TL;DR

Principal Software Engineer: Drives significant technology initiatives and designs/implements durable software solutions for critical customer problems with an accent on architecting highly available, scalable, and secure web services. Focus on pursuing and resolving complex, unchartered technical problems and providing technical leadership and innovation within a large business environment.

Location: San Diego, California

Salary: $242,000–$327,500 (Southern California)

Company

%hirify_global% is a global financial technology platform powering prosperity for approximately 100 million customers with products like TurboTax, Credit Karma, QuickBooks, and Mailchimp.

What you will do

Drive significant technology initiatives end-to-end and across multiple architectural layers.
Design and implement durable, highly available, scalable, and secure web services.
Partner with cross-functional teams for solution integration and on-boarding offerings.
Provide technical leadership, coaching, and mentoring to other software engineers.
Pursue and resolve complex technical problems and share key learnings.
Generate creative ideas for emerging business needs and recommend new technologies.

Requirements

BS/MS in Computer Science or related area or equivalent experience.
8+ years of experience developing systems/software for large business environments (Java, J2EE).
5+ years of experience designing complex distributed systems.
Solid design and coding skills in Java/J2EE with strong OOD and SOA principles.
Strong experience leading design and implementation of robust and highly scalable web services.
Experience with software development lifecycle processes (SCRUM, Agile).
Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.
Demonstrated ability to work with global teams across time zones.

Nice to have

Experience with PHP, Ruby, Perl, XML, REST, SOAP, JSON.
Knowledge of JBoss, Maven, and Spring.
Experience with frameworks like Struts, Spring, Hibernate, JSF.
Experience with MySQL and ActiveMQ.
Prior working experience in utility computing and/or cloud computing domain.

Culture & Benefits

Competitive compensation package with a strong pay-for-performance approach.
Eligible for cash bonus, equity rewards, and benefits.
Passionate for continuous learning, experimenting, and applying cutting-edge technology.
High adaptability and flexibility in a fast-paced, complex technical environment.
Opportunity to influence and communicate effectively with all levels of employees and management.