Principal Software Engineer at Concord USA
Multiple Cities/States, MN
$70–$75/hrfrom the description
Aug 11, 2026
Multiple Cities/States, MN
Sep 24, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A contract Principal Software Engineer role supporting a renewable energy client's analytical and optimization software platform. The position covers full-stack ownership — backend services, data systems, and UI — with an emphasis on translating ambiguous business problems into production-ready architectures. The ideal candidate brings strong technical leadership, stakeholder communication skills, and hands-on experience with AI-assisted development practices.
Senior level · 9+ years · Remote · Contract
Advertised as Principal, but the requirements read as Senior.
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 21,800 people nationally plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 16,300–28,300
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $138,970 (middle half $107,524–$175,762). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Aug 13, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (9)
Compensation is quoted as two separate ranges: $70–$75/hr on W2 and $75–$85/hr on C2C (corp-to-corp). The W2 range is captured in the comp fields; the C2C range cannot be represented in a single field.
The role is open to multiple US locations beyond the preferred St. Paul, MN and Juno Beach, FL sites, and appears fully remote-eligible. Minneapolis–St. Paul CBSA is used as the primary metro based on the first-listed preferred location.
The title is 'Principal Software Engineer,' but the requirements (9+ years, senior IC scope) align with a Senior-level role on a standard career ladder. The advertised level reflects the title; the assessed level reflects the actual scope.
Python, C#, and JavaScript are listed as interchangeable options for language proficiency — one skill entry captures all three with alternatives.
Azure, AWS, and GCP are listed as interchangeable cloud platform options.
Mentoring engineers and leading project teams is explicitly noted as 'helpful but not required at the lower end of the experience range,' so it is not captured as a hard gate.
AI-assisted/agentic development tools (e.g., Copilot, Cursor, Claude Code) appear in the requirements section and are treated as a hard gate on the capability, with the named tools listed as alternatives since any one would satisfy the requirement.
Ignored 1 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): AI-assisted development tools.
Posting is for a contract engagement — the market benchmarks below price full-time roles, so read the comp comparison with that in mind.
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