Principal Software Engineer: Tech Ownership & Mentorship

Jamdanceacademy; Naperville (IL); On-site; USD 170,000 - 259,000; Part time

Job summary

Consulting Plus in Naperville, IL seeks a Principal Software Engineer who shares an obsession with Self-Motivation. You will be responsible for setting AWS coding standards, building collaboration dashboards, and mentoring peers as part of an internship cadence with a strong emphasis on ownership.

The role anchors a compensation range of $170,000 to $259,000 and invites you to lead end-to-end technology services, from Kafka schema to on-call rotation, while helping scale services across Illinois.

Qualifications

• Fluency in Java required (experience beyond tutorials).
• Demonstrated awareness of Illinois market and Naperville context.
• Experience collaborating with remote-native internship teams.
• Ability to mentor peers and navigate fast-paced environments.

Responsibilities

• Set AWS coding standards for Consulting Plus engineering teams.
• Build dashboards to provide engineering metrics and reduce ad-hoc questions.
• Mentor the principal cohort through their first on-call experience.
• Reproduce and fix high-impact bugs from Naperville field reports.
• Own a technology service end to end, from Kafka schema to on-call rotation.
• Scale Collaboration services from Naperville pilot to IL-wide rollout.

Skills

Java

Remote-native teams

IL market awareness

Mentorship

Tools

AWS

Kafka

Job description

Consulting Plus in Naperville, IL seeks a Principal Software Engineer who shares an obsession with Self-Motivation. You will be responsible for setting AWS coding standards, building collaboration dashboards, and mentoring peers as part of an internship cadence with a strong emphasis on ownership.

The role anchors a compensation range of $170,000 to $259,000 and invites you to lead end-to-end technology services, from Kafka schema to on-call rotation, while helping scale services across Illinois.