Top Remote Principal Software Engineer Jobs

Leads modernization of large-scale embedded software test systems. Defines architecture and roadmaps for automated test execution, configuration and variation management, traceability, regression selection, quality gates, and results reporting. Builds integrations across testing, diagnostics, issue tracking, and CI/CD pipelines, while standardizing test data for Databricks analytics. Provides technical leadership across teams, improves testing speed and reliability, and mentors engineers in safety-critical automotive software environments.

Leads modernization of General Motors’ embedded software build ecosystem by migrating Make- and shell-based workflows to Bazel. Designs reusable rules, toolchains, platforms, and repository standards; integrates build infrastructure with CI/CD, testing, releases, security, and observability; and improves reproducibility, performance, reliability, and developer productivity. The role also evaluates AI-assisted engineering workflows and mentors teams across the organization.

Lead the architecture and scaling of Atlassian’s third-party enterprise connectors for Rovo and AI experiences. Design high-throughput ingestion and synchronization pipelines, standardize distributed execution patterns, improve observability and SLO compliance, and ensure secure permission mapping. Collaborate with Search, Graph, AI, Product, Design, and platform teams while authoring technical designs, guiding architecture decisions, mentoring engineers, and accelerating development through AI-assisted workflows.

Build and deploy production-grade AI agents, assistants, reusable skills, and agentic workflows. Develop rapid MVPs, partner with engineering on production hardening, integrate models and tools, and establish rigorous evaluation for quality, safety, and reliability. Apply secure-by-design controls, document solutions, select frameworks and cloud services, and advise teams through the AI Center of Excellence.

Lead enterprise-scale engineering platforms for embedded software, simulation, and cloud workloads. Architect CI/CD, GitOps, Kubernetes, Terraform, progressive delivery, security, compliance, and observability standards across multiple teams. Drive software engineering productivity, release quality, and technical strategy while mentoring DevOps and simulation developers. The role requires deep real-time systems, safety-critical product, cloud, Kubernetes, Terraform, and embedded or simulation workflow experience.

Principal Software Engineer role at Atlassian with flexible work-location options. The provided description contains no specific responsibilities or qualification requirements. Compensation includes a U.S. base salary range varying by geographic pay zone, plus potential benefits, bonuses, commissions, and equity.

Own customer-facing products end to end across the full stack, from React and TypeScript interfaces to backend services and APIs. Shape product and architecture decisions, use telemetry to measure outcomes, and build AI-enabled and agentic experiences with LLMs. Set technical direction, collaborate with product and design teams, mentor engineers, and drive ambiguous prototypes into reliable, scalable production systems.

Own customer-facing product features across the full stack, from ambiguous problems through measurable outcomes. Make architecture and product decisions, use telemetry to guide design, and build AI-enabled and agentic experiences integrating LLMs. Set technical direction, influence product strategy, mentor engineers, and drive prototypes into reliable, performant production systems at scale.

Own customer-facing features end to end across React/TypeScript front ends, backend services, and APIs. Make product-driven architecture decisions, use telemetry to improve outcomes, and build AI-enabled and agentic experiences with LLMs. Set technical direction, influence product strategy, mentor engineers, and drive ambiguous prototypes into reliable, scalable production systems.

Lead architectural evolution of a high-traffic B2B SaaS supplier platform: define microservice boundaries, APIs, CI/CD, multi-cloud deployment, security, multi-tenancy, and mentor engineers while partnering with SRE, product, and business teams.

Principal Software Engineer role at Atlassian with flexible remote, office, or hybrid work options. The provided description primarily details compensation, benefits, company culture, equal employment practices, and employment verification requirements; specific responsibilities and technical qualifications are not included.

Provides technical leadership on complex software projects from design through launch, addressing architecture, reliability, security, testing, and observability at scale. Leads company-wide engineering initiatives, establishes technical standards, mentors engineers, and promotes engineering excellence. Requires extensive full-stack development experience, strong communication, systems engineering expertise, customer-focused decision-making, and familiarity with A/B testing.

Leads complex software engineering initiatives from technical design through launch, provides architectural and technical leadership, drives engineering standards, mentors engineers, and collaborates across teams on company-wide projects. Requires deep experience building and operating scalable systems with strong testing, reliability, security, and observability practices, plus full-stack development expertise and familiarity with A/B testing.

As a Senior Principal Engineer, you'll define and drive the technical strategy for customer experience platforms, lead architectural decisions, and mentor engineering teams to enhance customer and agent experiences.

Principal Software Engineer leading architecture and technical strategy for an in-vehicle AI assistant platform. The role spans Android Automotive client applications, cloud services, edge-cloud orchestration, conversational AI, gRPC, streaming interfaces, testing, telemetry, and distributed systems. Responsibilities include cross-functional architectural alignment, roadmap development, resolving complex reliability and privacy trade-offs, integrating AI frameworks, and mentoring senior engineering teams.

Lead the design, development, and implementation of low-latency brokerage systems, mentor engineering teams, and ensure high performance of trading applications.

Design, build, deploy, and maintain resilient, scalable production systems for Toast’s retail customers. The role sets long-term technical architecture and strategy, communicates technical direction, mentors senior engineers, improves engineering productivity, diagnoses performance issues, and drives initiatives amid ambiguity. Engineers collaborate directly with retail customers, visit stores, understand operational workflows, and use AI tools to improve development velocity and quality.

Design and develop scalable cloud-based backend architectures for PSA’s consumer-facing Set Registry platform. Own features through architecture, implementation, testing, deployment, and production release. Build APIs for web and mobile applications, improve databases and existing applications, troubleshoot complex systems, and collaborate with product and engineering teams. Contribute to technical design reviews, documentation, monitoring, security practices, and automated testing.

Serves as a subject matter expert for z/OS Db2 infrastructure, managing installation, configuration, administration, upgrades, vendor fixes, logging, storage, performance tuning, data sharing, SysPlex, disaster recovery, and GDPS integration. Monitors enterprise systems, automates workflows with approved AI tools, supports incident response and 24x7 on-call rotations, and produces operational documentation across development, test, and production environments.

Founding engineer responsible for architecting and building core product systems, writing scalable Python backend code, designing and maintaining AI/ML infrastructure, instituting best development practices (testing, CI/CD), collaborating on product roadmap, and mentoring future engineers.

Lead architecture and technical execution for Toast’s Payroll and Team Management products. Own authentication, authorization, and organizational hierarchy across a multi-tenant SaaS platform. Drive high-scale, full-stack initiatives, modern agentic development practices, integrations, technical strategy, quality standards, deployment practices, and cross-functional collaboration. Mentor engineers across teams and leverage AI tools and LLM integration to improve software development velocity and quality.

Design, develop, and maintain a native IBM i connectivity agent for Redwood RunMyJobs. Responsibilities include job submission and monitoring, spool and queue handling, CL/RPG invocation, security integration, API connectivity, troubleshooting, performance and reliability improvements, architecture, code reviews, testing, documentation, and collaboration with product and engineering teams. The role also requires validating AI-assisted solutions against authoritative IBM i documentation.

Build and maintain a Java-based connectivity agent integrating Redwood RunMyJobs with IBM z/OS. Responsibilities include JES, TSO, SMF, USS, security, cryptography, custom protocols, C/JNI integration, concurrency, troubleshooting, performance, architecture, testing, documentation, and collaboration. The role requires deep mainframe systems expertise, strong Java and C skills, DevOps experience, and sound judgment when using AI-assisted engineering tools.

Leads architecture and development of Azure Storage table, metadata, and indexing systems at massive cloud scale. Designs distributed-system primitives for partitioning, indexing, transactions, consistency, replication, caching, and high-performance data access. Drives architectural decisions, prototypes innovations through production, and improves performance, scalability, reliability, and cost efficiency. Requires deep expertise in distributed storage, databases, or large-scale systems.

Leads the architecture, design, and implementation of Vertica’s core database engine. Drives innovations across query optimization, distributed execution, storage, concurrency, scalability, and performance using C++. Defines long-term technical strategy, architects complex distributed database features, guides testing, collaborates with customers and cross-functional teams, mentors engineers, and influences product roadmaps. Requires deep database internals expertise, large-scale systems experience, and strong technical leadership.