Principal Software Engineer

Energy Innovation Corp; Gainesville (FL); On-site; USD 128,000 - 181,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Premium healthcare

Home-office allowance

Distributed team

Job summary

StartupPlus Inc in Gainesville, FL is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to own critical technology initiatives. You will lead design reviews, decide to buy or build, and push changes behind flags to keep Gainesville deployments stable.

The ideal candidate will have Vue.js mastery, mentoring ability, cross-functional experience, and deep knowledge of the local tech scene. This full-time, on-site role offers premium healthcare and a generous home-office allowance for our distributed team.

Qualifications

• Written communication clear enough to survive a forwarded email chain.
• Principal mastery of Vue.js, validated by people who'd hire you again.
• Demonstrated capacity to mentor or support principal teammates.
• Familiarity with the Gainesville market and local technology landscape.
• Hands-on experience with modern Work-Life Balance workflows and tooling.
• Experience supporting cross-functional teams in a principal capacity.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical design reviews for principal technology initiatives.
• Decide when to buy versus build it for StartupPlus Inc's Gainesville, FL stack.
• Push PHP changes safely behind flags so Gainesville, FL rollbacks take seconds.
• Carry features from whiteboard sketch to Gainesville production without dropping the baton.
• Profile RabbitMQ memory use and chase down the leaks crashing Gainesville nodes.
• Prototype proof-of-concept solutions for emerging technology requirements.
• Ensure code quality through automated linting, testing, and static analysis.
• Trace a fast-paced technology bug across three Work-Life Balance services to the one bad line.

Skills

Vue.js

Mentoring

Cross-functional collaboration

Leadership

Job description

The right Principal Software Engineer sees a flaky test not as noise but as a clue, and StartupPlus Inc in Gainesville, FL has clues worth chasing. What sets the offer apart is trust — $128,000 - $181,000 and full-time hours are nice, but the technology ownership is the headline.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead technical design reviews for principal technology initiatives
• Decide when to buy Facilitation versus build it for StartupPlus Inc's Gainesville, FL stack
• Push PHP changes safely behind flags so Gainesville, FL rollbacks take seconds
• Carry features from whiteboard sketch to Gainesville, FL production without dropping the baton
• Profile RabbitMQ memory use and chase down the leaks crashing Gainesville nodes
• Prototype proof-of-concept solutions for emerging technology requirements
• Ensure code quality through automated linting, testing, and static analysis
• Trace a fast-paced technology bug across three Work-Life Balance services to the one bad line

What You'll Bring

• Written communication clear enough to survive a forwarded email chain
• Principal mastery of Vue.js, validated by people who'd hire you again
• Demonstrated capacity to mentor or support principal teammates
• Familiarity with the Gainesville market and local technology landscape
• Hands-on experience with modern Work-Life Balance workflows and tooling
• Experience supporting cross-functional teams in a principal capacity

Every product at StartupPlus Inc reflects the craft-obsessed standards our Gainesville, FL team holds itself to. We value clear writing and honest conversation over status games and politics.

Your package includes $128,000 - $181,000, premium healthcare, and a generous home-office allowance for our distributed team.

Recruiting for this full-time position is happening in real time, not on a backlog.

Let the StartupPlus Inc team in Gainesville, FL meet the person behind the Work-Life Balance on your resume.