Principal Software Engineer (US)

QVC, Inc.; Pennsylvania; Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health care benefits

401(k)

Tuition reimbursement

Paid time off

Job summary

QVC, Inc. is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to drive enterprise automation and AI-enabled engineering. You will define technical standards and guide architecture decisions across our technology landscape while mentoring teams to improve speed, quality, and maintainability.

You will lead modernization initiatives, collaborate with cybersecurity and operations, and ensure solutions are secure and scalable across multiple brands and platforms.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in software or infrastructure engineering, enterprise architecture, or related field.
• Proven experience designing and delivering large-scale enterprise technology solutions.
• Strong expertise in enterprise architecture, system integration, distributed systems, and scalable solution design.
• Experience with DevOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, automation, and infrastructure as code.
• Ability to influence technical direction and drive adoption across teams without direct managerial authority.
• Experience leading complex modernization or transformation initiatives.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or equivalent experience.
• Ability to travel as needed.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and implementation of enterprise-scale automation and AI solutions.
• Define and maintain architecture standards, engineering best practices, and governance processes.
• Partner with business leaders and teams to align technical solutions with business priorities.
• Evaluate emerging technologies to improve engineering delivery and resiliency.
• Guide software engineering excellence through architecture and design reviews and assessments.
• Mentor engineers and technical leads to raise engineering standards.
• Identify and mitigate technical risks and lead troubleshooting for production issues.
• Collaborate with cybersecurity, infrastructure, and operations to ensure secure, compliant solutions.

Skills

Lead enterprise automation

AI-enabled engineering

Architecture decisions

Mentor engineers

Technical leadership

Travel as needed

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/IT/Engineering

Tools

CI/CD pipelines

Automation

Infrastructure as Code

Job description

Working at QVC Group means joining a live social shopping company with incredible teams, ambitious projects and amazing careers.

QVC Group, Inc. is a Fortune 500 company with six leading retail brands - QVC®, HSN®, Ballard Designs®, Frontgate®, Garnet Hill® and Grandin Road®.

Your Opportunity, Your Team The Principal Software Engineer supports QVC, and drives enterprise automation, AI-enabled engineering, and architecture decisions across our technology landscape. You’ll help shape how QVC designs and delivers scalable, secure, and resilient technology solutions. You’ll lead complex automation and modernization efforts, define technical standards, and guide engineering teams through architecture decisions that improve speed, quality, and long-term maintainability.

Where You'll Work

This role is remote; job seekers must reside in one of the following states to be considered: Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware. This role may require you to be on site at our West Chester, PA location as needed. Relocation assistance is not available for this role.

What You'll Do

• Lead the design and implementation of enterprise-scale automation and AI solutions that improve efficiency, scalability, security, and reliability
• Define and maintain architecture standards, engineering best practices, and governance processes for automation and platform solutions
• Partner with business leaders, architects, and engineering teams to align technical solutions with business priorities and modernization goals
• Evaluate emerging technologies and recommend practical approaches that improve engineering delivery, system resiliency, and operational performance
• Guide software engineering excellence through architecture reviews, design reviews, and technical assessments across multiple teams
• Mentor engineers and technical leads by sharing expertise, improving technical decision-making, and raising engineering standards
• Identify and mitigate technical risks, support resilient system design, and lead complex troubleshooting for critical production issues
• Collaborate with cybersecurity, infrastructure, and operations teams to ensure solutions are secure, compliant, and supportable
• Leverage AI tools and models to accelerate solution design, automation development, and delivery practices

What You'll Bring

• 8+ years of experience in software engineering, infrastructure engineering, enterprise architecture, or a related technical field
• Proven experience designing and delivering large-scale enterprise technology solutions
• Strong expertise in enterprise architecture, system integration, distributed systems, and scalable solution design
• Experience with DevOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, automation, and infrastructure as code
• Demonstrated ability to influence technical direction and drive adoption across teams without direct managerial authority
• Experience leading complex modernization or transformation initiatives
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience
• Ability to travel as needed #LI-AZ1

If provided, salary ranges are a general guideline only, and actual salaries will vary and are based on factors such as a candidate's qualifications, skills, experience, and geographic location as well as business and market conditions.

Our Total Rewards package includes benefits you’ll love such as competitive compensation, paid time off, an employee assistance program, parental leave, paid volunteer hours, and amazing company discounts! In our US market, you can also expect health care benefits starting on day 1, 401(k), and tuition reimbursement benefits.

QVC Group is committed to inclusion and belonging for all and ensuring that our workplace provides equal employment opportunities for all team members and candidates and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations. As an equal opportunity employer, QVC Group is committed to a barrier-free employment process. If you need reasonable accommodations/support throughout, please contact us at [e-mail] for assistance.

Join Our Team!

QVC Group, Inc. is a Fortune 500 company with six leading retail brands – QVC®, HSN®, Ballard Designs®, Frontgate®, Garnet Hill® and Grandin Road®. We are a live social shopping company that redefines the shopping experience through video-driven commerce on every screen, from smartphones and tablets to laptops and TVs. QVC Group brings innovative products, compelling content, and unforgettable moments to millions of shoppers worldwide via social platforms, streaming apps, ecommerce sites and TV channels, making every screen a doorway to discovery, delight and community. QVC Group has team members in the U.S., the U.K., Germany, Japan, Italy, Poland and China. We’re an inspired and diverse team that comes together to combine shopping and entertainment for millions of highly discerning shoppers. It’s a fun, fast-paced world, and what really sets us apart is our culture and talent experience. Best of all, working with QVC Group means friendly teams, ambitious projects and fast-moving careers!