Principal Software Engineer

Socket.dev; Warrendale (Allegheny County); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Fullsight LLC in Warrendale, PA is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to lead the design, development, and delivery of large-scale web applications. You will act as a technical expert, architect, and mentor for a diverse team across the SDLC.

The role requires 10+ years in hands-on software engineering with Java/Spring, distributed systems, and modern tooling; hybrid work with 2 days in the office and up to 3 days remote.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related major.
• 10+ years of hands-on software engineering experience with Java, including Spring.
• Experience as a Team Lead for at least 2 years.
• Experience with microservices or distributed computing.
• Experience with NoSQL (MongoDB or DynamoDB).
• Knowledge of containerization, GitLab CI/CD, and modern development tools.
• Experience with messaging architectures using RabbitMQ or similar.
• Experience with OAuth, Spring Security or OpenID, Elasticsearch/ELK, and SQL.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a technical expert, lead, and architect on large and complex projects.
• Design, develop, test, implement, and maintain complex web-based application systems.
• Lead the team in design, development, coding, testing, and debugging of software.
• Define system architecture, standards, and documentation; ensure security and deployment practices.
• Interact with customers for requested improvements and enhancements.
• Mentor junior developers and conduct code reviews.

Job description

SAE Industry Technologies Consortia (ITC), Performance Review Institute (PRI) and SAE International (SAE), deliver shared solutions to industry's common challenges.

Join us and create a higher standard for a better world.

Fullsight, LLC is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to work in Warrendale, PA. This is a hybrid position that requires 2 days in the office and allows for the ability to work from home with the appropriate telecommuting systems up to 3 days/week. The Principal Software Engineer will be required to perform the following duties: (1) serving as a technical expert, lead, and architect on large and complex projects; (2) designing, developing, testing, implementing, and maintaining complex web-based application systems, such as user interface, e-commerce applications, and integrations; (3) troubleshooting and solving complicated software issues; (4) researching technical problems and suggesting improvements for web applications; (5) analyzing and integrating new web products and technologies with existing web applications to improve the application functionality; (6) utilizing a thorough understanding of assigned business applications and system infrastructure; (7) leading the team as a high-level technical expert in design, development, coding, testing, and debugging new software or significant enhancements to existing software; (8) defining system architecture, design and documentation; (9) defining and adhering to SAE International development standards, including naming conventions, source code control processes, security protocols and code deployment processes; (10) managing priorities on multiple assigned projects; (11) assisting with project planning by providing estimates, task definitions and progress updates throughout the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) within established methodology; (12) interacting directly with customers on requested improvements and enhancements; (13) assisting in training and mentoring less experienced developer team members; and (14) managing and performing code reviews to ensure adherence to coding standards and tools.

Must have a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related major, and 10 years of experience in a hands-on software engineering role using java, including spring. Must have previously earned at least one AWS certification.

Experience must include at least 2 years of experience in a Team Lead role and at least 8 years of experience with (1) microservice or distributed computing services; (2) noSQL including MongoDB or DynamoDB; (3) modern development tools and methodologies including Containerization, Unit Testing, Gitlab, and CI/CD; (4) design and implementation of a messaging-based architecture with RabbitMQ or similar tools; (5) automated performance test implementation; (6) design and implementation of software security and authorization tools including OAuth, Spring Security, or OpenID; (7) implementing and using elastic search and the ELK stack; (8) performing code reviews for quality, security, performance, maintainability, and compliance with architectural and coding standards; (9) object-oriented programming and analysis; (10) relational database concepts and SQL; (11) design and implementation multiple programming languages including Java, JavaScript/TypeScript, PL/SQL, and Bash; and (12) Agile development environments.

ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION

SAE IndustryTechnologies Consortia® (SAE ITC)enables organizations to define and pilot best practices. SAE ITC industry stakeholders are able to work together to effectively solve common problems, achieve mutual benefit for industry, and create business value.

The Performance Review Institute® (PRI)is the world leader in facilitating collaborative supply chain oversight programs, quality management systems approvals, and professional development in industries where safety and quality are shared values.

SAE International® (SAEI)is a global organization serving the mobility sector, predominantly in the aerospace, automotive and commercial-vehicle industries, fostering innovation, and enabling engineering professionals. Since 1905, SAE has harnessed the collective wisdom of engineers around the world to create industry-enabling standards. Likewise, SAE members have advanced their knowledge and understanding of mobility engineering through our information resources, professional development, and networking.

Fullsight is a shared services group working across three affiliate organizations, SAE ITC, SAE International, and Performance Review Institute (PRI), uniformly delivering HR, IT, Legal, Customer Success, Finance, and Procurement services, which enables us to distribute resources across all parts of our businesses.

EEO CLAUSE

Fullsight provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.