Principal Software Engineer

Summary

Join Restaurant365 as a Principal Software Engineer and lead development efforts for multiple teams, spearheading new features and guiding product enhancements. You will be responsible for analyzing, designing, developing, and testing software applications, ensuring alignment with product and architecture teams. This role requires strategic thinking and technical execution, acting as a bridge between strategic architecture and practical implementation. You will mentor team members, promote best practices, and stay abreast of the latest technologies. The position offers a competitive salary, comprehensive benefits, and opportunities for professional growth within a dynamic SaaS company.

Requirements

• BS/MS in Computer Science or 2+ years of equivalent experience
• 9+ years in an engineering position creating code-based solutions and tools
• Expert in .NET and C#
• Expert with SQL and no-SQL databases
• Expert with enterprise software
• Expert with cloud platforms
• Expert in working with APIs
• Expert in distributed version-control systems i.e. Git
• Expert in troubleshooting and diagnosing issues
• Expert in Agile development concepts
• Expert in CI/CD practices
• Experience with client-side frameworks and technologies i.e. React, Angular and Bootstrap
• Experience with mobile applications
• Occasional travel required

Responsibilities

• Work closely with the Product Managers and UX Designers to understand requirements and translate them into technical designs and specifications
• Balance and prioritize conflicting business and technical requirements to support organizational goals
• Prepare, validate, improve, and reengineer functions and processes as needed
• Proactively drive change and improvements within and across team
• Produce well thought-out architecture with scale, performance, security, and availability considerations
• Review and sign-off on all architectural and design proposals from their team
• Be the support system of the Architecture Team, capable of understanding and contributing to the cross-team technical solutions from design to implementation
• Drive architectural alignment across teams and ensure compliance with design patterns
• Lead technical design processes and ensure that teams assess the impact of new development on the existing application architecture
• Develop high quality code adhering to the best coding practices as laid down by the company
• Implement and lead regular code reviews to ensure consistency, quality, and alignment
• Ensure change and release management processes are followed
• Provide guidance to teams on code standards and best practices, raising standard violations for team and architectural discussion as needed
• Analyze and document existing systems, review pre-existing code and provide recommendations to improve performance and maintainability
• Support and monitor post-release performance of applications, utilizing tools like Application Insights, Kibana, and other monitoring tools
• Drive a culture of continuous improvement by ensuring that teams actively respond to post-release feedback and errors
• Drive technical leadership and act as a mentor to team members, promoting best practices and technical excellence
• Mentor team members on technical skills and best practices
• Work closely with team leaders to ensure structured and coordinated planning of your team’s development
• Provide guidance and contribute to establishing and continuously improving company best practices
• Keep abreast of latest trends to help provide recommendations on new technologies and processes that can help improve the organization
• Proactively escalate critical technical decisions to ensure timely resolution and alignment across teams

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical benefits, 100% paid for employee
• 401k + matching
• Equity Option Grant
• Unlimited PTO + Company holidays
• Wellness initiatives
• $132,000 - $198,000 a year