Principal Software Engineer, AI-Augmented Development

Stellenbeschreibung:

Lead architecture, design, and delivery of critical capabilities across Drake Tax Online
Drive consistency and quality across services, APIs, user experiences, and shared platform components
Partner with product, design, and business stakeholders to translate complex problems into scalable solutions
Identify, evaluate, and apply emerging technologies including AI-assisted development tools
Act as a technical lead for high-impact initiatives across multiple teams
Provide technical leadership in ambiguous situations and mentor engineering leaders
Raise the effectiveness of the broader engineering organization by identifying opportunities to simplify systems and improve workflows
Demonstrate effective AI-assisted software engineering in practice
Identify opportunities to use AI to improve engineering effectiveness across the software development lifecycle

10+ years of professional software engineering experience
Proven track record leading large technical initiatives across multiple teams
Demonstrated ability to operate across engineering, product, design, security, QA, DevOps, and business stakeholders
Experience defining technical direction, influencing architecture, and delivering complex systems
Demonstrated effectiveness using AI-assisted development tools
Experience modernizing legacy systems
Strong track record of turning ambiguous business problems into well-defined technical solutions
Significant production experience building and operating modern web applications
Strong hands‑on coding ability
Deep understanding of modern software architecture
Experience designing, deploying, operating, and troubleshooting applications in AWS and Kubernetes environments
Strong technical judgment with the ability to evaluate tradeoffs and make pragmatic decisions