Senior Principal Software Engineer, Ruby

procore; United States; Hybrid; USD 233,000 - 321,000; Full time

Job summary

Procore's Workflows team seeks a Senior Principal Software Engineer to drive next-generation construction platform initiatives on our global SaaS infrastructure. You’ll collaborate with Engineering, Product Management, UX and Architects to scale the Procore experience across web, mobile, and APIs.

This role focuses on establishing strategic technical direction while hands-on executing the plan, mentoring senior engineers, and advancing AI-native engineering practices across the SDLC.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Computer Science, a related field, or comparable work experience.
• 15+ years of software engineering experience, including 5+ years at Principal level or above with organization-wide technical scope.
• Track record of defining multi-year technical strategies that changed business trajectories (platform consolidations, re-architectures, or new-category platforms).
• Deep expertise across modern stack and distributed systems design, resilience, scalability, and operations.
• Demonstrated AI-native engineering leadership: architecting agentic AI systems and integrating AI tooling into SDLC practices.

Responsibilities

• Own the multi-year technical vision and architecture for foundational platform services powering construction workflows across web, mobile, API, and agentic surfaces.
• Set company-wide architectural direction, standards, and patterns; resolve high-leverage technical problems before they become blockers.
• Act as final technical authority on design decisions and drive alignment across divisions on distributed systems and AI/agentic architecture.
• Mentor and grow Principal and Staff engineers, raise the engineering bar via architecture reviews and strategy forums.
• Define Procore's approach to AI-native engineering and evangelize adoption across product teams.
• Remain hands-on where it matters: prototype high-risk bets, unblock initiatives, and write exemplar code/docs.
• Partner with executives to translate corporate strategy into a durable technology plan.

Skills

Distributed systems

AI-native engineering

Leadership

Executive communication

Multi-year technical strategy

Architecture direction

Hands-on coding

Cross-functional collaboration

Problem solving

Mentoring

System design

Technical strategy

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Ruby on Rails

Go

Java

Node.js

Python

React

TypeScript

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 c