Principal Software Engineer: AI & Emerging Tech (Remote)

CSAA; Virginia; Remote; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus eligibility

401(k) with company match

Flexible Workplace

Remote-first culture

Job summary

CSAA Insurance Group is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to drive emerging technology and AI initiatives in a remote role across the United States. You will lead prototype work, evaluate platforms, and guide architecture while mentoring engineers.

You will partner with business sponsors to translate proven concepts into scalable solutions used by delivery teams. In this role you will collaborate with Enterprise Architecture to ensure secure, enterprise-grade patterns and drive rapid

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent with 10+ years of software engineering experience.
• 10 years software development experience.
• Experience with cloud-native services and architectures.
• Proficiency with Java/J2EE, Python, Node.js, JavaScript/TypeScript, React.
• Ability to travel as needed.

Responsibilities

• Lead emergent tech and AI experiments, prototypes, and pilots.
• Mentor engineers and influence architecture decisions.
• Collaborate with Enterprise Architecture on platform fit and security.
• Translate experiment results into reusable patterns and guidance.
• Provide architecture guidance for the transition of concepts to delivery teams.

Skills

Leadership

Mentoring engineers

Excellent communication

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, technology, or related field

10+ years of progressive software engineering experience

Tools

AWS Lambda

DynamoDB

S3

Jenkins

Maven

Java/J2EE

Python

Node.js

JavaScript/TypeScript

React

Job description

CSAA Insurance Group is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to drive emerging technology and AI initiatives in a remote role across the United States. You will lead prototype work, evaluate platforms, and guide architecture while mentoring engineers.

You will partner with business sponsors to translate proven concepts into scalable solutions used by delivery teams. In this role you will collaborate with Enterprise Architecture to ensure secure, enterprise-grade patterns and drive rapid