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Principal Software Engineer

United States, Washington, Redmond💼 Full-time💰 $142,800–$142,800🗓 2026-07-24 → 2026-09-26

Core

Define end-to-end architecture for the planning-to-payout lifecycle, integrating AI-native agentic capabilities to reduce manual toil and increase accuracy.

Role type

Principal Software Engineer (Architecture & AI Strategy)

Builds

Modular, contract-driven, composable architecture for high-volume, business-critical financial and operational systems.

Domain

Financial technology / Commercial systems / Cloud-native distributed systems

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | infrastructure

Required skills

Large-scale distributed systems design, AI/Agentic system architecture, event-driven workflow design, cloud-native architecture, API and data contract definition, technical strategy, hands-on prototyping, cross-functional influence

Preferred skills

Experience with C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python, experience in commercial/financial domains, ability to distinguish probabilistic AI value from deterministic requirements

Technologies

Azure, distributed systems, data platforms, event-driven systems

Responsibilities

Guide end-to-end architecture for the planning-to-payout lifecycle, architect intelligent agentic capabilities into the platform, prototype hard problems and lead critical designs, partner with product, data science, and finance to align technical direction, communicate technical strategy and tradeoffs to executives, define and monitor technical health metrics

Seniority

Principal, hands-on IC with strategic influence

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