Principal Software Development Engineer (Lead) || 100% Remote ||

DMS Vision • Frisco, TX

19h • Remote

About The Position

Seeking a highly experienced Principal Software Development Engineer to lead technical architecture initiatives. The role involves designing and developing distributed systems, architecting cloud solutions, and building software with microservices, APIs, real-time integrations, and asynchronous messaging. The position also requires experience with production machine learning and large language models.

This is a 100% remote contract-to-hire opportunity with an indicated duration of 3–6 months. A bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a closely related discipline, or an equivalent combination of formal education and experience, is required. A master's degree is a plus.

Requirements

• At least 8 years of software industry experience, including at least 4 years as a technical leader.
• At least 5 years leading technical architecture initiatives that impact many value streams.
• At least 5 years designing and developing distributed systems.
• At least 8 years of experience in requirements analysis and estimation within a formal SDLC.
• At least 8 years of mastery with development languages such as Python, Java, C#, or Go.
• At least 8 years of experience with relational databases, including in the cloud.
• At least 5 years of experience with non-relational databases, such as document stores, key-value stores, or caches.
• At least 5 years architecting solutions in a major cloud platform.
• At least 5 years of experience with microservices architecture, APIs, and real-time system integrations.
• At least 5 years of automated unit and integration testing.
• At least 3 years of experience and mastery with Python.
• At least 3 years of experience with asynchronous messaging.
• At least 2 years of experience with machine learning models in a production environment.
• At least 1 year of experience with large language models in a production environment.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a closely related discipline, or an equivalent combination of formal education and experience.

Nice To Haves

• Experience building and operating large-scale distributed systems.
• Ability to learn quickly and adapt to changing requirements.
• Experience with SAFe practices or ability to work with SAFe practices and agile methodologies.
• Experience related to security-oriented projects.
• Exposure to CI/CD and DevOps.
• Software or analytics experience in the healthcare industry.
• Strong architectural skills, including diagramming.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to communicate effectively visually, verbally, and in writing to teams, clients, and leadership.
• Ability to manage multiple competing priorities with minimal supervision and work self-directed.
• Knowledge of GCP architecture and commands, and experience designing and optimizing software and data engineering patterns.
• Master's degree.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical architecture initiatives that impact multiple value streams.
• Analyze requirements and estimate work within a formal software development lifecycle.
• Design and develop distributed systems using a disciplined approach.
• Architect cloud solutions and design and optimize software and data engineering patterns.
• Develop solutions involving microservices, APIs, real-time system integrations, and asynchronous messaging.
• Work with relational and non-relational databases, including cloud databases.
• Create automated unit and integration tests.
• Apply machine learning models and large language models in production environments.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Principal