Principal Software Engineer
Ecolab•Naperville, IL
About The Position
This role offers the opportunity to shape enterprise-scale cloud commercial digital solutions with high visibility and influence across digital engineering initiatives. You will collaborate strongly with product, business, and leadership teams, and there is a leadership path available without stepping away from hands-on engineering.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent professional work experience
- 10 years of professional software engineering experience
- Proven experience designing and delivering cloud-based architectures (Azure, AWS, or GCP)
- Strong full-stack development expertise (frontend + backend)
- Advanced experience with backend technologies such as .NET, Java, Node.js, or similar
- Experience with modern frontend frameworks such as React, Angular, or Vue
- Strong knowledge of API design, microservices, containers, and cloud services
- Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices
- Solid understanding of security, authentication/authorization, and data protection
- Excellent communication skills and the ability to influence technical direction
Nice To Haves
- Experience with Azure services (App Services, AKS, Functions, Event Grid, Cosmos DB, etc.)
- Experience leading large-scale, enterprise platforms
- Exposure to domain-driven design, event-driven architecture, or distributed systems
- Experience mentoring senior and principal-level engineers
- Background in regulated or enterprise environments (healthcare, life sciences, industrial, etc.)
Responsibilities
- Lead end-to-end architecture and development of cloud-native, full-stack applications
- Define and evolve cloud architecture standards for scalability, resiliency, security, and cost optimization
- Design and implement RESTful APIs, microservices, and event-driven systems
- Build modern frontend experiences and robust backend services using current frameworks and patterns
- Provide technical leadership and mentorship to engineers across teams
- Drive engineering best practices including CI/CD, automated testing, observability, and security
- Collaborate with Product, UX, DevOps, and Enterprise Architecture teams to deliver business outcomes
- Lead technical design reviews and influence roadmap and platform decisions
- Support modernization and migration of legacy systems to cloud platforms
Benefits
- Annual bonus pay based on performance
- Comprehensive and market-competitive benefits
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Principal
