Principal Software Engineer – Sr Architect

Blue Yonder

Principal Software Engineer leading a team to design and implement AI-driven solutions at Blue Yonder. Shaping architectural direction and driving innovation for Generative AI initiatives.

Posted 5/19/2026full-timeDallas • Texas • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $152,889 - $190,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSAzureCloudDockerGoogle Cloud PlatformGraphQLHibernateJavaKafkaKubernetesMicroservicesNoSQLPythonRDBMSReactSparkSpringSpring BootSpringBoot

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Establish the technical vision and architectural foundations for our generative AI platforms and products
Lead the design and implementation of complex, large-scale AI systems that push technical boundaries
Design and build scalable, high-performance solutions.
Optimize inference pipelines to reduce latency and improve efficiency.
Build distributed AI systems that handle high-throughput workloads.
Mentor engineering leaders and senior engineers, elevating the technical capabilities of the organization
Identify and solve systemic engineering challenges across model training, deployment, and monitoring
Establish technical standards, best practices, and architectural patterns for AI engineering
Drive technical alignment with product management & UX on roadmap and deliverables

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree (STEM preferred) and minimum 12 to 15 years of experience in Software development with min of 3 years as Software Architect.
Strong programming experience and background in Enterprise Python (preferred) or Java, spring boot, microservices based architecture
Demonstrable experience designing, building deploying and maintenance of enterprise cloud solutions (we use Azure) in AWS, Azure and or GCP
Demonstrable experience with microservices based architecture on Cloud at scale.
Experience with implementation of Event driven architecture using Kafka, Spark or similar technologies
Hands-on development skills along with architecture/design experience; should not have moved away from software development
Demonstrable experience, thorough knowledge and interests in Cloud native architecture, Distributed micro-services, Multi-tenant SaaS solution and Cloud Scalability, performance and High availability
Experience with API management platforms & providing / consuming RESTful APIs
Experience with varied tools such as Spring Boot, OAuth, REST, GraphQL, Hibernate, NoSQL, RDBMS, Docker, Kubernetes, Kafka, React.
Experience with DevOps, Infrastructure as Code and infrastructure automation.
Good Understanding of secure architectures, secure configuration, identity management, role-based access control, authentication & authorization, and data encryption.
Exceptional problem-solving skills and strategic thinking abilities.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Comprehensive Medical, Dental and Vision
401K with Matching
Flexible Time Off
Corporate Fitness Program
A variety of voluntary benefits such as; Legal Plans, Accident and Hospital Indemnity, Pet Insurance and much more

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Hard Skills & Tools

Enterprise PythonJavaSpring BootMicroservices architectureCloud solutionsEvent driven architectureKafkaSparkAPI managementCloud native architecture

Soft Skills

MentoringProblem-solvingStrategic thinking