Principal Software Engineer

Core Technical Experience

• Oracle SQL
• Angular
• Node.js

Why This Role Is Exciting

Lead a small, high-impact team where your technical contribution and leadership both matter
Own a meaningful portfolio of applications that support AKC’s Sports & Events operations
Help shape improvements across modern and legacy systems while working closely with business and engineering partners

What You’ll Do

• Lead and develop the team
• Own technical delivery
• Contribute hands-on
• Partner across the business
• Support and improve production systems
• Drive engineering quality

What We’re Looking For

• Leadership and Delivery
• Technical Design and Architecture
• Technical Environment

Leadership and Delivery: 10+ years of software development experience, including leading projects and managing or mentoring technical team members
Strong ability to estimate work, break down requirements, identify risks and dependencies, and guide a team through execution
Experience with interviewing, hiring, coaching, performance feedback, and employee development
Excellent communication skills and the ability to work effectively with business and technical partners

Technical Design and Architecture: Strong understanding of software design, application architecture, and best practices for building scalable, maintainable systems
Experience translating business processes into structured technical workflows and designing solutions for branching logic, exception handling, and coordinated system behavior
Understanding of APIs, event-driven architectures, messaging systems, asynchronous processing, and orchestration patterns
Experience evaluating workflow or orchestration platforms and supporting transformation initiatives is a plus

Technical Environment: Strong hands-on experience with JavaScript, HTML, CSS, Angular, Node.js, and Oracle SQL
Comfort working across modern and legacy application stacks, with the ability to learn unfamiliar technologies to troubleshoot and support existing systems
Experience in a DevOps-oriented environment with shared ownership for delivery, deployment, and production support
Python, MongoDB, Redis, Linux, Docker, FastAPI, NestJS, Elasticsearch, NGINX, Grafana, and InfluxDB are helpful

Who This Role Is For

Engineers who enjoy leading from the front, not from the sidelines
People comfortable working in a small, high-impact team
Leaders who can balance delivery, support, and people management effectively

Who This Role Is Not For

This role is likely not a fit if:

• You are looking for a role focused primarily on people management rather than hands-on technical contribution
• You prefer clear separation between leadership responsibilities and day-to-day technical delivery
• You are looking for a pure greenfield or architecture-only role with minimal support responsibility
• You strongly prefer working only with modern technologies and are not interested in supporting or modernizing legacy systems