Principal Software Engineer (Location Services)

CoreLogic; United States; Remote; USD 134,000 - 199,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Time off and holidays

Parental leave

Comprehensive health benefits

401(k) with company match

Tuition assistance

Job summary

Cotality is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to provide technical leadership for our Location Services team. You will shape architecture, drive cross-team strategy, and ensure scalable, reliable geospatial systems across the company.

The role partners with engineering leaders, product teams, and stakeholders to align technical outcomes with business priorities, across a global organization. This is a senior, impact-driven position with emphasis on observability and reliability.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of professional software engineering experience with senior technical leadership.
• Deep experience designing and operating large-scale distributed systems.
• Strong expertise in geospatial concepts.
• Proficiency in backend languages (e.g., Java, C++, Python).
• Experience building and operating cloud-native services (GCP/AWS/Azure).
• Strong understanding of relational, NoSQL, time-series, or geospatial databases.
• Proven ability to influence technical direction across teams without direct authority.
• Excellent communication skills for complex trade-offs.

Responsibilities

• Own and evolve architecture of core Location Services and geospatial capabilities.
• Lead design for scalable, low-latency, highly available location-based services.
• Define standards for geospatial data modeling, querying, and processing.
• Evaluate and introduce new technologies and patterns with material benefit.
• Serve as technical owner for critical geospatial components and services.
• Guide teams through complex initiatives spanning multiple services.
• Ensure performance, accuracy, reliability, and security.

Skills

Senior leadership

Distributed systems

Geospatial concepts

Backend languages

Cloud-native services

Data storage technologies

Cross-team influence

Communication

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

At Cotality, we are driven by a single mission—to make the property industry faster, smarter, and more people-centric. Cotality is the trusted source for property intelligence, with unmatched precision, depth, breadth, and insights across the entire ecosystem. Our talented team of 5,000 employees globally uses our network, scale, connectivity and technology to drive the largest asset class in the world. Join us as we work toward our vision of fueling a thriving global property ecosystem and a more resilient society.

Cotality is committed to cultivating a diverse and inclusive work culture that inspires innovation and bold thinking; it’s a place where you can collaborate, feel valued, develop skills and directly impact the real estate economy. We know our people are our greatest asset. At Cotality, you can be yourself, lift people up and make an impact. By putting clients first and continuously innovating, we’re working together to set the pace for unlocking new possibilities that better serve the property industry.

Job Description:

Role Overview

We are seeking a Principal Software Engineer to provide technical leadership for our Location Services team. This role is responsible for shaping architecture, driving cross-team technical strategy, and ensuring the scalability, correctness, and operational excellence of location-based systems across the company.

The Principal Engineer operates with broad scope and influence, partnering closely with engineering leaders, product teams, and stakeholders to align technical outcomes with business priorities.

Key Responsibilities

Technical Leadership & Architecture

• Own and evolve the architecture of core Location Services and geospatial capabilities

• Lead system design for highly scalable, low-latency, and highly available location-based services

• Define standards and best practices for geospatial data modeling, querying, and processing

• Evaluate and introduce new technologies, patterns, and frameworks where they provide material benefit

Platform Ownership & Delivery

• Serve as technical owner for critical geospatial components and services

• Guide teams through complex technical initiatives spanning multiple services or domains

• Ensure solutions meet requirements for performance, accuracy, reliability, and security

• Actively influence roadmap direction through technical insight and risk assessment

Cross-Team Influence

• Partner with product, data, and infrastructure teams to align technical direction with business goals

• Provide technical insights to multiple engineering teams consuming Location Services

• Resolve cross-cutting technical issues and reduce architectural fragmentation

Operational Excellence

• Drive improvements in observability, resilience, and fault tolerance for geospatial systems

• Lead root‑cause analysis for significant production issues and ensure long‑term corrective action

• Champion automation, testing strategies, and reliability engineering practices

Mentorship & Engineering Culture

• Mentor senior and mid-level engineers, strengthening overall technical capability

• Set a high bar for engineering rigor, system design quality, and documentation

• Act as a role model for pragmatic decision‑making and long‑term systems thinking

Job Qualifications:

Required Qualifications

• 10+ years of professional software engineering experience, with demonstrated senior technical leadership

• Deep experience designing and operating large‑scale distributed systems

• Strong expertise in geospatial concepts, such as:

• Proficiency in one or more backend programming languages (e.g., Java, C++, Python)

• Experience building and operating cloud‑native services (e.g., GCP, AWS, or Azure)

• Strong understanding of data storage technologies (relational, NoSQL, time‑series, or geospatial databases)

• Proven ability to influence technical direction across teams without direct authority

• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to articulate complex technical trade‑offs to diverse audiences

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior ownership of location‑based or geospatial platforms in production environments

• Experience with real‑time or near‑real‑time location processing pipelines

• Familiarity with geospatial tooling and standards

• Experience with containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes)

• Background in reliability engineering, performance tuning, and scalability testing

• Experience guiding architectural decisions in a platform or shared‑services organization

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Annual Pay Range:

134,400 - 199,000 USD

Application Window:

This opportunity is expected to remain posted through the date identified below, subject to business needs.

2026-09-30

Thrive with Cotality

At Cotality, we offer more than just a job, we provide a benefits experience designed to support your whole self. From a flexible working model to competitive time off and standout health coverage with meaningful perks and growth opportunities, our package is built to help you thrive at work and in life.

Highlights, depending on role classification, include:

• Time off: Generous PTO and 11 paid holidays, plus well-being and volunteer time off.

• Family Support: Up to 16 weeks of fully paid parental leave and a baby stipend.

• Health: Multiple medical plan options with mental health and wellness support offerings.

• Retirement: 401(k) with company match and vesting after one year.

• Financial Perks: $400 annual well-being stipend and tuition assistance up to $5,250.

• Extras: Recognition Rewards, Referral bonuses, exclusive discounts and more!

Cotality is an Equal Opportunityemployer committed to attracting and retaining thebest-qualified people available, without regard torace, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexualorientation, gender identity, age, disability or statusas a veteran of the Armed Forces, or any other basisprotected by federal, state or local law. Cotalitymaintains a Drug-Free Workplace.

Cotality is fully committed to a work environment that embraces everyone’s uniquecontributions, experiences and values. We offer anempowered work environment that encouragescreativity, initiative and professional growth andprovides a competitive salary and benefits package. We are better together when we support and recognize our differences.