Principal Software Engineer (Location Services)

330779353 CoreLogic Solutions, LLC; United States; Hybrid; USD 134,000 - 199,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous PTO + 11 holidays

Parental leave benefits

401(k) with company match

Well-being stipend

Job summary

Cotality seeks a Principal Software Engineer to provide technical leadership for our Location Services team. This role shapes architecture, drives cross‑team technical strategy, and ensures the scalability, correctness, and security of location‑based systems across the company.

The position is hybrid (1 day in the office and 4 work from home) and based from any of Cotality's US offices: Dallas, Austin, Irvine, San Diego.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of professional software engineering experience with senior leadership.
• Experience designing and operating large-scale distributed systems.
• Proficiency in Java, C++, or Python.
• Experience with cloud-native services (GCP, AWS, or Azure).
• Strong knowledge of relational, NoSQL, time-series, or geospatial databases.
• Excellent communication across teams to articulate trade-offs.

Responsibilities

• Own and evolve the architecture of core Location Services and geospatial capabilities.
• Lead system design for scalable, low-latency location-based services.
• Define standards for geospatial data modeling, querying, and processing.
• Influence roadmap direction through technical insight and risk assessment.

Skills

Technical leadership

Distributed systems design

Backend languages

Communication

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

GCP

AWS

Azure

Job description

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. This role is a hybrid position (1 day a week in the office and 4 work from home) to be based from any of Cotality's US offices: Dallas, Austin, Irvine, San Diego.

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
• 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

• Strong expertise in geospatial concepts, such as:
• Spatial data models and indexing
• Geospatial queries, transformations, and projections
• Location accuracy, precision, and data quality considerations
• 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. 2026-10-14

Benefits

• 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!

Equal Opportunity Statement

Cotality is an Equal Opportunity employer committed to attracting and retaining the best-qualified people available, without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability or status as a veteran of the Armed Forces, or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law.

Drug-Free Workplace

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Work Environment

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