Principal .NET Software Engineer

Chipotle•Newport, RI

1d•$182,000 - $264,500•Hybrid

About The Position

We are seeking a Principal Engineer to provide technical leadership across our .NET engineering vertical, with a focus on architecture, solution design, and hands-on implementation across cloud-native platforms and product teams. This role will help shape the technical direction of services and applications running in Azure and Kubernetes, with deep involvement in distributed systems, APIs, event-driven patterns, platform libraries, Helm and Terraform release pipelines, and data architectures spanning both SQL and document databases. As a senior technical leader, you will work closely with engineering teams, product managers, architects, and platform partners to define and scale design patterns that enable high-quality delivery of features and stories. You will guide teams through complex technical decisions, establish reusable approaches for common engineering problems, and raise the bar for craftsmanship, reliability, security, and maintainability across the organization. This is a highly hands-on role for an engineer who enjoys balancing strategic architecture with pragmatic delivery. You will be a core contributor to shared platform and library code, influence engineering standards and reference implementations, and mentor teams through system decomposition, service design, observability, resiliency, and modernization efforts. You will also help ensure solutions align to enterprise objectives while remaining practical, scalable, and developer-friendly.

Requirements

B.S. degree in computer science or related field preferred.
10+ years of software engineering experience creating highly available, scalable, fault tolerant systems.
Deep expertise in .NET / C# application architecture, service development, infrastructure-as-code deployment, cloud/AI computing, and modern software design practices.
Strong knowledge of software quality practices including code review, automated testing, CI/CD, observability, resiliency, and secure development.
An incredible ability to identify an audience to be able to understand business problems and communicate how technology solutions can help solve the issues.
The ability to train, teach, and educate others on the technology you understand and are responsible for to create the next generation of engineers.

Nice To Haves

B.S. degree in computer science or related field

Responsibilities

Lead architecture and technical design for software solutions across the .NET vertical, ensuring alignment with enterprise standards and business priorities.
Create next-generation proof of concept implementations that can be explored by other teams within the organization.
Partner closely with engineering teams to design patterns and reference approaches that help solve product features, technical stories, and platform capabilities in a scalable and supportable way.
Provide hands-on technical leadership in the design and implementation of services, APIs, libraries, and cloud-native applications using .NET, Azure, and Kubernetes.
Review designs, code, and technical decisions for critical initiatives; provide coaching and direction that improves engineering quality without slowing delivery.
Act as a core contributor to platform and shared library code, building reusable components and frameworks that improve consistency, speed, quality, and maintainability across teams.
Influence backlog priorities and technical roadmaps by identifying foundational investments, modernization opportunities, and platform improvements that unlock future velocity.
Drive technical alignment across teams by facilitating design discussions, documenting patterns, and resolving cross-cutting engineering challenges.
Continuously identify and implement improvements to engineering speed, reliability, scalability, and developer experience through automation, reusable components, and standardization.
Partner with other departments to decide the best in breed implementations for large technology initiatives.