Principal Software Engineer: Cloud-Native & Java

Lucas James Talent Partners; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 125,000 - 161,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision plans

401K retirement plan

Paid time off

Life insurance

Disability insurance

Rail pass

Job summary

Amtrak is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to design and deliver high-quality software solutions. You will handle systems analysis, design, development, integration, testing, maintenance, and support.

Essential responsibilities include leading technical design with stakeholders, documenting requirements, and ensuring secure, QA-compliant applications. Strong Java/Spring Boot, SQL, and cloud experience are required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent with 8+ years of experience.
• Strong knowledge of Java, Spring Boot, SQL and front-end basics.
• Experience with distributed messaging and cloud platforms.

Responsibilities

• Lead the technical product design and development process with customers, architects, and team members.
• Organize and document technical requirements.
• Define and provide strategic solutions to software applications to meet business needs.
• Develop or enhance software applications, ensuring solutions are secure and QA standards.
• Identify solution improvements and champion department-wide initiatives.
• Identify functional and non-functional testing needs and plans.
• Perform software testing and implement automated testing solutions.
• Provide ongoing maintenance of applications.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

SQL

Angular

React

Node.js

Kafka

RabbitMQ

Cloud

Git

Agile Scrum

Documentation

Backend

Cloud-native development

Education

Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent

Tools

Kafka

RabbitMQ

Git

AWS

Azure

GCP

Job description

Amtrak is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to design and deliver high-quality software solutions. You will handle systems analysis, design, development, integration, testing, maintenance, and support.

Essential responsibilities include leading technical design with stakeholders, documenting requirements, and ensuring secure, QA-compliant applications. Strong Java/Spring Boot, SQL, and cloud experience are required.