Principal Software Engineer - Distributed Systems

NCR Voyix Corporation; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

NCR Voyix Corporation seeks a Principal Software Engineer to lead critical C++ product areas across POS, payments, and fuel management. You will shape architecture, drive cross-team decisions, and mentor engineers while elevating engineering standards.

Based in Atlanta or Dallas, you will influence strategy, pursue scalable, secure systems, and contribute to PCI and payment security architecture in a fast-paced, product-driven environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field.
• 10+ years of professional software development experience.
• Deep expertise in C/C++ systems programming and performance optimization.
• Demonstrated experience leading architecture of large-scale distributed systems.
• Experience driving technical strategy and standards across multiple teams.
• Proficiency with AI-assisted development tools and prompt engineering.

Responsibilities

• Define technical strategy and architecture for major product areas across multiple teams.
• Lead design of complex, distributed systems ensuring scalability, reliability, and security.
• Drive resolution of critical cross-cutting technical challenges and production issues.
• Establish and evolve engineering standards, best practices, and development processes.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and make build-vs-buy recommendations with business impact.
• Mentor and develop senior engineers; influence hiring standards and technical assessments.
• Partner with Product Management to translate business strategy into technical roadmaps.
• Drive adoption of AI-assisted development practices and engineering productivity improvements.
• Represent engineering in cross-divisional technical forums and PCI security guidance.

Skills

C/C++

Distributed systems

AI tooling

Technical leadership

PCI security

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/CompSci/Engineering

Master’s preferred

Tools

Win32/COM/ATL

CI/CD

DevOps

Job description

NCR Voyix Corporation seeks a Principal Software Engineer to lead critical C++ product areas across POS, payments, and fuel management. You will shape architecture, drive cross-team decisions, and mentor engineers while elevating engineering standards.

Based in Atlanta or Dallas, you will influence strategy, pursue scalable, secure systems, and contribute to PCI and payment security architecture in a fast-paced, product-driven environment.