Remote Principal Software Engineer & Tech Leader

Ascensus

Dresher (Montgomery County)

On-site

USD 140,000 - 180,000

Full time

5 days ago
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Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental & vision benefits
Health Savings Account
401(k) & 529 match programs
Volunteer programs

Job summary

Ascensus, a leading technology and service platform powering savings plans across America, seeks a Principal Software Engineer to join a high-energy Scrum team. You will lead technical delivery, shape architecture, review code, and mentor others while championing automation, CI/CD, and quality.

You will collaborate with Product Owner, drive architectural decisions, perform design reviews, and guide teammates through complex problems.

Qualifications

  • Strong technical leadership and architectural guidance within an agile team.
  • Experience mentoring developers and coaching for growth.
  • Expertise in OO design, patterns, SOLID principles and data structures.

Responsibilities

  • Analyze software requirements and plan during agile lifecycle.
  • Modify codebase following standards, tests, and CI/CD.
  • Troubleshoot complex issues and determine root cause.
  • Collaborate in Scrum ceremonies, pair programming, code reviews.
  • Align with Product Owner on roadmaps and technical delivery.
  • Lead or assist in technical research and architecture discussions.
  • Mentor peers and model engineering excellence during production issues.

Skills

Technical leadership
Mentoring
OO design
Unit testing / TDD
CI/CD
Agile SDLC
Problem solving
Communication
Troubleshooting

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering or related

Job description

Ascensus, a leading technology and service platform powering savings plans across America, seeks a Principal Software Engineer to join a high-energy Scrum team. You will lead technical delivery, shape architecture, review code, and mentor others while championing automation, CI/CD, and quality.

You will collaborate with Product Owner, drive architectural decisions, perform design reviews, and guide teammates through complex problems.

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