Principal Software Engineer

Location

United States

Posted

11 days ago

Salary

$134.4K - $199K / year

Seniority

Lead

Job Description

Principal Software Engineer

CoreLogic

Role Description We are seeking a Principal Software Engineer to provide technical leadership for our Location Services team. This role is responsible for shaping architecture, driving cross‑team technical strategy, and ensuring the scalability, correctness, and operational excellence of location‑based systems across the company. The Principal Engineer operates with broad scope and influence, partnering closely with engineering leaders, product teams, and stakeholders to align technical outcomes with business priorities. Key Responsibilities - Technical Leadership & Architecture - Own and evolve the architecture of core Location Services and geospatial capabilities. - Lead system design for highly scalable, low‑latency, and highly available location‑based services. - Define standards and best practices for geospatial data modeling, querying, and processing. - Evaluate and introduce new technologies, patterns, and frameworks where they provide material benefit. - Platform Ownership & Delivery - Serve as technical owner for critical geospatial components and services. - Guide teams through complex technical initiatives spanning multiple services or domains. - Ensure solutions meet requirements for performance, accuracy, reliability, and security. - Actively influence roadmap direction through technical insight and risk assessment. - Cross‑Team Influence - Partner with product, data, and infrastructure teams to align technical direction with business goals. - Provide technical insights to multiple engineering teams consuming Location Services. - Resolve cross‑cutting technical issues and reduce architectural fragmentation. - Operational Excellence - Drive improvements in observability, resilience, and fault tolerance for geospatial systems. - Lead root‑cause analysis for significant production issues and ensure long‑term corrective action. - Champion automation, testing strategies, and reliability engineering practices. - Mentorship & Engineering Culture - Mentor senior and mid‑level engineers, strengthening overall technical capability. - Set a high bar for engineering rigor, system design quality, and documentation. - Act as a role model for pragmatic decision‑making and long‑term systems thinking. Qualifications - 10+ years of professional software engineering experience, with demonstrated senior technical leadership. - Deep experience designing and operating large‑scale distributed systems. - Strong expertise in geospatial concepts, such as: - Spatial data models and indexing. - Geospatial queries, transformations, and projections. - Location accuracy, precision, and data quality considerations. - Proficiency in one or more backend programming languages (e.g., Java, C++, Python). - Experience building and operating cloud‑native services (e.g., GCP, AWS, or Azure). - Strong understanding of data storage technologies (relational, NoSQL, time‑series, or geospatial databases). - Proven ability to influence technical direction across teams without direct authority. - Excellent communication skills, with the ability to articulate complex technical trade‑offs to diverse audiences. Preferred Qualifications - Prior ownership of location‑based or geospatial platforms in production environments. - Experience with real‑time or near‑real-time location processing pipelines. - Familiarity with geospatial tooling and standards. - Experience with containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes). - Background in reliability engineering, performance tuning, and scalability testing. - Experience guiding architectural decisions in a platform or shared‑services organization. Benefits - Generous PTO and 11 paid holidays, plus well-being and volunteer time off. - Up to 16 weeks of fully paid parental leave and a baby stipend. - Multiple medical plan options with mental health and wellness support offerings. - 401(k) with company match and vesting after one year. - $400 annual well-being stipend and tuition assistance up to $5,250. - Recognition Rewards, Referral bonuses, exclusive discounts and more!

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