Remote Principal Software Engineer – Partner Services

Priority Technology Holdings, Llc; United States; Remote; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Priority Commerce is seeking a Principal Software Engineer - Partner Services to lead a multi‑team area while staying hands‑on in critical systems. You will own architecture roadmaps, ADRs, and cross‑team standards, partnering with product, design, and executive leadership to drive business outcomes.

This role emphasizes AI‑native practices, incident leadership, and enterprise‑level reliability in a remote setting.

Qualifications

• 15–20+ years of engineering experience.
• Payments or Banking domain experience preferred.
• Hands-on coding with leadership responsibilities.
• Own area-level OKRs and KPIs; drive business outcomes.
• Proven architecture leadership and ADR practice.

Responsibilities

• Stay hands-on — design, build, review, and operate critical systems.
• Lead during highest‑pressure moments — incidents and escalations.
• Own the area’s architecture roadmap and ADRs.
• Participate in ARB and write ADRs to enterprise standards.
• Contribute to the Principal Engineering & Architecture Guild.
• Define and enforce observability bar aligned with SRE principles.

Skills

Hands-on leadership

Architectural leadership

Executive communication

Reliability & security focus

AI-native practices

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering

Advanced degree preferred

Tools

React.js/Redux

Node.js

Kafka

MySQL

Elasticsearch

Redis

Snowflake

AWS

Kubernetes

GitHub/TeamCity/Octopus

Job description

Priority Commerce is seeking a Principal Software Engineer - Partner Services to lead a multi‑team area while staying hands‑on in critical systems. You will own architecture roadmaps, ADRs, and cross‑team standards, partnering with product, design, and executive leadership to drive business outcomes.

This role emphasizes AI‑native practices, incident leadership, and enterprise‑level reliability in a remote setting.