Principal Software Development Engineer

Storable•Seattle, WA

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

Principal Engineers set technical direction across Storable and solve complex, ambiguous engineering problems. They connect technology strategy to business outcomes and establish engineering standards across products and platforms. This hands-on role moves across architecture, code, product strategy, and executive decision-making, partnering with leaders across Product, Engineering, Sales, Marketing, Customer Success, Support, Finance, and Compliance. The role shapes technology across FMS, CRM, Commerce, Marketplace, and shared capabilities, including the application of AI to products, operations, and engineering delivery.

Requirements

12+ years of software development experience, including deep expertise in distributed systems and service-oriented architecture.
Track record of leading architecture transformations across multiple teams and services, including driving adoption through delivery.
Experience designing and operating highly available systems at large scale, including environments handling millions of TPS.
Demonstrated ability to influence technical strategy and business outcomes across organizational boundaries and at senior executive levels.
Hands-on engineering practice, including writing code, reviewing designs, prototyping critical ideas, and staying close to production realities.
AI fluency, with experience using AI tools or GenAI techniques to improve engineering workflows, product capabilities, or operational outcomes.
Currently authorized to work full-time in the United States and able to work a hybrid schedule in the Bellevue, WA office.

Nice To Haves

Experience with FMS, CRM, commerce, payments, or subscription systems operating across multiple currencies, territories, and regulatory environments.
Experience designing agent-callable services, AI platforms, intelligent decision systems, or AI-assisted software development workflows.
Expertise in resiliency engineering, including graceful degradation, blast-radius isolation, chaos testing, and recovery design.
Record of mentoring senior engineers toward Principal-level scope and strengthening technical leadership across an organization.
Experience building simulation, forecasting, experimentation, or ML-driven recommendation systems.
Experience supporting international expansion through local payment methods, regulatory compliance, and market-specific adaptation.

Responsibilities

Set company-wide technical direction for product and platform architecture across FMS, CRM, Commerce, Marketplace, and shared capabilities.
Define and drive multi-year architecture transformations to improve resiliency, observability, flexibility, delivery speed, and cost efficiency.
Make critical decisions about system design, service boundaries, data contracts, and platform interfaces for performance, scalability, and resilience at millions of TPS.
Write code, review designs, prototype solutions, and directly deliver outcomes tracked at the Storable executive level.
Lead the design of AI- and GenAI-powered capabilities, including agent-callable service interfaces, intelligent decision systems, and safe evaluation practices.
Establish AI-native engineering practices such as spec-driven development, GenAI-assisted automation, and AI-powered operational tooling.
Influence technical and business decisions across organizational boundaries, including with senior executives, without relying on direct authority.
Define and champion standards for architecture, software quality, availability, security, operational excellence, and cost management.
Lead engineering efforts to improve customer experience through fewer transaction failures, lower latency, and reliable commerce at global scale.
Mentor Staff and senior engineers toward Principal-level scope, judgment, and impact through architecture guidance, design reviews, and hands-on coaching.

Benefits

Generous health coverage for you and your family.
Fully paid short- and long-term disability coverage and life insurance equal to two times base salary.
401(k) match after 60 days, 100% vested after one year.
Employer contribution to an HSA and an HRA to help offset the deductible.
Flexible vacation with a take-what-you-need policy.
Company rewards and recognition redeemable for personalized gifts and experiences.
8 hours of Volunteer Time Off each year and opportunities to join community service events.
8 hours of Rest, Relax, Recharge time for mental health.
Mental well-being resources for employees and dependents, including counseling, stress management programs, and mindfulness workshops.
Fully paid parental leave: 12 weeks for primary caregivers and 6 weeks for secondary caregivers.
Pet-related time-off policies, including Pawternity Leave and Pet Bereavement.
Four weeks of fully paid caregiver leave to care for aging dependents or family members, if needed.
$50 monthly home data stipend and a $250 home office sign-on bonus.
Fertility care support options.
Access to financial experts.
Direct Student Loan Payment Program, subject to qualifications and eligibility rules.