Senior Principal Software Engineer, Automation & AI(Remote)

Rocket Software; Austin (TX); Remote; USD 143,000 - 193,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Unlimited vacation time

Health and wellness coverage

Life and disability coverage

401(k) with company match

Student debt benefit

Tuition reimbursement

Leadership and skills training

Job summary

Rocket Software in the United States is seeking a Senior Principal Software Engineer to lead and hands-on shape our Workload Automation solutions for hybrid cloud and mainframe environments.

You will drive automation architecture, collaborate across product, engineering, and sales teams, and mentor global engineers while delivering secure, scalable, and observable platforms with modern APIs.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of professional software engineering/technical product experience, including 5+ years in a principal or senior technical leadership role.
• Deep knowledge of automation technologies and workload orchestration.
• Proven experience architecting scalable, resilient platforms for hybrid cloud and mainframe environments.
• Strong proficiency in z Assembler (HLASM), system diagnostics, and the z/OS architecture as well as modern programming languages (Java, Python, Go) and API design.
• Familiarity with observability platforms, security best practices, and performance optimization.
• Demonstrated ability to define technical vision and roadmap for enterprise-scale solutions.
• Experience acting as a player-coach, mentoring global engineering teams while contributing technically.
• Strong collaboration skills with cross-functional teams (PM, Sales, Customer Engineering).
• Expertise in enterprise workload automation, batch processing, and integration with business process workflows.
• Understanding of AI/ML integration for predictive and generative automation use cases.

Responsibilities

• Create and maintain the automation solution architecture that demonstrates key capabilities and value that customers require today and tomorrow.
• Direct requirements and backlog maintenance to ensure alignment with vision and product direction.
• Evaluate and recommend function and value streams to address future use cases for competitive differentiation and market leadership.
• Lead technical debt assessment and resolution.
• Explore automation integration opportunities across Rocket and Partner ecosystems.

Skills

Automation technologies

Workload orchestration

Z/OS HLASM

Java

Python

Go

API design

Observability

Security best practices

Performance optimization

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Software Engineering

Job description

Rocket Software in the United States is seeking a Senior Principal Software Engineer to lead and hands-on shape our Workload Automation solutions for hybrid cloud and mainframe environments.

You will drive automation architecture, collaborate across product, engineering, and sales teams, and mentor global engineers while delivering secure, scalable, and observable platforms with modern APIs.