Principal Software Engineer

Precisely; Atlanta (GA); Remote; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work

Job summary

Precisely is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to lead the design and development of high-performance Node.js SaaS applications. This role focuses on architecture, scalability, and mentoring a near-term delivery team, enhancing data integrity and AI-enabled tooling within Precisely’s data products.

The ideal candidate will have 8-10+ years of software engineering experience, expert Node.js skills, cloud-native tooling, and a demonstrated ability to drive architecture across microservices and

Qualifications

• 8-10+ years of industry experience in software engineering and architecture.
• Expert-level experience with Node.js for backend development and architecture.
• Bachelor's Degree (or higher) in business or technical field.
• Track record of designing and developing data or software products.
• Expertise with databases, particularly Mongo Atlas, and REST APIs.
• Experience with cloud-native technologies including Docker, Kubernetes, Kafka, and microservices architecture.
• Familiarity with Agile/Scrum methodologies.
• Experience with AWS/Azure/GCP, Redis, and related tools.

Responsibilities

• Design and architect scalable, robust Node-based applications.
• Ensure solutions meet performance, scalability, and reliability requirements.
• Lead architecture across components; collaborate across teams.
• Design systems within the investment segment.
• Support Product Manager in planning and product performance.
• Translate stakeholder requirements into actionable backlog items.
• Write clear user epics and stories with acceptance criteria.
• Coordinate with architects to ensure technical decisions are implemented and identify automation opportunities.

Skills

Node.js

Backend architecture

REST APIs

Mongo Atlas

Cloud-native

Docker

Kubernetes

Kafka

Microservices

Agile/Scrum

Cloud platforms

Redis

Security

Education

Bachelor's Degree (or higher) in business or technical field

Tools

Mongo Atlas

Docker

Kubernetes

Git

Datadog

Codefresh

Job description

Precisely is proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Afftorative Action employer. We celebrate everything that makes an applicant unique. We will consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex (including pregnancy), age, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, marital status, genetic information, citizenship status, or veterans’ status or other applicable legally protected characteristics. We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities in our recruiting process.

United States

Position Title: Principal Software Engineer

At Precisely, we're not just building software we're shaping the future of data integrity. As a global leader in data quality, data enrichment, and location intelligence, Precisely helps thousands of the world's most trusted brands make confident decisions with data they can rely on. We're an AI-first organization, which means artificial intelligence isn't a buzzword here it's woven into how we build products, how we work, and how we think about solving complex problems for our customers. When you join Precisely, you join a team of curious, driven innovators who believe that better data makes the world run better. If you're ready to do meaningful work at the intersection of AI and data and help define what's possible we'd love for you to apply!

This position is 100% remote anywhere in the US

Overview:

We are seeking an experienced Principal Software Engineer with a strong background in Node to lead and contribute to the development of cutting-edge software solutions. The ideal candidate will possess extensive experience in software development, architecture, and team leadership. As a Principal Software Engineer, you will play a critical role in designing, developing, and maintaining high-performance SaaS applications, while also mentoring and guiding a team of engineers.

What you will do:

• Design and architect scalable, robust, and high-performance Node-based applications.
• Ensure software solutions align with business objectives and meet performance, scalability, and reliability requirements.
• Leads architecture for all components in an investment segment. May focus on one component but must have expertise across all components.
• Responsible for design of systems in the investment segment.
• Actively supports Product Manager in the Product Planning, business performance of one or more products.
• Understand requirements that comes from stakeholders and helps turn them into consumable backlog items for the team.
• Write clear, compelling, and detailed (technical) user epics and stories with user acceptance criteria. Participate in story grooming exercises for crisp and unambiguous documentation and communication of features to be developed.
• Coordinate with appropriate architects to ensure tech decisions are made and implemented. Also Identifying business process improvements and opportunities for automation.

What we are looking for:

• 8-10+ years of industry experience in the areas of data engineering and product management.
• Expert-level experience with Node.js for backend application development and architecture is required. Experience with Java is a plus but not required.
• Bachelors Degree (or higher) in business or technical field.
• Track record of Designing and developing of data products or software products.
• Expertise in Node for backend development; familiarity with frontend scripting languages such as react will be a plus.
• Expertise with databases, particularly Mongo Atlas, and developing/consuming REST APIs.
• Exposure to cloud-native technologies including Docker, Kubernetes, Kafka, and microservices architecture is a must.
• Basic understanding of agile and scrum methodologies is a must.
• Experience of AWS/Azure/GCP, Redis, Security Domain, Datadog, Code fresh, hands on will be advantageous.
• Working knowledge of data ETL will be preferred.
• Ability to communicate with various stakeholders at all levels of the organization.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and active listener.
• Able to set and meet time-sensitive goals.
• Able to handle multiple tasks simultaneously and adapt to change while providing structure to operations and go-to-market teams.

AI Skills/Knowledge:

• Proficiency with AI-assisted coding tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Amazon CodeWhisperer) to accelerate development velocity
• Experience using AI-powered code review agents to improve code quality and reduce review cycles
• Ability to critically evaluate and validate AI-generated code for correctness, security, and maintainability
• Familiarity with LLM APIs or agentic workflows
• Comfortable incorporating generative AI tools into daily engineering workflows (debugging, documentation, test generation)

Preferred Skills:

• Experience on git hub spec driven development
• Understands concept of constitutions and skills and agents MD
• Hands-on experience building or architecting agentic workflows and multi-step AI pipelines
• Experience with prompt engineering and fine-tuning strategies for developer productivity use cases
• Familiarity with AI observability and evaluation frameworks (e.g., LangSmith, Weights & Biases)
• Exposure to Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) patterns and vector database integrations
• Experience leading or mentoring teams in adopting AI tooling and best practices
• Knowledge of responsible AI principles bias detection, model safety, and governance at the enterprise

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