Principal Software Engineer
GHX is seeking a Principal Software Engineer with deep technical expertise and a proven track record of defining architecture, guiding multiple teams, and delivering scalable, high-quality software systems. This role reports to the Director of Engineering and plays a critical leadership role in shaping the technical strategy and architecture across product lines, driving innovation, and enabling the development of both existing and next-generation platforms.
The ideal candidate will bring strong hands-on expertise in Java ecosystems, working knowledge of .NET technologies, and a technology-agnostic full-stack mindset. This individual will be experienced in cloud-native architectures, distributed systems, CI/CD, and modern AI-assisted engineering practices, with a passion for leading by example through active contribution to design and development, delivering end-to-end, innovative, high-quality solutions.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Define and evolve scalable, secure, and maintainable system architectures across one or more product lines, ensuring alignment with long-term platform strategy and business objectives.
- Drive end-to-end architecture across the full technology stack (UI, APIs, data, infrastructure), establishing standards for consistency, interoperability, and scalability.
- Establish and govern engineering best practices for design, development, testing, DevOps, and CI/CD pipelines to improve software quality and delivery velocity.
- Remain deeply hands-on by designing, building, and delivering complex system components, along with post-release support.
- Guide and influence multiple engineering teams on architecture, design patterns, and implementation approaches, ensuring alignment to enterprise standards.
- Make high-impact technical decisions including build vs. buy and platform selection, balancing trade-offs across performance, scalability, reliability, and cost.
- Design and drive adoption of cloud-native, microservices, and event-driven architectures for resilience and scale.
- Identify and mitigate cross-system dependencies, risks, and failure domains prior to large-scale releases.
- Champion AI-driven engineering practices including adoption of AI coding assistants and intelligent automation.
- Drive cross-functional alignment by partnering with Product, Design, Infrastructure, Security, Compliance, and Support teams to ensure cohesive architecture, seamless delivery, and adherence to operational and regulatory requirements.
- Analyze complex challenges and deliver broad-reaching, scalable solutions that improve system health.
- Define and monitor engineering metrics such as performance, reliability, and availability.
- Drive operational excellence through observability, monitoring, logging, and incident response frameworks.
- Mentor engineers and foster a culture of technical excellence, ownership, and continuous improvement.
- Influence stakeholders and drive alignment across teams to reduce complexity and enable effective decision-making.
Qualifications
- 12+ years of software engineering experience with architectural leadership.
- BS in Computer Science or related field.
- Strong expertise in Java (Spring ecosystem) and working knowledge of .NET.
- Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP.
- Expertise in distributed systems, microservices, and API design.
- Experience with CI/CD, DevOps practices, and automation.
- Familiarity with front-end technologies such as Angular or React.
- Experience with relational and NoSQL databases.
- Exposure to AI/ML or AI-assisted software development tools preferred.
- Experience delivering large-scale, complex systems in Agile environments.
- Strong problem-solving, analytical, and communication skills.
Key Differentiators
- Background in invoicing, payments, healthcare, finance, supply chain, or similar domains.
- Experience working in global or distributed engineering environments supporting large-scale systems