Principal Engineer - Digital Platforms
for section headings. Use - for any list of duties/requirements/benefits, and
for prose.
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. The responsibilities are a list of duties; each sentence starts with a verb; we can make
- . The requirements (education/experience/knowledge) are a list; we can make
- . The skills also list; we can make
- . The mental/physical requirements could be list as well.
We must preserve ALL substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail. So we need to include all bullet points from the posting.
Let's extract the content exactly.
First, JOB FUNCTION / SUMMARY:
"The Principal Engineer is a senior-level individual contributor and recognized subject matter expert responsible for enterprise-wide technical leadership, engineering strategy, and complex solution guidance across multiple systems, platforms, and domains. This role influences architecture, standards, modernization efforts, and strategic initiatives without direct people management responsibilities. Serving as a trusted advisor to technology and business leaders, this position provides technical leadership ensuring solutions are scalable, secure, resilient, and aligned with organizational objectives."
We'll put that in a
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Next, ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES list:
- Serve as the enterprise subject matter expert for assigned technologies, platforms, or engineering domains.
- Define and influence technical standards, design patterns, best practices, and long-term roadmaps.
- Lead technical direction for strategic initiatives, ensuring scalable, secure, resilient, and supportable solutions.
- Lead complex solution design, troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and performance optimization efforts.
- Review and approve high-impact technical decisions, architectures, and implementation approaches.
- Evaluate emerging technologies and guide modernization initiatives.
- Partner with technology teams and business leaders to align technical solutions with enterprise priorities.
- Influence cross-functional teams and communicate complex concepts to technical and non-technical audiences.
- Mentor engineers and promote engineering excellence through training, documentation, standards, and continuous improvement.
- Lead conversion and/or integration workstreams related to mergers, acquisitions, or strategic business events.
We'll put each as
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Next, MINIMUM REQUIRED EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE & KNOWLEDGE:
We need to capture each bullet point. The posting lists many items separated by periods. Let's parse:
"Bachelor’s degree in a related field (i.e., Computer Science, Engineering, etc.) or equivalent experience.
10 years of progressively technical experience in complex enterprise environments.
Prior experience as a Principal, Staff, Lead Engineer, or comparable senior technical expert.
Extensive experience supporting complex, business-critical digital banking, branch banking, or financial-services technology platforms.
Demonstrated expertise in online banking, mobile banking, online account opening, banker-assisted servicing, bill payment, funds transfers, authentication, identity verification, and related banking integrations.
Strong understanding of banking operations, client onboarding, account servicing, transaction processing, fraud controls, regulatory requirements, and branch workflows.
Advanced understanding of enterprise application architecture, APIs, system integrations, customer and account data flows, vendor-hosted solutions, security controls, and production-support practices.
Experience with modern engineering practices preferred (DevOps, CI/CD, API, LLM, etc.).
Expert technical knowledge and advanced engineering practices.
Proven ability to influence cross-functional teams and solve complex technical challenges.
Strong communication and strategic planning skills.
Banking or financial services experience preferred.
M&A integration experience preferred.
Demonstrated experience serving as the senior technical subject-matter expert or escalation point for highly integrated applications.
Proven ability to independently lead complex production investigations, architecture decisions, platform changes, vendor escalations, and cross-functional technical initiatives.
Experience communicating complex technical risks and recommendations to senior business and technology leaders.
Ability to lead through technical expertise and influence in a senior individual-contributor role without direct reports."
Note: Some of these overlap with skills; but we will keep them in Requirements as they are listed under MINIMUM REQUIRED EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE & KNOWLEDGE. However some are more skill-like. But we must preserve all; we can keep them in Requirements. Then we might not need a separate Skills section. However the instruction says prefer few substantive sections over many thin ones. If we put all those in Requirements, it will be a long list but still one section. That's okay.
But we also have the ESSENTIAL MENTAL & PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS list:
- Ability to travel if required to perform the essential job functions
- Ability to work under stress and meet deadlines
- Ability to operate related equipment to perform the essential job functions
- Ability to read and interpret a document if required to perform the essential job functions
- Ability to lift/move/carry approximately 10 pounds if required to perform the essential job functions. If the employee is unable to lift/move/carry this weight and can be accommodated without causing the department/division an “undue hardship” then the employee must be accommodated; hence omitting lifting/moving/carrying as a physical requirement.
We need to preserve that. It's a bit wordy; we can keep as
- items.
Thus we will have sections: About the role (summary), Responsibilities, Requirements (which includes education/experience/knowledge and mental/physical). Could we separate mental/physical into its own section? Not a standard heading; but we could still use
for "Physical & Mental Requirements". The allowed headings list includes only those specific ones; but the instruction says use for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). It doesn't forbid other headings, but says use for section headings (e.g. those). It might be okay to add other headings, but better to stick to those. Since physical/mental requirements are not in the list, we could incorporate them into Requirements.
Thus final HTML:
About the role
...
Responsibilities
- ...
...
Requirements
- ...
...
We must not repeat the job title as a heading. Already we are not.
We must not include Job ID/requisition numbers.
We must not include boilerplate like EEO etc. We removed that.
Now ensure we preserve all substantive information from the posting. Let's double-check we didn't miss any.
From JOB FUNCTION / SUMMARY we captured three sentences.
From ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES we captured 10 bullet points.
From MINIMUM REQUIRED EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE & KNOWLEDGE we captured many
for prose. We need to decide what is prose vs list. The summary/job function is prose; we can put in
. The responsibilities are a list of duties; each sentence starts with a verb; we can make
- . The requirements (education/experience/knowledge) are a list; we can make
- . The skills also list; we can make
- . The mental/physical requirements could be list as well.
We must preserve ALL substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail. So we need to include all bullet points from the posting.
Let's extract the content exactly.
First, JOB FUNCTION / SUMMARY:
"The Principal Engineer is a senior-level individual contributor and recognized subject matter expert responsible for enterprise-wide technical leadership, engineering strategy, and complex solution guidance across multiple systems, platforms, and domains. This role influences architecture, standards, modernization efforts, and strategic initiatives without direct people management responsibilities. Serving as a trusted advisor to technology and business leaders, this position provides technical leadership ensuring solutions are scalable, secure, resilient, and aligned with organizational objectives."
We'll put that in a
. Next, ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES list: - Serve as the enterprise subject matter expert for assigned technologies, platforms, or engineering domains. - Define and influence technical standards, design patterns, best practices, and long-term roadmaps. - Lead technical direction for strategic initiatives, ensuring scalable, secure, resilient, and supportable solutions. - Lead complex solution design, troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and performance optimization efforts. - Review and approve high-impact technical decisions, architectures, and implementation approaches. - Evaluate emerging technologies and guide modernization initiatives. - Partner with technology teams and business leaders to align technical solutions with enterprise priorities. - Influence cross-functional teams and communicate complex concepts to technical and non-technical audiences. - Mentor engineers and promote engineering excellence through training, documentation, standards, and continuous improvement. - Lead conversion and/or integration workstreams related to mergers, acquisitions, or strategic business events. We'll put each as
- . Next, MINIMUM REQUIRED EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE & KNOWLEDGE: We need to capture each bullet point. The posting lists many items separated by periods. Let's parse: "Bachelor’s degree in a related field (i.e., Computer Science, Engineering, etc.) or equivalent experience. 10 years of progressively technical experience in complex enterprise environments. Prior experience as a Principal, Staff, Lead Engineer, or comparable senior technical expert. Extensive experience supporting complex, business-critical digital banking, branch banking, or financial-services technology platforms. Demonstrated expertise in online banking, mobile banking, online account opening, banker-assisted servicing, bill payment, funds transfers, authentication, identity verification, and related banking integrations. Strong understanding of banking operations, client onboarding, account servicing, transaction processing, fraud controls, regulatory requirements, and branch workflows. Advanced understanding of enterprise application architecture, APIs, system integrations, customer and account data flows, vendor-hosted solutions, security controls, and production-support practices. Experience with modern engineering practices preferred (DevOps, CI/CD, API, LLM, etc.). Expert technical knowledge and advanced engineering practices. Proven ability to influence cross-functional teams and solve complex technical challenges. Strong communication and strategic planning skills. Banking or financial services experience preferred. M&A integration experience preferred. Demonstrated experience serving as the senior technical subject-matter expert or escalation point for highly integrated applications. Proven ability to independently lead complex production investigations, architecture decisions, platform changes, vendor escalations, and cross-functional technical initiatives. Experience communicating complex technical risks and recommendations to senior business and technology leaders. Ability to lead through technical expertise and influence in a senior individual-contributor role without direct reports." Note: Some of these overlap with skills; but we will keep them in Requirements as they are listed under MINIMUM REQUIRED EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE & KNOWLEDGE. However some are more skill-like. But we must preserve all; we can keep them in Requirements. Then we might not need a separate Skills section. However the instruction says prefer few substantive sections over many thin ones. If we put all those in Requirements, it will be a long list but still one section. That's okay. But we also have the ESSENTIAL MENTAL & PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS list: - Ability to travel if required to perform the essential job functions - Ability to work under stress and meet deadlines - Ability to operate related equipment to perform the essential job functions - Ability to read and interpret a document if required to perform the essential job functions - Ability to lift/move/carry approximately 10 pounds if required to perform the essential job functions. If the employee is unable to lift/move/carry this weight and can be accommodated without causing the department/division an “undue hardship” then the employee must be accommodated; hence omitting lifting/moving/carrying as a physical requirement. We need to preserve that. It's a bit wordy; we can keep as
- items.
Thus we will have sections: About the role (summary), Responsibilities, Requirements (which includes education/experience/knowledge and mental/physical). Could we separate mental/physical into its own section? Not a standard heading; but we could still use
for "Physical & Mental Requirements". The allowed headings list includes only those specific ones; but the instruction says use
for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). It doesn't forbid other headings, but says use
for section headings (e.g. those). It might be okay to add other headings, but better to stick to those. Since physical/mental requirements are not in the list, we could incorporate them into Requirements. Thus final HTML:
About the role
...
Responsibilities
- ... ...
Requirements
- ... ...
- . The mental/physical requirements could be list as well.
We must preserve ALL substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail. So we need to include all bullet points from the posting.
Let's extract the content exactly.
First, JOB FUNCTION / SUMMARY:
"The Principal Engineer is a senior-level individual contributor and recognized subject matter expert responsible for enterprise-wide technical leadership, engineering strategy, and complex solution guidance across multiple systems, platforms, and domains. This role influences architecture, standards, modernization efforts, and strategic initiatives without direct people management responsibilities. Serving as a trusted advisor to technology and business leaders, this position provides technical leadership ensuring solutions are scalable, secure, resilient, and aligned with organizational objectives."
We'll put that in a
- . The skills also list; we can make