Principal, Software Engineer - Full Stack (.NET Core, React, ELK)

Ingram Micro, Inc.; Irvine (CA); On-site; USD 190,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Ingram Micro, Inc. in Irvine, CA is seeking a Principal, Software Engineer to own and deliver medium to large-scale projects with minimal supervision. You will design scalable solutions aligned with business needs and mentor junior developers.

Lead full-stack development across cloud-native services, API integrations, and search implementations using Solr/Elasticsearch/Oracle Endeca. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure quality, security, and timely delivery.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• 8+ years of software engineering experience with enterprise applications and experience implementing search solutions using Solr, Elasticsearch, or Oracle Endeca.

Responsibilities

• Lead design, development, deployment, and support of enterprise applications and services.
• Drive application stability, reliability, and issue resolution in production environments.
• Define and promote engineering standards, coding practices, and architectural guidelines.
• Conduct code reviews to ensure quality, security, performance, and maintainability.
• Collaborate with Product, Infrastructure, and business teams to translate requirements into scalable solutions.
• Mentor junior engineers and drive continuous improvement initiatives.
• Lead planning, estimation, and prioritization to support project success.

Skills

Leadership

Mentoring

Software architecture

Full-stack development

Distributed systems

Cloud

Code reviews

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Tools

.NET Core

React

ELK Stack

Solr

Elasticsearch

Oracle Endeca

Job description

As a Principal, Software Engineer, Own and deliver medium to large-scale projects with minimal supervision, ensuring successful execution from initiation to completion. Analyze business and technical requirements to design effective, scalable solutions that align with organizational goals. Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, including engineering, product, and operations, to drive cohesive outcomes. Identify process gaps and lead continuous improvement initiatives to enhance efficiency and effectiveness. Provide guidance and mentorship to junior team members (L1–L3), fostering skill development and team growth. Ensure high-quality deliverables while adhering to established timelines and standards. Actively participate in planning, estimation, and prioritization of tasks to support project success. Communicate progress, risks, and outcomes clearly to stakeholders, and contribute to the development of best practices, standards, and comprehensive documentation.

Your role:

Technical Leadership & Solution Delivery

• Lead the design, development, deployment, and support of enterprise applications and services.
• Drive application stability and reliability by supporting production environments and resolving complex technical issues.
• Define and promote engineering standards, coding practices, and architectural guidelines.
• Conduct code reviews and ensure software quality, security, performance, and maintainability.
• Partner with Product, Infrastructure, and business teams to translate requirements into scalable technical solutions.
• Participate in incident management, root cause analysis, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Drive involvement in developing innovative solutions and mentoring the team to adopt a mindset focused on innovation and creative problem-solving

Full-Stack Development

• Lead the design, development, and maintenance of modular, cloud-native applications and microservices architecture
• Implement frontend development to deliver smart search experience
• implement and optimize search and discovery functionality using technologies such as Apache Solr, Elasticsearch, or Oracle Endeca, including schema design, indexing, relevancy tuning, faceted navigation, and autocomplete.
• Develop and maintain product catalog ingestion and index pipelines for structured and semi-structured data to support real-time updates.
• Design and maintain secure API integrations.

What you bring to the role:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, or a related field required.

• 8+ years of software engineering experience with enterprise applications and position specific experience implementing search solution using Solr, Elastic Search, or Oracle Endeca.
• Experience working within global or onsite-offshore engineering teams.
• Prior mentoring or technical leadership experience.

• Strong hands-on experience with .NET Core, React, ELK Stack or Equivalent.
• Experience designing, developing, and supporting large-scale enterprise applications.
• Strong understanding of application architecture, API development, and cloud-based solutions.
• Experience with architectural design recommendation and guidance.
• Knowledge of JIRA/Confluence and Agile development methodologies.
• Strong troubleshooting, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.

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