Principal Software Engineer

Filetwigbay; Flint (MI); Hybrid; USD 114,000 - 166,000; Full time

Job summary

Advisory Excellence LLC in Flint, MI is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to own a slice of the technology mission from day one. The role focuses on reliability, performance, and cross-functional collaboration, with a salary range of $114,000 to $166,000.

You will drive data integrity across Django stores, lead RabbitMQ design reviews, and push PostgreSQL excellence while mentoring teams. Hybrid work and real-time hiring updates are offered.

Qualifications

• Portfolio demonstrating leadership and delivery across complex projects.
• Flexible/cybrid work expectations and ability to operate in a hybrid role.
• Strong multitasking ability without sacrificing quality.
• Willingness to be the newest person in the room and actively contribute notes.
• 10+ years steering technology projects end to end.
• At least 8 years of standing behind your own estimates.
• Solid understanding of technology best practices and industry standards.

Responsibilities

• Catch RabbitMQ regressions in staging before they affect Flint customers.
• Monitor PostgreSQL error budgets and throttle before Flint, MI budgets are exceeded.
• Own data integrity across Django stores to ensure Flint metrics are accurate.
• Lead RabbitMQ design reviews to prevent costly mistakes in Flint builds.
• Mentor team members to overcome provisioning and release bottlenecks.
• Improve RabbitMQ processing with process improvements feeding technology reports.
• Draft PostgreSQL sequence diagrams to clarify data flow for stakeholders.
• Deliver features from whiteboard to Flint production without dropping the baton.

Skills

Portfolio-led

Hybrid work

Multitasking

New teammate

10+ years

Estimating experience

Best practices

Job description

Somewhere between the whiteboard sketch and the green deploy badge is the Principal Software Engineer role we're opening in Flint, MI. From day one you own a slice of the technology mission, earn $114,000 - $166,000, and lean on 9 years to move fast.

Key Responsibilities

• Catch the wildly-collaborative RabbitMQ regression in staging before it ever reaches Flint customers
• Watch PostgreSQL error budgets and pump the brakes before Flint, MI burns through them
• Own data integrity across Advisory Excellence LLC's Django stores so Flint numbers never lie
• Lead RabbitMQ design reviews that catch the costly mistakes before Flint, MI builds them
• Untangle the Mentoring dependency knots that have slowed Flint releases for months
• Stitch Process Improvement events into the RabbitMQ pipeline feeding Advisory Excellence LLC's technology reports
• Sketch PostgreSQL sequence diagrams that make the technology flow obvious to everyone
• Carry features from whiteboard sketch to Flint, MI production without dropping the baton

What You'll Bring

• A portfolio that speaks louder than any line on your resume
• Comfort being accountable for a warm-yet-rigorous outcome in a hybrid role
• Strong multitasking ability without sacrificing quality
• Comfort being the newest person in the room and the loudest in the notes
• 10 or more years steering technology projects end to end
• At least 8 years of standing behind your own estimates
• Solid understanding of technology best practices and industry standards

Advisory Excellence LLC began as a side project in Flint and grew into the supportive platform thousands of technology users now rely on. At Advisory Excellence LLC you can challenge your skip-level's plan and still get a thank-you for it.

The Principal Software Engineer role earns $114,000 - $166,000 and opens doors to cross-functional projects that accelerate your Selenium and Java growth.

Updated on the spot, the Advisory Excellence LLC hiring team is reviewing in real time.