Principal Software Engineer

Concord is an execution company that helps organizations move technology and AI initiatives from concept to measurable capability through implementation and adoption. The Principal Software Engineer will bridge business objectives and software solutions, owning scalable full-stack systems across backend services, data systems, and user interfaces while providing architecture leadership, AI-assisted development, and technical mentorship.

Responsibilities:

• Translate ambiguous business problems into scalable, robust technical architectures, anticipating edge cases and operational concerns
• Make pragmatic technology decisions and design systems for long-term maintainability
• Work directly with business stakeholders to rapidly prototype and validate concepts, accelerating feedback cycles
• Own features end-to-end across backend services, data systems, and user interfaces
• Use agentic AI tools throughout the development lifecycle, including designing quality controls for coding agents, specification-driven workflows, and deterministic validation checks
• Evaluate AI tools and practices critically rather than adopting them by default
• Build secure-by-design software with CI/CD pipelines, observability, monitoring, and alerting for operational readiness
• Serve as a technical lead: define architecture, guide software design, mentor less experienced engineers, and communicate with executives and business stakeholders

Requirements:

• 9+ years of professional software engineering experience, including demonstrated ownership of system architecture and technical leadership (not years alone — must show scope of ownership, not just tenure)
• Proficiency in one or more of: Python, C#, JavaScript, or other languages
• Cloud platform experience, including Azure, AWS or GCP
• Experience with AI-assisted/agentic development tools (e.g., Copilot, Cursor, Claude Code) and practices
• Experience with automation, CI/CD, and DevSecOps practices (secure-by-design, observability, monitoring/alerting)
• Experience communicating technical strategy to executive/business stakeholders
• Must be authorized to work legally in the US without sponsorship, now or in the future
• Experience mentoring engineers and leading project teams (helpful but not required at the lower end of the experience range)