Senior Principal Software Engineer, Ruby

Icehouseventures; Austin (TX); Hybrid; USD 233,000 - 321,000; Full time

Job summary

Procore seeks a Senior Principal Software Engineer to drive the next generation of our Workflows platform. You will shape the strategic technical direction, mentor senior engineers, and own critical architecture spanning web, backend, and AI‑driven surfaces.

You’ll work hybrid, two days per week in the Austin, TX office, collaborating with product, UX, and architectural teams to deliver scalable platforms that power complex workflows for construction clients.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of software engineering experience building large‑scale distributed systems.
• 5+ years at Principal level or above with broad technical scope.
• Deep expertise across Ruby on Rails, Go, Java, Node.js, Python; React and TypeScript.
• Experience with AI‑native engineering and integrating AI into SDLC.

Responsibilities

• Own multi‑year technical vision and architecture for foundational platform services.
• Set company‑wide architectural direction, standards, and patterns.
• Act as final technical authority on key design decisions across divisions.
• Mentor and grow senior engineers, lead architecture reviews and councils.
• Define Procore's AI‑native engineering approach across product teams.
• Remain hands‑on to prototype high‑risk bets and drive critical initiatives.
• Partner with VPs and executives to translate strategy into durable technology plans.

Skills

Ruby on Rails

Go

Java

Node.js

Python

React

TypeScript

Distributed systems

AI-native engineering

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in Computer Science

Job description

We’re looking for a Senior Principal Software Engineer to join Procore’s Workflows team. In this role, you’ll have the unique opportunity to drive the next generation of construction platform initiatives in a global SaaS infrastructure. You’ll work with our dedicated and talented team spanning Engineering, Product Management, UX and Architects to create and scale the next generation Procore experience on our web platform. You’ll bring your deep experience in Web, Backend, UI/UX, Micro Front-end and MicroServices to evolve our platform.

As a Senior Principal Software Engineer, you will be primarily responsible for establishing the strategic technical direction, creating reference patterns, and will be additionally responsible for actively hands‑on execution of that strategy for one of Procore’s core product areas. This is a great opportunity to use your leadership, interpersonal, and organizational skills to build highly effective systems and practices, foster collaborative relationships, and measure value delivered to our customers.

This position reports to the Engineering Director and will be a 2 day per week hybrid role located in the Austin Texas office. We’re looking for someone to join our team immediately.

What you’ll do:

At Procore, AI isn’t a specialized tool, it's a core competency. We expect every team member to be AI‑literate, leveraging generative tools and agentic workflows to move faster and work smarter. You won’t just use AI; you’ll be building the agentic future of construction and set the technical direction the rest of engineering follows.

What You’ll Do:

• Own the multi‑year technical vision and architecture for foundational platform services that power the industry's most complex construction workflows — spanning products, organizations, and modalities (web, mobile, API, and agentic surfaces)
• Set company‑wide architectural direction, standards, and patterns; identify and resolve the highest‑leverage, highest‑ambiguity technical problems across the engineering organization before they become blockers
• Act as the final technical authority on the most consequential design decisions, driving alignment across multiple engineering divisions on distributed systems, platform, data, and AI/agentic architecture
• Serve as a force multiplier: mentor and grow Principal and Staff engineers, cultivate the next generation of senior technical leaders, and raise the engineering bar through architecture reviews, design councils, and technical strategy forums
• Define Procore's approach to AI‑native engineering — from agentic development workflows in the SDLC to production agentic systems in the product — and evangelize adoption across P&T
• Remain hands‑on where it matters most: prototyping high‑risk/high‑reward bets, unblocking critical initiatives, and writing code and design documents that serve as exemplars for the organization
• Partner directly with the VPs, and product/UX/business executives to shape corporate and product strategy; translate strategic objectives into a coherent, durable technology strategy and hold the organization accountable to it

What we’re looking for:

• Bachelors or Masters Degree in Computer Science, a related field, or comparable work experience
• 15+ years of software engineering experience building and operating large‑scale, distributed, full‑stack systems, including 5+ years operating at Principal level or above with organization‑wide or company‑wide technical scope
• A track record of defining and delivering multi‑year technical strategies that materially changed the trajectory of a business — including platform consolidations, re‑architectures, or new‑category product platforms at scale
• Deep, current expertise across the modern stack (e.g., Ruby on Rails, Go, Java, Node.js, Python; React, TypeScript) with mastery of distributed systems design, resilience, scalability, and operational excellence
• Demonstrated leadership in AI‑native engineering: hands‑on experience architecting agentic AI systems, integrating LLMs into products, and transforming SDLC practices with AI tooling — not just prototyping, but shipping and operating at scale
• Recognized technical authority beyond your immediate organization — evidenced by influence across divisions, industry presence, patents, publications, open‑source leadership, or comparable impact
• Exceptional judgment in navigating ambiguity: the ability to identify the problems that matter most, frame them for executives and engineers alike, and drive decisions that stick
• Executive‑level communication and influence: comfortable presenting technical strategy to the C‑suite and board‑level audiences, aligning stakeholders across the enterprise, and championing a culture of engineering excellence and well‑managed systems

Additional Information

Base Pay Range:

233,360.00 - 320,870.00 USD Annual

This role may also be eligible for Equity Compensation and/or Bonus Incentive Compensation. Procore is committed to offering competitive, fair, and commensurate compensation. Actual compensation will be based on a candidate’s job‑related skills, experience, education or training, and location.

This position requires access to technology, software, and data that is controlled or restricted under U.S. law, regulation, executive order, or government contract.

For Los Angeles County (unincorporated) Candidates:

Procore will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with arrest or conviction records, in accordance with the requirements of applicable federal, state, and local laws, including the City of Los Angeles’ Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, and the California Fair Chance Act.

A criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship on the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of the conditional offer of employment: 1. appropriately managing, accessing, and handling confidential information including proprietary and trade secret information, as well as accessing Procore's information technology systems and platforms; 2. interacting with and occasionally having unsupervised contact with internal/external customers, stakeholders, and/or colleagues; and 3. exercising sound judgment.