Principal Software Solutions Engineer at Jobgether
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Jul 16, 2026
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Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior full-stack engineering role at an insurtech SaaS company, focused on designing and building scalable platform features while working directly with strategic customers to turn their technical challenges into reusable product capabilities. The work spans frontend, backend, APIs, integrations, and cloud services, with additional responsibility for architectural leadership, mentoring engineers, and shaping roadmap and technical strategy. Suits an experienced engineer comfortable in both deep technical and customer-facing consulting contexts.
Senior level · 10+ years · Remote · Full-time
Advertised as Principal, but the requirements read as Senior.
“or” means any one of them counts — you don't need all of them.
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 1,200 people nationally plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 500–2,150
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).
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 (9)
The posting is listed via Jobgether on behalf of an unnamed partner company; the actual employer and full compensation details are not disclosed.
The title is 'Principal Software Solutions Engineer,' but the requirements — 10+ years of full-stack experience, customer-facing consulting, and team mentorship — are consistent with a Senior-level scope rather than a true org-wide Principal. The seniority band is set to Senior accordingly.
TypeScript/JavaScript are presented as a single interchangeable requirement; Python, Java, and C++ are listed together as alternative language options — all captured under the TypeScript skill with JavaScript as an alternative, and Python as the primary of the second group with Java and C++ as alternatives.
tRPC is listed as required ('Experience with tRPC or equivalent type-safe API frameworks'); 'equivalent' signals interchangeability but no specific named alternative is given — the requirement itself is a hard gate.
shadcn/ui and Mantine are listed as interchangeable component library options ('such as shadcn/ui or Mantine') under the requirements section.
CI/CD and automated testing appear in the Accountabilities section (not the Requirements section) as contributions the role is expected to make, so they are marked as preferred rather than hard gates.
Insurtech/insurance technology domain experience is explicitly required ('Previous experience in insurance technology (Insurtech) is required'), but this is domain knowledge rather than a named technology or tool, so it is not emitted as a skill per extraction rules. Hiring managers should note this is a hard gate.
Approximately 20% travel is required despite the role being fully remote.
Caller marked this a fully-remote role — scored against the national candidate pool.
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