Principal Software Engineer (US)

Posted Yesterday
Hiring Remotely in West Chester, PA, USA
In-Office or Remote
Senior level
Digital Media • eCommerce • Retail
The Role
Leads enterprise-scale automation and AI solution design, architecture standards, modernization initiatives, and resilient system delivery. Partners across business, architecture, cybersecurity, infrastructure, and operations teams; evaluates emerging technologies; guides architecture and design reviews; mentors engineers; mitigates technical risks; troubleshoots critical production issues; and drives engineering excellence across teams.
Summary Generated by Built In

Working at QVC Group means joining a live social shopping company with incredible teams, ambitious projects and amazing careers. QVC Group, Inc. is a Fortune 500 company with six leading retail brands - QVC®, HSN®, Ballard Designs®, Frontgate®, Garnet Hill® and Grandin Road®.

Your Opportunity, Your Team 

The Principal Software Engineer supports QVC, and drives enterprise automation, AI-enabled engineering, and architecture decisions across our technology landscape.

 

You’ll help shape how QVC designs and delivers scalable, secure, and resilient technology solutions. You’ll lead complex automation and modernization efforts, define technical standards, and guide engineering teams through architecture decisions that improve speed, quality, and long-term maintainability.

 

Where You'll Work 

This role is remote; job seekers must reside in one of the following states to be considered: Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware. This role may require you to be on site at our West Chester, PA location as needed. Relocation assistance is not available for this role.

 

What You'll Do 

  • Lead the design and implementation of enterprise-scale automation and AI solutions that improve efficiency, scalability, security, and reliability

  • Define and maintain architecture standards, engineering best practices, and governance processes for automation and platform solutions

  • Partner with business leaders, architects, and engineering teams to align technical solutions with business priorities and modernization goals

  • Evaluate emerging technologies and recommend practical approaches that improve engineering delivery, system resiliency, and operational performance

  • Guide software engineering excellence through architecture reviews, design reviews, and technical assessments across multiple teams

  • Mentor engineers and technical leads by sharing expertise, improving technical decision-making, and raising engineering standards

  • Identify and mitigate technical risks, support resilient system design, and lead complex troubleshooting for critical production issues

  • Collaborate with cybersecurity, infrastructure, and operations teams to ensure solutions are secure, compliant, and supportable

  • Leverage AI tools and models to accelerate solution design, automation development, and delivery practices

What You'll Bring

  • 8+ years of experience in software engineering, infrastructure engineering, enterprise architecture, or a related technical field

  • Proven experience designing and delivering large-scale enterprise technology solutions

  • Strong expertise in enterprise architecture, system integration, distributed systems, and scalable solution design

  • Experience with DevOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, automation, and infrastructure as code

  • Demonstrated ability to influence technical direction and drive adoption across teams without direct managerial authority

  • Experience leading complex modernization or transformation initiatives

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience

  • Ability to travel as needed

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Our Total Rewards package includes benefits you’ll love such as competitive compensation, paid time off, an employee assistance program, parental leave, paid volunteer hours, and amazing company discounts! In our US market, you can also expect health care benefits starting on day 1, 401(k), and tuition reimbursement benefits.

QVC Group is committed to inclusion and belonging for all and ensuring that our workplace provides equal employment opportunities for all team members and candidates and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations. As an equal opportunity employer, QVC Group is committed to a barrier-free employment process. If you need reasonable accommodations/support throughout, please contact us at [email protected] for assistance.

If provided, salary ranges are a general guideline only, and actual salaries will vary and are based on factors such as a candidate's qualifications, skills, experience, and geographic location as well as business and market conditions.

Skills Required

  • 8+ years of experience in software engineering, infrastructure engineering, enterprise architecture, or a related technical field
  • Experience designing and delivering large-scale enterprise technology solutions
  • Expertise in enterprise architecture, system integration, distributed systems, and scalable solution design
  • Experience with DevOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, automation, and infrastructure as code
  • Ability to influence technical direction and drive adoption across teams without direct managerial authority
  • Experience leading complex modernization or transformation initiatives
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience
  • Ability to travel as needed
  • Residence in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, or Delaware

QVC Group Compensation & Benefits Highlights

The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about QVC Group and has not been reviewed or approved by QVC Group.

  • Healthcare Strength Healthcare coverage is positioned as broad, including medical, dental, vision, prescription coverage, and company-paid life insurance and AD&D. Additional wellness supports like confidential counseling and condition-management programs are also part of the offering.
  • Flexible Benefits Flexible work arrangements such as remote work, flextime, and compressed schedules are available in parts of the organization. Spending-account options like HSA and FSA are included within the benefits mix.
  • Retirement Support Retirement support includes access to a 401(k) plan with company matching, and some sources also reference a pension plan. Performance bonuses are also described as available for some employees.

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The Company
HQ: West Chester, PA
10,001 Employees
Year Founded: 1991

What We Do

Curated Experiences. Infinite Possibilities.® We believe in a Third Way to Shop® – beyond transactional ecommerce or traditional brick-and-mortar stores – for customers who crave engaging shopping experiences. We're a select group of diverse businesses that provide customers with curated collections of unique products, made personal and relevant by the power of storytelling. We combine the best of retail, media, and social to curate experiences, conversations, and communities for millions of highly discerning shoppers. We bring joy, inspiration, and humanity to shopping. We also curate large audiences, across our many platforms, for our thousands of brand vendors. Qurate Retail Group comprises seven leading retail brands – QVC®, HSN®, Zulily®, Ballard Designs®, Frontgate®, Garnet Hill®, and Grandin Road®. We reach approximately 218 million homes worldwide via 14 television networks and reach millions more via multiple streaming services, social pages, mobile apps, websites, print catalogs, and in-store destinations. We're a world leader in video commerce globally, among the top ecommerce retailers in North America (according to Digital Commerce 360), and a leader in mobile commerce and social commerce.

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