Available Position (Company name withheld)

Principal Software Engineer

Chicago, IL
Full Time
Software
Experienced
Position Overview
We're seeking a Principal Software Engineer for DGIS, our SaaS platform supporting shipping processes for companies of all sizes. This role focuses heavily on architecture design, ensuring architectural compliance across teams, and performing code reviews to maintain code quality standards. While initial development work will be limited as you learn our systems, hands-on coding will increase significantly to 50-75% of your time once you're established.

Experience Required
7-10 years of software development experience with architectural planning, design patterns, and cross-team technical leadership.
Key Responsibilities
Architecture & Technical Leadership (High Priority - 50-60% initially)
  • Learn and understand current DGIS architecture and technical ecosystem
  • Design integration solutions between DGIS and third-party systems
  • Architect full-stack solutions for new applications and features
  • Collaborate with team on technology decisions (with increasing autonomy over time)
  • Ensure architectural consistency and best practices across development teams
Code Review & Quality Assurance (High Priority - 30-40% initially)
  • Perform code reviews across multiple development teams
  • Ensure compliance with architectural standards and coding best practices
  • Provide mentorship and technical guidance through review feedback
  • Identify technical debt and recommend refactoring strategies
Development (Lower initially, increasing to 50-75% over time)
  • Build new features and applications using AI-assisted development tools (e.g., Claude Code, GitHub Copilot)
  • Work with business teams to translate requirements into technical specifications
  • Maintain and refactor legacy .NET applications
  • Implement full-stack solutions from database to UI
  • Integrate third-party APIs (payment processors, shipping carriers, etc.)
Documentation & Knowledge Sharing
  • Create technical documentation for API customers
  • Develop architectural whitepapers and framework documentation
  • Document integration patterns and best practices
  • Maintain architectural decision records (ADRs)
Technical Foundation Required

Backend & Data
  • Strong object-oriented programming (C#)
  • Relational database design and optimization (SQL Server)
  • RESTful API design and development
  • Understanding of authentication/authorization patterns (JWT, OAuth)
  • Familiarity with GraphQL
Frontend
  • Modern JavaScript framework experience (ReactJS/SolidJS preferred, or Vue, Angular, etc.)
  • Component-based architecture understanding
  • State management patterns
Cloud & DevOps
  • Cloud platform experience (Azure preferred, AWS/GCP acceptable)
  • CI/CD concepts and practices
  • Azure DevOps (or similar: GitHub, GitLab, Jenkins)
Architecture & Integration
  • API design and integration patterns
  • Microservices or service-oriented architecture
  • Third-party API integration experience
  • Understanding of distributed systems
Security & Compliance
  • General knowledge of PCI-DSS requirements
  • Secure coding practices
  • Data protection principles
AI-Assisted Development
  • Experience with or strong interest in using AI coding assistants (Claude Code, Copilot, Cursor, etc.)
  • Ability to effectively prompt and collaborate with AI tools
  • Understanding of when to use AI assistance vs. manual development
Success Metrics
  • First 6 months: Completion of onboarding milestones, architectural documentation quality, code review thoroughness
  • Ongoing: Story point delivery minimums, successful project outcomes, architectural decision quality, team feedback
What We Offer
 
  • Office attendance in Seattle or Chicago as requested by management
  • Opportunity to shape technical direction
  • Exposure to shipping/logistics domain
  • Modern development stack and tools
  • Salary $145,000 – $160,000

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