Principal Software Engineer - Business Rules Engineering (BRE)

PNC; Pittsburgh (Allegheny County); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/prescription drug coverage

Health Savings Account

Dental

Vision

Life insurance

Short-term disability

Long-term disability

401(k) with PNC match

Pension

Stock purchase plans

Dependent care reimbursement account

Back-up child/elder care

Adoption

surrogacy

doula reimbursement

Educational assistance

Wellness program

Maternity and/or parental leave

Paid holidays

Vacation days

Job summary

PNC seeks a senior technical leader to drive backend architecture and implementation in an enterprise context. You will lead a 5-10 person team and set engineering standards to deliver high-performance services and microservices.

Expect deep expertise in Java, Spring Boot, Kafka, and event-driven architectures, with a strong Agile mindset and mentoring responsibility.

Qualifications

• Requires over 10 years of software engineering experience with a strong focus on backend development.
• 5+ years using Java and Spring Boot; proven experience leading technical teams and microservices/event-driven architectures using Kafka.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and implementation of enterprise-grade software solutions.
• Manage a team of 5-10 engineers; drive technical decision-making and engineering standards.
• Oversee development of high-performance backend services and microservices.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

Kafka

Microservices

Technical Leadership

API Design

Event-driven Architecture

Agile Delivery

Distributed Systems

Software Architecture

Mentoring

Code Review

Problem Solving

Tools

Kafka tooling

Job description

Lead the design and implementation of enterprise-grade software solutions while managing a team of 5-10 engineers. Drive technical decision-making, establish engineering standards, and oversee the development of high-performance backend services and microservices.

Requirements:

• Requires over 10 years of software engineering experience with a strong focus on backend development and 5+ years using Java and Spring Boot.
• Must have proven experience leading technical teams and expertise in microservices and event-driven architectures using Kafka.

Key Skills:

• Java
• Spring Boot
• Kafka
• Microservices
• Business Rules Engineering
• Technical Leadership
• API Design
• Event-driven Architecture
• Agile Delivery
• FICO Decision Modeler
• Business Rules Management
• Distributed Systems
• Software Architecture
• Mentoring
• Code Review
• Problem Solving

Benefits:

• Medical/prescription drug coverage
• Health Savings Account
• Dental
• Vision
• Employee and spouse/child life insurance
• Short-term disability
• Long-term disability
• 401(k) with PNC match
• Pension
• Stock purchase plans
• Dependent care reimbursement account
• Back-up child/elder care
• Adoption
• surrogacy
• and doula reimbursement
• Educational assistance
• Wellness program
• Maternity and/or parental leave
• Paid holidays
• Occasional absence days
• Vacation days