EWN

Principal Software Engineer

EWN

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: DecaturTexasUnited States

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Salary

💰 $130,000 - $170,000 per year

Job Level

About the role

  • Lead the design, development, and evolution of shared SaaS platform capabilities, frameworks, libraries, and standards
  • Solve complex, cross-cutting technical challenges that span multiple teams and systems
  • Write high-quality, production-ready code and tests where it creates the greatest leverage, especially for platform-level capabilities such as public APIs, integrations, and shared services
  • Provide hands-on technical leadership through architectural guidance, design reviews, and close collaboration with product and sprint teams
  • Establish and model high standards for software quality, performance, scalability, reliability, testing, and operational readiness
  • Design systems that meet high throughput and performance requirements while ensuring observability and operational excellence
  • Mentor and coach engineers at all levels, helping cultivate a strong, sustainable technical culture
  • Enable teams after platform delivery through training, documentation, best practices, and ongoing technical guidance
  • Collaborate with engineering leadership and cross-functional partners to define and evolve architectural principles and engineering standards
  • Identify friction in the development lifecycle and lead initiatives to improve developer experience, tooling, workflows, and CI/CD pipelines
  • Communicate complex technical concepts clearly to engineers, leaders, and non-technical stakeholders

Requirements

  • At least 7 years of professional software engineering experience
  • Demonstrated experience building and maintaining production systems with significant performance, scalability, or reliability requirements
  • Deep understanding of modern software architecture, including distributed systems and service-oriented designs
  • Strong software design, debugging, testing, and documentation skills
  • Experience with test-driven development
  • Ability to reason about tradeoffs involving performance, scalability, reliability, and maintainability
  • Proven ability to operate effectively under ambiguity and make sound technical decisions
  • Demonstrated experience mentoring, coaching, and influencing other engineers
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to explain complex technical topics clearly.
Benefits
  • Medical, Dental, and Vision plans — EWN covers upfront costs for employees and eligible dependent children
  • Voluntary benefits (life insurance, short-term disability, etc.)
  • Retirement plan with company match (up to 4%)
  • Flexible Spending Accounts (Health & Dependent Care)
  • Health Reimbursement Account (HRA)
  • Employer-paid Life and AD&D Insurance
  • Paid Parental Leave
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.

Hard Skills & Tools
SaaSpublic APIsintegrationssoftware qualityperformancescalabilityreliabilitytest-driven developmentdebuggingdocumentation
Soft Skills
technical leadershipmentoringcoachingcommunicationcollaborationproblem-solvingdecision-makinginfluencingtrainingorganizational skills