Job Description: Job SummaryWe are seeking a highly skilled Principal Software Engineer to lead the design and delivery of scalable, cloud-native digital platform solutions in a direct-to-customer environment. This role plays a key part in shaping technical strategy, mentoring engineering teams, and building secure, high-performance applications that drive business growth. The ideal candidate brings deep technical expertise, strong leadership capabilities, and a hands-on approach to solving complex, high-impact challenges.
Duties & Responsibilities- Lead the design and development of scalable cloud-native applications aligned with enterprise architecture standards
- Serve as hands-on technical lead for Agile engineering teams, guiding delivery and removing obstacles
- Collaborate on front-end solutions to build responsive, accessible, customer-centric interfaces
- Design and optimize data architectures for performance, reliability, scalability, and security
- Translate business and product requirements into high-quality technical solutions
- Drive sprint planning, refinement, and delivery aligned with customer value and reliability goals
- Own the full software development lifecycle with emphasis on secure, test-driven development
- Evaluate and adopt modern frameworks, tools, and architectural patterns
- Mentor engineers, conduct code reviews, and promote engineering best practices
- Communicate architectural strategies and technical decisions across governance teams
- Proactively improve system performance, scalability, and operational resilience
- Maintain system documentation and development standards
- Ensure compliance with security, data governance, and regulatory requirements
- Lead production readiness, observability practices, and incident response efforts
Qualifications, Skills & Experience- 10+ years of hands-on software engineering experience delivering cloud-native systems
- Proven leadership experience in senior or principal engineering roles
- Strong expertise in modern backend development frameworks and languages
- Advanced experience with cloud platforms and distributed systems
- Deep knowledge of relational and NoSQL database technologies
- Strong understanding of microservices and event-driven architectures
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines and automated testing practices
- Hands-on experience with system observability and production operations
- Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills
- Strong communication and cross-functional collaboration abilities
- Business-focused mindset aligning technology with strategic outcomes
- Experience with regulated or enterprise environments preferred
Working Place: Boston, Massachusetts, United States Company : 2026 Feb 26th Virtual - Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance 
