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Lumen Technologies

Lumen Technologies is self-described as a global company of 40,000+ professionals empowering businesses, government, and communities to “produce amazing thing

Principal Software Engineer

Location

United States

Posted

1 day ago

Salary

$152.1K - $223.0K / year

Seniority

Lead

Job Description

Principal Software Engineer

Lumen Technologies

Role Description The Principal Software Engineer serves as a senior technical leader responsible for advancing Lumen's next-generation software architecture strategy, with a focus on AI-native engineering, agentic systems, intelligent automation, and large-scale distributed software solutions. This role operates at the intersection of software architecture, information architecture, and emerging AI technologies. - Drive the design and adoption of reusable architectural patterns, engineering frameworks, and intelligent capabilities. - Transform complex information assets, software services, and emerging technologies into scalable products and automation capabilities. - Combine hands-on technical leadership with enterprise influence. - Partner with Engineering, Product, Architecture, Security, and Operations teams to establish technical direction. - Ensure solutions are scalable, resilient, secure, and aligned with long-term business objectives. Qualifications - Experience designing and implementing production-grade intelligent systems, agentic applications, or AI-enabled software solutions. - Strong understanding of modern AI orchestration frameworks, workflow automation, tool integration, and AI-assisted software delivery. - Deep expertise designing large-scale distributed applications and enterprise software systems. - Experience with cloud-native architectures, event-driven systems, streaming technologies, and highly scalable software services. - Experience designing information architectures and data-intensive systems that support analytics, automation, AI-enabled capabilities, and customer-facing solutions. - Proficiency in one or more modern programming languages such as Python, Java, Scala, Go, or equivalent technologies. - Demonstrated success as a Principal Engineer, Enterprise Architect, Distinguished Engineer, or equivalent senior technical leadership role. Requirements - Lead the adoption of AI-native engineering practices that improve software quality, engineering productivity, and delivery velocity. - Architect scalable distributed systems supporting mission-critical enterprise services and customer-facing applications. - Design information architectures that enable efficient discovery, integration, governance, and consumption of enterprise information assets. - Serve as a trusted advisor to engineering and technology leaders on strategic technical initiatives. - Establish architectural standards and influence technology direction across multiple organizations. - Mentor engineers, architects, and technical leads while fostering a culture of engineering excellence and innovation. Benefits - Comprehensive package featuring a broad range of Health, Life, Voluntary Lifestyle benefits and other perks. - Bonus structure (short-term incentives, long-term incentives and/or sales compensation).

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