Coates Group

Principal Engineer

Coates Group

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: ChicagoIllinoisUnited States

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Salary

💰 $180,000 - $189,000 per year

Job Level

Tech Stack

About the role

  • Provide technical leadership by shaping architectural direction
  • Guide critical engineering decisions and ensure technology platforms evolve
  • Act as a trusted technical authority in designing, building, and operating complex systems
  • Enable teams to meet long-term business needs with confidence and consistency

Requirements

  • 12+ years of experience in software engineering
  • Proven experience designing & evolving architectures across multiple teams
  • Track record of influencing technical direction beyond a single team or domain
  • Demonstrated success leading major system transformations or modernization efforts
  • Hands-on experience in modern engineering practices (cloud-native systems, distributed architectures, CI/CD, reliability engineering, security-by-design, AI)
Benefits
  • annual market competitive bonus program
  • “Thrive Program” with flexible work options
  • dedicated time for health and wellbeing (virtual Yoga or meditation sessions)
  • Global Wellness paid day off
  • “Give Back Day” for community impact
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
software engineeringarchitectural designcloud-native systemsdistributed architecturesCI/CDreliability engineeringsecurity-by-designAI
Soft Skills
technical leadershipinfluencingguiding decisionstrusted authorityteam enablement