Principal Software Engineer

Energy Innovation Corp; Coeur d'Alene (ID); On-site; USD 141,000 - 196,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental benefits

Vision benefits

Paid time off

Mentorship

Job summary

VentureCore in Coeur d'Alene, ID seeks a Principal Software Engineer to lead critical systems beyond code, earning $141,000–$196,000 annually with full medical, dental, vision, PTO, and mentorship from day one.

You will own the Leadership subsystem, wire Ansible APIs to gRPC, and ensure production reliability across Django-based applications while guiding roadmap discussions and incident response. Willingness to commute or work flexibly as needed is valued.

Qualifications

• Detail-oriented with accuracy focus.
• Ownership and accountability for systems.
• Ability to learn new tech quickly and apply it.

Responsibilities

• Wire Ansible APIs to gRPC for data landings.
• Monitor gRPC error budgets and prevent burnout of teams.
• Own the Leadership subsystem used by other teams.
• Troubleshoot production incidents in Django apps.
• Contribute to sprint planning and tech roadmaps.
• Containerize apps and manage deployments with Azure and Selenium.
• Hand off Linux runbooks; document undocumented services.

Skills

Detail-oriented

Ownership

Active Listening

Learning agility

Independent work

Team collaboration

Tools

Ansible

gRPC

Django

Azure

Selenium

Linux

Job description

We don't need a Principal Software Engineer who knows everything about Leadership; we need one curious enough to find out what they don't. Look past the title and you'll see $141,000 - $196,000, an ID base, and a principal role that asks you to lead, not just execute.

Key Responsibilities

• Wire Ansible APIs to gRPC consumers so data lands where Coeur d'Alene teams expect it
• Watch gRPC error budgets and pump the brakes before Coeur d'Alene, ID burns through them
• Own the forward-thinking Leadership subsystem that the rest of VentureCore quietly depends on
• Troubleshoot and resolve production incidents across Django-based applications
• Contribute to sprint planning, estimation, and technology roadmap discussions
• Containerize applications and manage deployments with Microsoft Azure and Selenium
• Hand off Linux runbooks so the next on-call at VentureCore sleeps better
• Decode the undocumented Linux service nobody at VentureCore remembers writing

What You'll Bring

• Detail-oriented approach with a commitment to accuracy
• An appetite for ownership that scales with the stakes
• Hands-on experience with modern Active Listening workflows and tooling
• Ability to learn new technology systems quickly and apply them effectively
• Ability to thrive both independently and as part of a tight-knit team
• Willingness to commute to Coeur d'Alene, ID or work flexibly as needed

Long obsessed with Active Listening, VentureCore has turned a Coeur d'Alene office into one of the purpose-led centers of technology innovation in ID. We value clear writing and honest conversation over status games and politics.

Expect $141,000 - $196,000 plus full medical, dental, and vision benefits, generous paid time off, and real mentorship from day one.

Live in Coeur d'Alene, ID as of this hour, with reviews ongoing.