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Principal Software Engineer

United States, Washington, Redmond💼 Full-time🗓 2026-08-11 → 2026-09-26

Core

Define and own long-term technical strategy and architectural vision for service-to-service authentication, driving innovation in AI adoption and leading platform-level engineering fundamentals.

Role type

Principal Software Engineer (Platform Architecture & AI Strategy)

Builds

Service-to-service authentication systems, AI-driven engineering tools, and scalable platform capabilities.

Domain

Cloud Infrastructure, Distributed Systems, AI/ML

Deliverable

production ML models | infrastructure

Required skills

Distributed systems architecture, AI strategy and implementation, technical leadership, system resilience, security engineering, cross-team consensus building, incident management, hands-on coding (C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, Python), high-scale system design.

Preferred skills

None stated.

Technologies

C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, Python.

Responsibilities

Define long-term technical strategy for authentication; translate strategy into execution plans; provide technical leadership and mentorship; shape investment priorities and address systemic risks; lead AI innovation and agent development; manage live-site incidents and drive systemic fixes.

Seniority

Principal, strategy & mentorship

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