Principal Engineer-Software Development

About the Role

As Principal Engineer of Software Development, you will provide technical leadership for the design and implementation of complex, scalable software solutions primarily using Java Spring Boot and React. You will mentor technical teams and develop high-quality, robust applications that meet critical business needs within our evolving Customer Experience Platform (CXP) and FiOS Order management platform. You will leverage your full-stack expertise to build robust and scalable solutions while actively participating in the Agile development process.

Responsibilities

• Leading the design and development of large-scale, distributed systems.
• Implementing high-quality software solutions using Java and Spring Boot.
• Working with API management platforms, Apigee, to design, develop, and secure APIs.
• Utilizing Kibana for monitoring, analyzing, and visualizing application logs and performance metrics.
• Managing and collaborating on code using GIT version control.
• Providing technical guidance to the team, establishing best practices, coding standards, and development processes.
• Implementing robust build and deployment automation (CI/CD) practices.
• Partnering with enterprise architects, product managers, and business stakeholders to translate complex requirements into technical designs.
• Identifying and addressing performance bottlenecks to optimize application speed and scalability.
• Demonstrating strong problem-solving skills to troubleshoot and resolve technical challenges.

Requirements

You’ll need to have:

• Bachelor's degree or four or more years of work experience.
• Six or more years of relevant experience required, demonstrated through one or a combination of work and/or military experience, or specialized training.
• Experience with Java and the Spring Boot framework, including deep knowledge of its ecosystem.
• Experience with JavaScript/TypeScript and the React framework and related tooling.
• Knowledge of software architecture principles, design patterns, microservices, and RESTful API design.

Preferred Qualifications

Even better if you have one or more of the following:

• Experience with software development with a significant focus on backend and frontend technologies.
• Experience with designing and implementing complex, scalable, and high-performance web applications and distributed systems.
• Knowledge of API Gateways, security gateways, and modern authentication/authorization patterns.
• Experience mentoring technical teams.
• Experience working in an Agile development environment.
• Experience with CI/CD tools and practices (e.g., Jenkins).
• Excellent problem-solving, communication, and interpersonal skills.
• Master’s degree in Computer Science or a related field.
• Experience with FiOS domain and order manager.
• Experience with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, GCP, Azure), including containerization and orchestration technologies (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Experience with messaging/streaming platforms (e.g., Kafka, SQS, Kinesis, RabbitMQ).
• Experience with caching technologies (e.g., Redis).
• Knowledge of web security principles and best practices.

Schedule

In this hybrid role, you'll have a defined work location that includes working from home and a minimum of three days per week in the office, which will be set by your manager. Scheduled weekly hours are 40.

Pay

The annual salary range for this position based on a full-time schedule is $120,500.00 - $231,000.00. This is an incentive-based position with the potential to earn more.

Benefits

Our benefits are designed to help you move forward in your career and in areas of your life outside of Verizon. From health and wellness benefit options including medical, dental, vision, short and long-term disability, basic life insurance, supplemental life insurance, AD&D insurance, identity theft protection, pet insurance, and group home & auto insurance, we’ve got you covered. Additional benefits include:

• A matched 401(k) savings plan.
• Up to 8 company-paid holidays per year and up to 6 personal days per year.
• Paid parental leave and adoption assistance.
• Tuition assistance and other incentives.
• Newly hired employees receive up to 15 days of vacation per year, which grows with additional service.