
Principal Engineer
Coates Group
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Chicago • Illinois • United 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