Software Engineer Principal
About The Position
At PNC, our people are our greatest differentiator and competitive advantage in the markets we serve. We are all united in delivering the best experience for our customers. We work together each day to foster an inclusive workplace culture where all of our employees feel respected, valued and have an opportunity to contribute to the company’s success. As a Software Engineer Principal within PNC's Technology organization, you will be based in Pittsburgh, PA. A Software Engineer Principal in Fraud Engineering serves as a senior technical leader responsible for the architecture & design adherence, resiliency, and technical direction of mission-critical fraud platforms and services. This role combines deep engineering expertise with strategic thinking to deliver scalable, secure, and highly available fraud solutions that protect customers, support business growth, and meet regulatory and operational expectations.
Requirements
- Expert-level knowledge of enterprise software development using Java and distributed systems.
- Deep understanding of APIs, microservices, event-driven architecture, messaging platforms, and service integration patterns.
- Strong experience with REST, SOAP, ETL processes, data movement, and system interoperability.
- Experience with Linux, automation frameworks, scripting (Python, Shell, Ansible), and infrastructure automation.
- University / college degree, with 5+ years of industry-relevant experience.
- In lieu of a degree, a comparable combination of education, job specific certification(s), and experience (including military service) may be considered.
Nice To Haves
- Application Development
- Business Management
- Customer Solutions
- Design
- Group Problem Solving
- Process Improvements
- Release Management
- Software Solutions
- User Experience (UX) Design
- Application Design
- Architecture
- Packaged Application Integration
- Product and Vendor Evaluation
- Software Process Improvement (SPI)
- System Development Life Cycle
- Technical Troubleshooting
Responsibilities
- Provide hands-on technical leadership for complex software development efforts, integrations, and platform modernization initiatives.
- Guide solution decomposition, technical planning, estimation, and implementation strategies across multiple Agile teams.
- Champion software quality, observability, test automation, CI/CD practices, and operational excellence.
- Drive root cause analysis and corrective action planning for critical production incidents and recurring operational issues.
- Ensure systems are designed with appropriate fault tolerance, monitoring, recovery, and disaster recovery capabilities.
- Aligns business strategy with software solutions.
- Proposes, designs & codes software solutions to address complex business needs.
- Oversees technical and procedural documentation required.
- Leads complex problem solving.
- Provides technical guidance and support to colleagues and solution development.
- Displays an innovative approach to apply modern principles, methodologies and tools to advance business initiatives and capabilities.
Benefits
- medical/prescription drug coverage (with 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/elder care
- adoption, surrogacy, and doula reimbursement
- educational assistance, including select programs fully paid
- a robust 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
- between 15 to 25 vacation days each year, depending on career level
- years of service
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Principal
