Senior Principal Software Engineer - Full-Stack & Cloud

Alaska Airlines, Inc.; SeaTac (WA); On-site; USD 141,000 - 212,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free stand-by travel privileges

Comprehensive well-being programs

Generous 401k match

Annual bonus plans

Generous holiday and paid time off

Job summary

Alaska Airlines is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to lead full-stack development and digital experience for the group and subsidiaries. You will define long-term strategy, guide agile teams, and ship software regularly, with latitude to influence how we build great products.

The role emphasizes cloud-based, high-scale systems, mentoring engineers, and driving code quality through modern patterns and TDD. Seattle location; full-time, exempt.

Qualifications

• 7 years of experience in software engineering.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent.
• Experience building full-stack apps with object-oriented languages (C#, Java, etc.).
• Expertise in cloud tech and modern architecture for distributed systems.
• Mentoring engineers and driving code quality using SOLID principles.
• Authorized to work in the U.S.

Responsibilities

• Act as lead SME on full-stack software engineering on an agile team.
• Architect, engineer, test, and release scalable, end-to-end software.
• Ensure high-quality code via TDD, CI, and code reviews.
• Influence technology strategy and mentor multiple teams.
• Engage with industry and represent Alaska at conferences.

Skills

Full-stack eng

Cloud expertise

Mentoring engineers

SOLID design

Team collaboration

Agile/Lean

US work authorization

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS

High school diploma

Tools

.NET Framework/.NET Core

MS SQL

Azure cloud

Angular

Docker/Kubernetes/OpenShift

Job description

Alaska Airlines is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to lead full-stack development and digital experience for the group and subsidiaries. You will define long-term strategy, guide agile teams, and ship software regularly, with latitude to influence how we build great products.

The role emphasizes cloud-based, high-scale systems, mentoring engineers, and driving code quality through modern patterns and TDD. Seattle location; full-time, exempt.