Principal Software Engineer (SRE)

Fifth Third Bank • OH

121d • $94,500 - $203,200

About The Position

As a Principal Software Engineer (SRE), you’ll play a critical role in designing and implementing tools and infrastructure that support high-performing applications across our cloud environments. You’ll champion SRE best practices—maintaining and improving SLAs, SLOs, and SLIs—while driving reliability, observability, and automation at scale. This role is ideal for engineers who thrive in agile environments, enjoy solving complex infrastructure challenges, and are committed to improving system visibility and performance. Experience in highly regulated environments is a plus, as you'll help ensure our systems meet rigorous standards for security and compliance.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or equivalent experience.
• 8+ years of professional software engineering and/or site-reliability engineering experience.
• Experience utilizing infrastructure-as-code in application and platform deployment using tools like Terraform.
• Experience with observability and monitoring tools including Grafana, Prometheus, and Splunk.
• Demonstrated experience with one or more programming languages (JavaScript, Python, Go, C# or equivalent).
• Demonstrated experience with cloud infrastructure, particularly AWS.
• Expertise in software development best practices and agile methodologies.
• Experience with RESTful APIs and distributed systems.
• Proficiency with Git and GitHub workflows.
• Strong grasp of security principles and secure coding practices.
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Strong collaboration and communication abilities.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement new features that enhance product quality and reliability.
• Define and execute the long-term technical vision for applications and infrastructure.
• Serve as a technical leader and hands-on developer within an agile squad.
• Architect solutions across distributed systems and cloud-native services.
• Write clean, maintainable, and testable code aligned with engineering standards.
• Practice test-driven development and champion automation across the SDLC.
• Mentor developers, enforce coding standards, and lead code reviews.
• Drive operational excellence through observability, incident response, and service ownership.
• Collaborate with operations and engineering teams to improve service performance and availability.
• Stay current with emerging technologies and industry trends.
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex issues impacting end users or system performance.
• Create and maintain documentation for operational procedures and system configurations.
• Ensure compliance with audit and security requirements through proper controls and documentation.
• Utilize SRE-specific tools and platforms such as AWS, Terraform, Prometheus, Grafana, Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines, and PagerDuty.

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits programs designed to support the individual needs of employees and their families.
• Incentive compensation plan based on company, line of business and/or individual performance.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees