Principal Engineer

Job Title: Principal Engineer - College Pads

Job Summary:

As a Principal Engineer at College Pads, you will be the most senior technical leader within our team, tackling complex challenges across both technology and business domains. You will play a pivotal role in shaping our technical strategy and producing our Technology Roadmap. Your leadership will be crucial in coaching and guiding the organization to successful execution. You are adept at diving deep into varied domains, collaborating effectively with Platform, Security, Engineering, Product, and Quality teams to contribute meaningfully to solution design. Your exceptional communication skills will enable you to connect with developers at all levels, conveying complex ideas effectively. Above all, you are driven by the challenge of solving difficult problems within legacy systems and possess the collaborative skills to find optimal solutions. You can envision the bigger picture, establish a target state, and chart the course to get there, empowering others to contribute meaningfully along the way.

What You Will Be Doing:

Develop and contribute to the technical strategy for the College Pads product. Guide and lead your team in the execution of the technical roadmap. Identify, diagnose, and resolve major technical blockers to ensure project momentum. Establish and champion high standards for code quality, actively working to up-skill and enable fellow Engineers. Define clear goals and objectives for our systems and create comprehensive plans for their execution and evolution. Influence and spearhead design efforts for robust solutions that meet both operational and product needs, ensuring alignment with our overarching technical strategy. Review technical solutions proposed by various teams, providing constructive feedback and ensuring best practices. Provide expert guidance and mentorship on code reviews and help refine code review processes. Mentor, guide, and positively influence Technical Leads and Software Engineers, fostering their growth and development. Lead complex, cross-departmental projects and project teams from initial conception through to successful completion. Collaborate closely with Technical Leads to effectively communicate and embed technical strategy and direction across engineering teams. Tackle and solve intricate technical problems, thereby enabling our Engineering teams to deliver more effectively and efficiently.

Required Qualifications:

A minimum of 15 years of software engineering experience, with a substantial portion dedicated to system architecture, design, and the development of Platforms, Data solutions, and distributed systems. Demonstrated expertise in modernizing and uplifting legacy systems, including a proven ability to quantify the commercial impact of these improvements. Exceptional ability to clearly and concisely communicate complex technical, architectural, and/or organizational problems, and to propose and drive thorough, iterative, and practical solutions. Demonstrable, deep expertise in architecting and developing solutions across diverse technology stack, including backend systems systems