Senior Principal Software Engineer

We are Progress (Nasdaq: PRGS) - a trusted provider of software that enables our customers to develop, deploy and manage responsible, AI powered applications and experience with agility and ease.

We’re proud to have a diverse, global team where we value the individual and enrich our culture by considering varied perspectives because we believe people power progress. Join us as a Senior Principal, Software Engineer and help us do what we do best: propelling business forward. Learn more about us.

We are seeking an exceptional Senior Principal, Software Engineer, to provide technical leadership for the evolution of the ShareFile platform. The ideal candidate will combine hands-on engineering excellence with strategic technical leadership, championing modern software development practices, AI-enabled SDLC, platform modernization, and engineering productivity improvements. You will influence technical direction across multiple teams, mentor senior engineers, and play a key role in shaping the future architecture of ShareFile.

In this role, you will work on:

• Lead Design and development:
• Own and drive the architecture roadmap for critical ShareFile services.
• Design and build highly scalable, secure, resilient, and maintainable cloud-native and hybrid solutions using C# and .Net Core and other modern tech stacks.
• Lead architecture reviews and make critical technology decisions across products and platforms.
• Define engineering standards, architectural patterns, and best practices.
• Ensure that the software solutions are scalable, maintainable, and meet the highest quality standards.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to engineering leadership, product management, and senior stakeholders.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and identify opportunities to create business value.
• AI-Driven Engineering Excellence
• Drive adoption of AI-assisted software development across the SDLC.
• Establish best practices for using tools such as GitHub Copilot, AI agents, MCP-enabled development tools, automated code review systems, and AI-assisted testing frameworks.
• Leverage AI to improve Requirements analysis, Design reviews, Code generation, Test automation, Code reviews, Incident investigation, Documentation generation, Developer productivity
• Guide engineering teams in adopting responsible AI development practices.

Process and Practices:

• Lead the design and development of complex distributed systems.
• Ensure the delivery of secure, compliant, and highly available services.
• Participate in strategic planning, roadmap definition, and prioritization.
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to Senior and junior engineers.
  Conduct code reviews, share best practices, and help improve the overall skill sets of the team
• Influence engineering decisions across multiple teams without direct authority.
• Foster a culture of innovation, continuous improvement, and engineering excellence.

Collaboration & Strategy:

• Partner with Product Management to translate business requirements into scalable technical solutions.
• Communicate complex technical concepts effectively to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Build alignment across geographically distributed teams.
• Represent ShareFile engineering in executive-level technical discussions when needed.

Your background:

• 14+ years of professional software development experience.
• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, Engineering, or a related field.
• Strong experience designing and building large-scale SaaS and enterprise platforms.
• Experience implementing AI-based developer productivity solutions.
• Expert-level proficiency in C#, .NET / .NET Core, Distributed systems, REST APIs, Microservices architecture
• Deep experience with cloud platforms AWS (preferred), Azure
• Experience with Kubernetes, Docker, CI/CD pipelines, Infrastructure as Code, Observability platforms
• Strong architectural design and system decomposition skills.
• Extensive experience with security-first software development practices.
• Demonstrated success leading multi-team technical initiatives.

If this sounds like you and fits your experience and career goals, we’d be happy to chat. What we offer in return is the opportunity to experience a great company culture with wonderful colleagues to learn from and collaborate with, and also to enjoy:

Compensation

• Competitive remuneration package
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan Enrolment

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