Remote Principal Software Developer — AI-Driven Growth

Workiva Inc.; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Workiva Inc. is seeking a Principal Software Developer for Growth Engineering to define architecture and drive technical strategy across AI-powered applications on the Workiva platform.

You will lead multi-team initiatives, design scalable systems, and mentor engineers while delivering meaningful business outcomes. The role blends hands-on building with technical leadership, guiding decisions in a fast-evolving environment and enabling autonomous engineering workflows with safety and reliability

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience building and scaling complex software systems.
• Experience using AI as a development collaborator with high quality outputs.

Responsibilities

• Define architecture and strategy for AI-powered platforms and products.
• Lead cross-team initiatives across platform modernization and new product bets.
• Design AI-driven systems with guardrails and reliable automation.
• Mentor engineers and align technical decisions with business outcomes.

Skills

AI development

Software architecture

Distributed systems

Leadership

Cross-team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Master's degree

PhD

Job description

Workiva Inc. is seeking a Principal Software Developer for Growth Engineering to define architecture and drive technical strategy across AI-powered applications on the Workiva platform.

You will lead multi-team initiatives, design scalable systems, and mentor engineers while delivering meaningful business outcomes. The role blends hands-on building with technical leadership, guiding decisions in a fast-evolving environment and enabling autonomous engineering workflows with safety and reliability