Principal Software Engineer - Remote

Symetra

53d • Remote

About The Position

Ready to lead innovation and shape scalable solutions? Symetra is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to drive technology excellence and mentor future leaders.
About the role
In this role, you will define and drive the technical vision of Benefits Engineering. You will contribute to the growth of company intellectual property, coach and mentor engineers across the organization, drive architecture for critical products and provide leadership for communities and advisory groups within the organization.

Requirements

• 15+ years of cumulative, relevant experience in software development and architect roles.
• Proven record of architecting and developing software solutions in multiple technology domains and have a deep understanding of the industry.
• Passionate about building secure, scalable, and performant applications, with expertise in software system architecture.
• Recognized as a technical leader whose knowledge, ideas, and critical thinking impact the organization.
• Uses extensive knowledge of theories and practices, and is a key influencer in product research, product innovation, and growth strategies.
• Able to articulate and share information with executive leadership, adapting communication style and gaining consensus to get results.
• Expert knowledge of architecture patterns around AI, distributed systems, AWS/cloud technologies and full stack development.
• Skilled in building high-performance, low-latency, secure, and scalable applications.
• High school diploma or equivalent experience required. Bachelor’s degree or higher education preferred.

Nice To Haves

• Previous experience in a regulated industry handling sensitive data is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Leverage existing and new products and technologies to architect loosely coupled, cloud native, secure, high-quality, and performant solutions for complex business problems that span multiple development teams
• Champion AI and innovative thinking, evaluating new technologies, platforms and defining technology roadmaps.
• Define design patterns and approach and practice for design reviews, impacting the organization.
• Define and oversee implementation of security and performance standards, leading implementation of information security, disaster recovery, and capacity standards.
• Review and approve Technical Partner agreements and ensure compliance with security, disaster recovery, performance standards, logging and monitoring and issue prevention.
• Define code merge and code versioning strategies and policies including automated build strategy and patterns
• Coach and mentor engineers and provide leadership for communities and advisory groups across the organization.
• Partner with technical leaders across Symetra to shape technical vision while advancing cost efficiency and optimization efforts

Benefits

• Flexible full-time or hybrid telecommuting arrangements
• Plan for your future with our 401(k) plan and take advantage of immediate vesting and company matching up to 6%
• Paid time away including vacation and sick time, flex days and ten paid holidays
• Give back to your community and double your impact through our company matching

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees