Principal Software Development Engineer at Jobgether
$118,600–$165,000from the description
Jul 16, 2026
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Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior individual contributor and technical leader role focused on designing and governing large-scale enterprise platforms — including financial systems, billing, pricing engines, and data pipelines — built on AWS, distributed systems, and cloud-native architectures. The position involves setting engineering standards, guiding multiple teams, driving modernization efforts, and integrating AI technologies such as LLMs and agentic systems. It suits a seasoned engineer with strong Python and .NET experience who is equally comfortable with hands-on architecture and cross-functional strategic influence.
Senior level · 10+ years · Remote · Bachelor's required · Full-time
Advertised as Principal, but the requirements read as Senior.
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 4,100 people nationally plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 2,450–6,100
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.
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 Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (7)
The title is 'Principal Software Development Engineer,' but the actual requirements — 10+ years of experience, 5+ years of technical leadership across teams — are well within the Senior band. The role lacks the org-wide, cross-organizational authority that distinguishes a true Principal; it is classified as Senior accordingly.
The degree requirement is a hard gate: 'Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related technical field' with no 'or equivalent experience' language.
The 5+ years of technical leadership across multiple teams is a role-level requirement captured in the overall years minimum (10+) rather than as a named technology skill.
LLMs and RAG are listed in the Requirements section with firm language ('Hands-on experience with AI technologies such as LLMs, RAG, agentic AI systems…'); the 'such as' qualifier means the specific tools are interchangeable examples of a hard-gated capability, so they are marked required. Agentic AI systems is omitted as it names no specific tool.
NetSuite and Salesforce integrations are explicitly marked 'preferred' in the JD. OutSystems is explicitly called 'a plus.'
Financial systems, billing platforms, pricing engines, data lakes, analytics platforms, and data mesh architectures are listed as preferred domain experience — these name no specific technology and are omitted from the skills list per extraction rules.
Caller marked this a fully-remote role — scored against the national candidate pool.
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