Principal Software Engineer — Systems & Platform Lead

Jobtailor; Colorado; On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor in Colorado is seeking a senior software engineer to design, develop, and optimize operating systems components and tools. You will lead a cross-functional team, mentor junior engineers, and participate in architecture and code reviews.

You will collaborate with product managers and designers to capture requirements, implement scalable solutions, and promote best practices in CI/CD and testing across projects.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Software Engineering or related field.
• Advanced degree in a related field is strongly preferred.
• Experience designing, developing, and testing software systems.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, debug, and implement OS components and software tools.
• Develop database architectures and requirements specifications.
• Lead and mentor software engineers; conduct code reviews and provide feedback.
• Collaborate with product managers and designers to define project scope and requirements.
• Drive adoption of best practices in development, CI/CD, and testing.
• Stay current with technologies and trends to guide strategic planning.

Skills

Project management

Software engineering

Mentoring

Cross-functional work

Code reviews

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Software Engineering or related field

Advanced degree in related field

Tools

Azure

AWS

Docker

Kubernetes

Jenkins

Terraform

React

Angular

Node.js

ASP.NET

HTML5

CSS3

WebAPI

Java

C++

.NET

Scala

Lua

Python

SQL

Job description

Jobtailor in Colorado is seeking a senior software engineer to design, develop, and optimize operating systems components and tools. You will lead a cross-functional team, mentor junior engineers, and participate in architecture and code reviews.

You will collaborate with product managers and designers to capture requirements, implement scalable solutions, and promote best practices in CI/CD and testing across projects.