Principal Software Engineer

This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Principal Software Engineer based in United States. This is a senior technical leadership role focused on building scalable, secure, and resilient software across a multi-product, multi-cloud environment. You will shape architecture and technical strategy while remaining deeply engaged in hands-on software engineering. The role spans cloud-native services, distributed systems, application modernization, DevOps, security, observability, and engineering excellence. You will influence technical direction across multiple engineering teams and translate business objectives into sustainable technology solutions. The position also provides significant opportunities to mentor engineers, strengthen development practices, and champion modern engineering approaches. You will collaborate closely with Product, Engineering, Security, Architecture, and DevOps stakeholders in a highly distributed environment. The role is well suited to an experienced technical leader who enjoys solving complex problems while raising engineering standards across an organization.