Principal Engineer - Hybrid

Genesis10 • Irving, TX

5h • Hybrid

About The Position

Genesis10 is currently seeking a Principal Engineer - Hybrid for a 23+ month contract position with a Global Financial Institution located in Irving, TX. As a Principal Engineer in the client's Chief Data Office (CDO), you will be a hands-on technical leader who turns reference architecture into production-ready engineering assets. You will design, build, and continuously improve reusable CI/CD workflow components, deployment patterns, and policy-driven security/compliance automation that enable predictable, audit-ready delivery across the enterprise. A central focus of this role is enabling a key release management initiative by delivering practical templates, automation libraries, and reference implementations.

Requirements

• 10+ years of professional software engineering experience with strong proficiency in Python and leading complex engineering initiatives
• 10+ years of experience building web applications and APIs using industry-standard frameworks (Django, FastAPI, Flask)
• 8+ years designing and implementing CI/CD automation and DevOps practices, including GitHub Actions and reusable workflow development
• 5+ years of experience with cloud-native platforms and container orchestration (OpenShift/Kubernetes) including deployment automation
• 5+ years of DevSecOps or application security engineering experience, including compliance automation and vulnerability management
• Hands-on experience integrating security and quality scanning into CI/CD pipelines (Sonar, Checkmarx, Black Duck, GitHub Secret Scanning, DAST) with enforceable policy gates
• Experience building or operating deployment automation to OpenShift using Harness CD or equivalent, including promotion, approvals, and rollback strategies
• Proven ability to collaborate across engineering, security, platform, and governance stakeholders
• Experience utilizing coding assistants (GitHub Copilot) and AI-powered development tools
• Ability to work on-site in a hybrid schedule

Nice To Haves

• 12-15 years of Python development with deep expertise in modern Python patterns, packaging, and test automation (Pytest)
• Experience developing and maintaining Django-based platforms at enterprise scale; familiarity with Wagtail CMS
• Experience with OpenShift/Kubernetes platform engineering and operational patterns
• Experience with infrastructure-as-code and GitOps practices (Terraform, Ansible, ArgoCD)
• Deep familiarity with branching strategies, repo governance, and release branching models
• Experience with SRE practices, observability platforms, and incident management workflows
• Demonstrable prior experience with Open Source Contributions to Conda-Forge or Pixi Package Manager

Responsibilities

• Implement and maintain reference implementations for web services, APIs, data pipelines, CMS platforms, and enterprise integration patterns
• Translate architecture standards into executable assets: starter repositories, reusable libraries, workflow templates, and deployment blueprints
• Engineer standardized GitHub Actions workflow templates and reusable workflows that encode enterprise best practices for build, test, and security scanning
• Integrate and operationalize security and quality scanning within CI workflows (Sonar, SAST, SCA, secret scanning, DAST)
• Build and maintain standardized Harness CD pipeline modules for deployments to OpenShift (OCP)
• Drive adoption of engineering standards through reference code, internal enablement sessions, and measured improvements to developer experience
• Identify friction points in release governance and delivery workflows and deliver automation that removes toil and variability
• Provide technical mentorship to Lead and Senior Engineers, including design reviews and implementation coaching

Benefits

• Access to hundreds of clients, most who have been working with Genesis10 for 5-20+ years.
• The opportunity to have a career-home in Genesis10; many of our consultants have been working exclusively with Genesis10 for years.
• Access to an experienced, caring recruiting team (more than 7 years of experience, on average.)
• Behavioral Health Platform
• Medical, Dental, Vision
• Health Savings Account
• Voluntary Hospital Indemnity (Critical Illness & Accident)
• Voluntary Term Life Insurance
• 401K
• Sick Pay (for applicable states/municipalities)
• Commuter Benefits (Dallas, NYC, SF, and Illinois)

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Principal
• Education Level: No Education Listed