Principal Engineer

PA Principal Engineer

ParentSquare is a unified communication platform for schools that streamlines interaction between parents and school districts.
ParentSquare
Employee count: 201-500

Salary: $210K – $265K per year
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ParentSquare is a rapidly growing Santa Barbara-based company that’s changing the way schools and parents communicate every day. Sound simple? We strive to keep it that way! Our mission is to give schools the power to incredibly enhance family engagement for all students. ParentSquare and RemindHub, our flagship products, serve over 22 million students and drive our mission by providing unified communications tools -forms, sign ups, payments, RSVPs, direct messaging, language translations, chat and more. Remind Chat, our free product, reaches over 80% of K-12 students, providing a safe and easy-to-use platform for direct communication between teachers and families. And our latest innovation, SmartSites, offers state-of-the-art websites for school districts, enhancing their online presence and accessibility.

We are not just creating a product; we are creating empowered educators and engaged parents to improve the lives of all students. We are passionate advocates for our customers and for our employees and we invite you to join us on this exciting journey.
Who we’re looking for:

We are looking for a Principal Software Engineer who serves as the ultimate technical authority and multiplier across our engineering organization. As our top-tier individual contributor, you operate with an extreme sense of urgency, high business acumen, and an unyielding commitment to simplicity.

We are seeking a deeply AI-forward, vision-driven engineer . To us, this means you don't just use AI tools—you fundamentally redesign engineering paradigms around them. You are the pioneer who sets the standard for how our entire company leverages LLMs and AI agents to accelerate cycle times, eliminate friction, and ship simple, high-impact capabilities at an unprecedented cadence. Most importantly, you are deeply passionate about transforming the lives of students and educators through seamless communication.
This role will include:
- Strategic & Executive Leadership: Partner directly with the VP of Engineering, C-Suite, Product leadership, and business stakeholders to turn ambitious company goals into lean, executable technical strategies.
- AI Strategy & Culture: Define and drive the company-wide AI development roadmap.

Establish the practices, tools, and mindset needed to transform our engineering organization into a hyper-efficient, AI-native development force.
- Architecture & System Vision: Own the overarching architectural vision of our platform. Guide the long-term evolution of our services—balancing rapid iteration with the rigorous security, privacy, and uptime requirements schools demand.
- Technical Excellence & Mentorship: Elevate the engineering bar across all teams through architectural reviews, mentorship of Staff and Senior engineers, and modeling a culture of speed, rigor, and simplicity.
- Cross-Functional Influence: Serve as the technical voice of the company in high-stakes conversations with key clients, partners, and cross-functional executives to align technology with core business value.

Our ideal candidate will have the following:
- Multi-Paradigm System Mastery: Proven track record of designing, evolving, and maintaining complex, high-scale services using Ruby, Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, and PHP .
- Distributed Systems Architecture: Deep expertise in scale, reliability, and relational databases ( MySQL, PostgreSQL ), alongside cloud infrastructure ( AWS Aurora, RDS, SQS ).
- AI-First Operating Model: You are a thought leader in AI-assisted software engineering, actively shaping how teams pair with AI to eliminate toil and focus on high-leverage architectural problems.
- Executive Presence & Communication: Exceptional ability to distill complex technical trade-offs into clear business decisions for non-technical stakeholders, executives, and customers.
- Education & Track Record: Bachelor’s degree (or higher) in Computer Science or a related field, with a demonstrated history of technical leadership at scale.

The perks of working for us are great!

You’ll get your foot in the door as our company continues to grow. We’re big believers in work-life balance and provide:
- Employer-paid health insurance (including dependent coverage)
- An employer-matched 401K retirement savings program from day 1
- Paid Parental Leave
- Stock options
- Health + wellness reimbursements
- PTO that increases each year
- 15 paid holidays, including your birthday!

As a fully remote team, we’ll make sure you have all the tools and equipment you need to make your home office a place where you can thrive.

We're an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to age, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status. We are committed to maintaining a drug-free workplace in compliance with applicable state laws.

The salary range for this role will be $210,000-$265,000 DOE.

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About the job
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Oct 15, 2026
Posted on
Aug 16, 2026
Job type
Full Time
Experience level
Senior

Salary

Salary: $210K – $265K per year

Education
Bachelor degree

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ParentSquare is a comprehensive communication platform designed to unify all aspects of parent and district communications. It serves as a single portal to manage a variety of communication tools including mass notifications, mobile apps, online conferences, and permission slips. This integration simplifies the process for schools and districts by bringing together multiple functions into one accessible location.

By utilizing ParentSquare, schools can ensure that parents receive timely updates and essential information regarding their child's education and school activities. The platform is designed for user-friendliness, making it easy for both school administrators and parents to engage with the school system. In a technology-driven world, ParentSquare provides a necessary solution to enhance parent involvement and communication within the education sector.

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About the job
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Oct 15, 2026
Posted on
Aug 16, 2026
Job type
Full Time
Experience level
Senior

Salary

Salary: $210K – $265K per year

Education
Bachelor degree

Location requirements
Suggest an edit

United States

Hiring timezones
Show UTC offsets

United States +/- 0 hours

Job categories
Engineering (Dev) Principal Software Engineer Software Engineer AI Engineering Principal Engineer Principal Engineering Senior Principal Engineer Principal Design Engineer Technical Principal Engineer Principal Electrical Engineer Principal Technology Engineer Principal Electrical Engineering Technology Leadership

Skills
Ruby Python JavaScript TypeScript PHP MySQL PostgreSQL Aurora AWS RDS AI LLM Distributed Systems Architecture Cloud Infrastructure AI Assisted Software Engineering AI Agents Relational Databases Remote Team

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Remote Senior Engineering-(Dev) Jobs Remote Full Time Engineering-(Dev) Jobs Remote Senior Engineering-(Dev) Jobs in United States Remote Full Time Jobs in United States Remote Engineering-(Dev) Jobs in United States

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Company size

201-500 employees

Founded in

2011

Chief executive officer

Sohit Wadhwa, Anupama Vaid

Markets
K 12 Education School Communication Platforms Parent Engagement Tools Educational Software Mobile Apps Mass Notification Systems Digital Forms and Permissions Online Conferencing Education Technology Integration Edtech

Employees live in
United States

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