(k) match

HSA + HRA

Generous vacation policy

Parental leave

Paw’ternity Leave

Volunteer time off

Home data stipend

Job summary

Storable is seeking a Principal Engineer to set the technical direction for our platform, including FMS, CRM, and commerce services. You will partner with product, engineering, and executive leadership to build scalable systems and shape AI-enabled capabilities.

You will write code, review designs, and drive durable architectural decisions while mentoring staff toward Principal-level impact in a fast-growing, hybrid work environment in Bellevue, WA.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of software development experience with distributed systems and SOA.
• Experience leading architecture transformations across multiple teams and services.
• Ability to influence technical strategy across orgs and at senior exec levels.

Responsibilities

• Set company-wide technical direction for product and platform architecture across core systems.
• Define multi-year architecture transformations to improve resiliency and efficiency.
• Make critical decisions on system design, service boundaries, data contracts, and interfaces for performance at scale.
• Remain hands-on by coding, reviewing designs, prototyping, and delivering outcomes.
• Lead AI- and GenAI-powered capability design, including safe evaluation practices.

Skills

Distributed systems

Architecture transformations

Leadership

Hands-on coding

AI fluency

Job description

About Storable

At Storable, we're redefining property management for specialty real estate. Powered by AI and three decades of industry data, Storable empowers over 33,000 self-storage facilities with the industry's only fully integrated technology platform. Our end-to-end solutions from management software and demand generation to CRM tools and delinquency solutions help storage operators streamline workflows, attract tenants, and grow revenue. Dedicated to empowering self-storage owners and operators, Storable helps you Win More every day. Explore our platform solutions at storable.com.

Principal Engineers

Principal Engineers are responsible for setting the technical direction across Storable. They solve the company’s most complex and ambiguous engineering problems, connect technology strategy to business outcomes, and establish the standards for engineering excellence across our products and platforms.

This is a hands-on role for a technical visionary who can move between architecture, code, product strategy, and executive decision-making. You will partner with leaders across Product, Engineering, Sales, Marketing, Customer Success, Support, Finance, and Compliance to create clarity, make durable decisions, and build systems that scale with Storable’s growth.

You will shape the future of FMS, CRM, Commerce, Marketplace, and shared technology capabilities including how Storable applies AI to build better products, improve operations, and increase the speed and quality of engineering delivery.

What you’ll do every day

• Set company-wide technical direction for product and platform architecture across FMS, CRM, Commerce, Marketplace, and shared capabilities.
• Define and drive multi-year architecture transformations that improve resiliency, observability, flexibility, delivery speed, and cost efficiency.
• Make critical decisions about system design, service boundaries, data contracts, and platform interfaces for performance, scalability, and resilience at millions of TPS.
• Stay hands-on by writing code, reviewing designs, prototyping solutions, and directly delivering outcomes tracked at the Storable executive level.
• Lead the design of AI- and GenAI-powered capabilities, including agent-callable service interfaces, intelligent decision systems, and safe evaluation practices.
• Establish AI-native engineering practices such as spec-driven development, GenAI-assisted automation, and AI-powered operational tooling.
• Influence technical and business decisions across organizational boundaries, including with senior executives, without relying on direct authority.
• Define and champion standards for architecture, software quality, availability, security, operational excellence, and cost management.
• Lead engineering efforts that improve customer experience through fewer transaction failures, lower latency, and reliable commerce at global scale.
• Mentor Staff and senior engineers toward Principal-level scope, judgment, and impact through architecture guidance, design reviews, and hands-on coaching.

What you need to bring

• 12+ years of software development experience, including deep expertise in distributed systems and service-oriented architecture.
• A track record of leading architecture transformations across multiple teams and services, including driving adoption through delivery.
• Experience designing and operating highly available systems at large scale, including environments handling millions of TPS.
• Demonstrated ability to influence technical strategy and business outcomes across organizational boundaries and at senior executive levels.
• A hands-on engineering practice: you write code, review designs, prototype critical ideas, and stay close to production realities.
• AI fluency, with experience using AI tools or GenAI techniques to improve engineering workflows, product capabilities, or operational outcomes.

Bonus points

• Experience with FMS, CRM, commerce, payments, or subscription systems operating across multiple currencies, territories, and regulatory environments.
• Experience designing agent-callable services, AI platforms, intelligent decision systems, or AI-assisted software development workflows.
• Expertise in resiliency engineering, including graceful degradation, blast-radius isolation, chaos testing, and recovery design.
• A record of mentoring senior engineers toward Principal-level scope and strengthening technical leadership across an organization.
• Experience building simulation, forecasting, experimentation, or ML-driven recommendation systems.
• Experience supporting international expansion through local payment methods, regulatory compliance, and market-specific adaptation.

All applicants must be currently authorized to work full-time in the United States and able to work a hybrid schedule in our Bellevue, WA office.

Benefits and Perks

• Generous health coverage for you and your family, including fully paid short-and long-term disability coverage and two-times base salary life insurance.
• 401(k) match after 60 days, 100% vested after 1 year.
• Employer contribution to your HSA, plus an HRA to help offset your deductible.
• Instant access to flexible vacation. We trust you, so we have a ‘take what you need’ vacation policy.
• Be More – company rewards and recognition that add up and can be redeemed for personalized gifts and experiences! Storriors have been able to enroll in SCUBA certification classes, travel overseas, and redo their back patio, among many other things.
• 8 hours of Volunteer Time Off each year and the opportunity to get active in the community by joining one of our offsite volunteer and community service events.
• 8 hours of Rest, Relax, Recharge time to care for your mental health.
• Access a range of mental well-being resources for yourself and your dependents, including counseling services, stress management programs, and mindfulness workshops
• Fully paid parental leave: 12 and 6 weeks for primary and secondary caregivers, respectively.
• ’Paw’ternity Leave and Pet Bereavement - we understand that pets are a part of the family and have generous time-off policies, which honor that commitment.
• Caregiver Leave: four weeks of fully paid time away from work to care for aging dependents or family members, if needed.
• $50 monthly home data stipend, plus a home office sign-on bonus of $250.
• Fertility care support options to help in your journey towards parenthood.
• Access to financial experts to help you make informed decisions and achieve your financial goals.
• Direct Student Loan Payment Program, some qualifications and eligibility rules apply.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Storable is committed to providing equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, Storable will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.

Important Notice

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