Principal Software Engineer — Platform & Tech Leadership

Paychex Deutschland GmbH; United States; Remote; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

401(k) + employer match

Tuition reimbursement

Adoption assistance

Job summary

Paychex Deutschland GmbH is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to own and shape the design and delivery of complex software systems within an Agile Product Development team. You will drive architecture decisions, build scalable cloud-based applications, collaborate across teams, and mentor engineers to deliver high-quality solutions.

You will work with cutting-edge technologies, contribute to build/deploy processes, and lead initiatives that improve performance and reliability in a SaaS

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in CS/CE or related field with 5+ years of experience, or a Master’s with 3+ years.
• 5+ years of experience with SQL, Oracle or MySQL.
• Expertise in relational databases and data storage technologies.
• 2+ years of cloud tech (Azure, AWS).
• 5+ years of Web Service development (REST, WCF, SOAP).
• 5+ years building Web Applications with multiple front-end frameworks.
• Experience in SaaS environment and Agile leadership.
• Knowledge of best practices in software development and high-volume transactional apps.

Responsibilities

• Owns reliability, scalability, and performance of applications.
• Collaborate with architecture to ensure technical excellence.
• Lead the team and mentor members within an Agile environment.
• Assist with deployments and support during escalations.

Skills

Software engineering

Team leadership

Agile methodologies

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Engineering or related field

Master's degree in related field

Tools

SQL

Oracle

MySQL

NoSQL (Hadoop/Mongo)

Azure

AWS

REST

WCF/SOAP

Node.js

ASP.Net MVC/WebForms

Angular/React/Ember/Knockout

Entity Framework

Git

MS Test (Unit Testing)

Job description

Paychex Deutschland GmbH is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to own and shape the design and delivery of complex software systems within an Agile Product Development team. You will drive architecture decisions, build scalable cloud-based applications, collaborate across teams, and mentor engineers to deliver high-quality solutions.

You will work with cutting-edge technologies, contribute to build/deploy processes, and lead initiatives that improve performance and reliability in a SaaS