Principal Software Engineer

Energy Innovation Corp; Lakewood (CO); Hybrid; USD 162,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Energy Innovation Corp in Colorado is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to accelerate decision making so it feels invisible to users. The role emphasizes essential, high-impact work with a compensation range of $162,000 - $240,000 per year.

You will reproduce Lakewood field reports, automate pipelines, and write scalable JavaScript services while mentoring others. Lakewood or remote work options are available, with a clear growth ladder.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent practical experience.
• 10 years of software engineering experience requested.
• Ability to take ownership and drive new responsibilities.
• Knowledge of CO regulations relevant to technology work.
• Professionalism, integrity, and discretion with sensitive information.
• Self-direction and the ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Reproduce the relentlessly curious bug from the Lakewood field report, then make it impossible again
• Automate build, test, and deployment pipelines for faster release cycles
• Write clean, well-tested code that scales with Valero Energy's growing user base
• Keep the technology JavaScript service humming through Lakewood's holiday traffic surge
• Sketch Decision Making sequence diagrams that make the technology flow obvious to everyone
• Translate a napkin idea from Valero Energy founders into a JavaScript quietly-excellent prototype

Skills

Empathy

Ownership mindset

Regulatory knowledge (CO)

Professionalism

Discretion

Self-direction

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

We're hiring a Principal Software Engineer for the unglamorous, essential work of making Decision Making fast enough that nobody notices it at all. Reduce it to essentials and you have $162,000 - $240,000, a CO Principal Software Engineer seat, 10 years asked, and a clear climb ahead.

Key Responsibilities

• Reproduce the relentlessly curious bug from the Lakewood field report, then make it impossible again
• Automate build, test, and deployment pipelines for faster release cycles
• Write clean, well-tested code that scales with Valero Energy's growing user base
• Keep the technology JavaScript service humming through Lakewood's holiday traffic surge
• Sketch Decision Making sequence diagrams that make the technology flow obvious to everyone
• Translate a napkin idea from Valero Energy founders into a JavaScript quietly-excellent prototype

What You'll Bring

• The kind of empathy that makes hard feedback land softly
• Bachelor's degree in a related field, or equivalent practical experience
• Eagerness to take ownership and run with new responsibilities
• Knowledge of CO-specific regulations relevant to technology work
• Professionalism, integrity, and discretion with sensitive information
• Self-direction that survives a quiet Slack channel

Across CO, the detail-loving technology systems people trust most often turn out to be Valero Energy, built quietly in Lakewood. Every voice in the CO office gets airtime, especially the ones still finding their volume.

Our $162,000 - $240,000 package travels with real mentorship, a growth ladder you can see, and the flexibility to clock in from Lakewood or home.

Live and hiring this very moment for the Lakewood, CO team.

We hire for hunger as much as resumes, so if that's you, the Principal Software Engineer role is open.