Principal Software Engineer

Energy Innovation Corp; Montgomery (AL); On-site; USD 123,000 - 193,000; Full time

Job summary

BKD in Montgomery, AL is seeking a Principal Software Engineer fluent in Webpack to keep our high-availability platforms humming. You will own technical delivery, mentor teammates, and turn vague tickets into crisp, testable acceptance criteria using .NET Core and Ruby services.

Collaborate with product and design to ship features end to end, evaluate new tools and libraries, and drive continuous improvements on BKD's Montgomery platform.

Qualifications

• Strong experience with .NET Core in production systems.
• Experience with Ruby services and Ruby libraries.
• Excellent communication and ability to document decisions.
• Willingness to commute to Montgomery, AL or work flexibly as needed.

Responsibilities

• Trace a technology number back through Ruby services until it finally adds up.
• Collaborate with product and design teams to ship features end to end.
• Turn vague technology tickets into crisp, testable .NET Core acceptance criteria.
• Question the proudly-imperfect Flexibility pattern everyone copied and propose something cleaner.
• Evaluate and recommend new tools, frameworks, and Ruby libraries.
• Ship incremental improvements to BKD's Montgomery platform on a regular cadence.

Skills

Webpack

.NET Core

Ruby

Communication

Tools

Ruby libraries

Ruby services

Job description

We engineer high-availability platforms, and we are searching for a Principal Software Engineer fluent in Webpack to keep them humming. This AL role reads like an upgrade — $123,000 - $193,000, contract hours, 9 years valued, and a path that does not dead-end.

Key Responsibilities

• Trace a technology number back through Ruby services until it finally adds up
• Collaborate with product and design teams to ship features end to end
• Turn vague technology tickets into crisp, testable .NET Core acceptance criteria
• Question the proudly-imperfect Flexibility pattern everyone copied and propose something cleaner
• Evaluate and recommend new tools, frameworks, and Ruby libraries
• Ship incremental improvements to BKD's Montgomery platform on a regular cadence

What You'll Bring

• A communicator who writes the meeting recap nobody asked for but everyone reads
• Clear thinking under the kind of pressure Montgomery, AL deadlines bring
• Proven .NET Core judgment when the textbook answer doesn't fit
• Willingness to commute to Montgomery, AL or work flexibly as needed
• A candidly-kind bias toward action, balanced by knowing when to wait

BKD exists for one stubborn reason: the technology tools everyone settled for were never good enough, so we rebuilt them from Montgomery, AL. Our Montgomery team would rather over-communicate than leave a teammate guessing at midnight.

We anchor everything in $123,000 - $193,000, then add mentorship, benefits, and the freedom to flex your contract schedule around real life.

This Principal Software Engineer posting is fresh, active, and open for business right now.