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CivicPlus

Powering and Empowering Government

Principal Software Engineer

Full-stack EngineerSoftware EngineerOtherRemoteLeadTeam 501-1,000Since 2001H1B SponsorCompany SiteLinkedIn

Location

United States

Posted

149 days ago

Salary

$145K - $225K / year

Seniority

Lead

Bachelor Degree10 yrs expEnglishAWSAzureDistributed Systems

Job Description

Principal Software Engineer

CivicPlus

• Lead technical evaluation and integration across acquired engineering teams, establishing shared architecture, standards, and platforms while navigating legacy constraints toward a unified SaaS vision. • Foster a collaborative, high-trust engineering culture by defining shared practices, mentoring engineers, and enabling cross-team alignment through forums and working groups. • Provide architectural leadership for scalable, reliable SaaS systems across multi-cloud environments, and guide the responsible integration of AI into products, services, and internal tooling. • Drive modernization of CI/CD, observability, and release practices to improve developer productivity, quality, and speed across teams. • Act as a technical multiplier through architectural reviews, prototyping, and cross-functional collaboration, ensuring acquisitions strengthen and simplify the overall platform.

Job Requirements

  • 10+ years of experience as a senior or principal engineer working on large-scale SaaS products.
  • Significant prior experience supporting or leading technical integration during acquisitions.
  • Deep expertise in multi-cloud architectures (AWS & Azure) and distributed systems design.
  • Strong experience developing and integrating AI technologies into production systems and/or products.
  • A career-long track record of CI/CD ownership, build systems modernization, and DevOps-oriented development practices.
  • Strong communication, facilitation, and collaboration skills, ability to align diverse teams and build trust across organizations.
  • A reputation for elevating engineering culture: curiosity, experimentation, craftsmanship, and continuous improvement.
  • Ability to operate autonomously, drive clarity in ambiguous environments, and influence leaders at all levels.
  • Demonstrated ability to balance short-term pragmatism with long-term architectural vision.
  • Physical requirements: Able to work additional hours during the week after hours and on the weekend with 24-7 on-call status.
  • Able to travel frequently and efficiently across a large geographic territory, with little down-time between periods of travel.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health insurance
  • Dental insurance
  • Vision insurance
  • Flexible Time Off
  • 401(k) plan
  • and more.

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