Python)

PNC Bank•Pittsburgh, PA

21h•Onsite

About The Position

As a Software Engineer Principal within PNC's Technology organization and Developer Tools Team (DTT), you will work with the team to improve the technologies, tools, and engineering experiences used by developers across the organization. This hands-on engineering role focuses on modernizing the developer ecosystem, reducing friction, and building practical solutions that improve developer productivity. The position is based in Pittsburgh, PA. The role expands technical capacity across developer tooling and developer experience, helping improve how core development technologies—including C#, Java, Python, and Node.js—are approved, packaged, updated, and supported. It enables appropriate access to development tools and extensions, anticipates major language and framework releases, and creates sustainable paths for developers to adopt modern capabilities. The role also partners on reference architectures, Inner Source, developer feedback, AI-assisted development, and productivity tooling, working alongside team leadership and community efforts to turn developer needs into practical solutions. PNC is an in-office company that fosters a supportive culture. Employees are expected to focus on customer needs and effectively manage risks in accordance with PNC's Enterprise Risk Management Framework. PNC will not provide employment visa sponsorship or participate in STEM OPT for this position.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree; a comparable combination of education, job-specific certifications, and experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.
Typically 5 or more years of industry-relevant experience.
Knowledge and skills appropriate to the role, including software development and engineering capabilities.
PNC will not provide employment visa sponsorship or participate in STEM OPT for this position.

Nice To Haves

Agile methodology
Computer programming
Data structures
DevOps
Distributed systems
Microsoft technologies
Object-oriented programming
Software development
Software development life cycle (SDLC)
Software engineering
System designs
Application design
Architecture
Packaged application integration
Product and vendor evaluation
Software process improvement
System development life cycle
Technical troubleshooting

Responsibilities

Align business and technology strategy with software solutions and developer enablement capabilities.
Propose, design, and code software solutions for complex engineering and business needs.
Provide technical leadership across C#, Java, Python, Node.js, associated frameworks, development environments, plugins, and extensions.
Improve how development languages, frameworks, packages, tools, and extensions are evaluated, approved, packaged, distributed, upgraded, and supported.
Evaluate major releases and emerging development capabilities and help establish sustainable approaches for enterprise adoption.
Identify and remove friction in developer environments and workflows.
Build and improve reference architectures, reusable solutions, prototypes, and developer productivity tools.
Contribute to Inner Source repositories and communities to increase reuse and collaboration across development teams.
Partner with developer community efforts to turn developer feedback into practical improvements in tools, platforms, processes, and engineering practices.
Build and explore solutions focused on AI-assisted development, automation, and developer productivity.
Lead complex technical problem solving and provide technical guidance and hands-on support to development teams.
Oversee required technical and procedural documentation.
Apply modern engineering principles, methodologies, technologies, and tools to advance developer capabilities and software delivery.

Benefits

Medical and prescription drug coverage, including a Health Savings Account feature
Dental and vision options
Employee and spouse/child life insurance
Short- and long-term disability protection
401(k) with PNC match
Pension and stock purchase plans
Dependent care reimbursement account
Back-up child and elder care
Adoption, surrogacy, and doula reimbursement
Educational assistance, including select fully paid programs
Wellness program with financial incentives
Maternity and/or parental leave
Up to 11 paid holidays each year
9 occasional absence days each year, unless otherwise required by law
15 to 25 vacation days each year, depending on career level and years of service