Principal Software Engineer

Priority Technology Holdings, LLC • Alpharetta, GA

7h

About The Position

As a Principal Software Engineer, you will play a key role in driving technical direction and architectural design for scalable, secure, and high-performing systems across our product ecosystem. You’ll serve as a hands-on technical leader and cross-functional collaborator—designing elegant solutions, elevating engineering standards, and mentoring engineers across levels. This is a critical role where deep expertise, architectural foresight, and influence come together to ensure our platforms are built for growth, resilience, and innovation.

Requirements

• 10+ years of professional software engineering experience, with deep backend or platform focus.
• Expertise in designing and operating distributed systems and cloud-native services.
• Proficient in a modern programming language (e.g., Node.js, Python, Java, or C#).
• Strong command of databases (SQL and/or NoSQL), API design, CI/CD, and observability tooling.
• Experience influencing architecture and technical direction across engineering teams.
• Excellent communication, documentation, and collaboration skills.
• Demonstrated leadership in mentoring, technical influence, and cross-functional alignment.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in Fintech, Banking, or regulated domains.
• Background in secure development, PCI compliance, or data-sensitive infrastructure.
• Familiarity with AWS, infrastructure-as-code, containerization, and event-driven systems.
• Contributions to engineering culture, tooling, and internal platforms.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end technical execution on complex initiatives, spanning services, teams, or domains.
• Architect and implement scalable, performant backend systems and APIs.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams—Product, UX, SRE, QA, Architecture—to translate business needs into robust technical solutions.
• Drive code and design reviews, set technical standards, and mentor engineers to elevate team velocity and quality.
• Champion design excellence, automation, test coverage, and system observability across teams.
• Identify and address tech debt, infrastructure bottlenecks, and architectural risk.
• Guide incident resolution and postmortem analysis, contributing to production resilience and uptime.
• Represent engineering in cross-org discussions; advocate for platform scalability, security, and technical integrity.
• Author design documents, contribute to architectural reviews, and support long-term technology strategy.

Benefits

• Bonus programs
• 401(k) match
• Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP)
• HSA and FSA options
• Financial wellness resources and employee discount programs
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Mental health support for employees and dependents through Lyra Health
• Family planning and women’s health benefits through Carrot
• Gym membership reimbursement and virtual wellness programs (including yoga)
• 3 weeks PTO to start, with unlimited PTO after year one
• Education expense reimbursement
• Leadership development programs
• Certified Payments Professional (CPP) certification support

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed