Are you looking for an opportunity to have an enterprise impact? In this role, you can influence our engineering and business culture. As a Principal Engineer, you will define platform-wide architecture supporting WFG’s enterprise modernization. You will enable our teams to use spec-driven development with Kiro as an AI assistant and other modern development practices to accelerate development and improve quality.

Responsibilities

  • Lead cross-program architecture and guide multi-domain technical decisions. 
  • Use Kiro to generate prototypes, validate architecture, and accelerate design. 
  • Define integration strategy, data models, and shared technical standards. 
  • Participate in enterprise committees defining engineering and architecture principles. 
  • Serve as subject matter expert across multiple domains. 
  • Mentor Lead and Senior engineers. Elevate the developer experience and engineering culture 
  • Present architecture to executives and influence long-term strategy. 

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field. 
  • Eight years of experience with distributed applications and microservices. 
  • Expertise in Java/.NET, microservices, and distributed system design. 
  • Deep cloud experience (AWS/Azure). 
  • Advanced understanding of NoSQL and relational modeling. 
  • Excellent communication and leadership skills. 

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Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience with enterprise modernization. 
  • Experience raising the engineering and operational standards. 
  • Experience coaching engineers in a Scaled Agile environment  
  • Experience with analytics, ML, or streaming architectures. 
  • Financial services knowledge. 
  • Experience with Six Sigma is a plus.  


Working Conditions

  • Hybrid-Office Environment (Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays)
  • Work outside of normal business hours may be required
  • Moderate Travel 10 to 25%


This job description is not a contract of employment nor for any specific job responsibilities. The Company may change, add to, remove, or revoke the terms of this job description at its discretion. Managers may assign other duties and responsibilities as needed. In the event an employee or applicant requests or requires an accommodation to perform job functions, the applicable HR Business Partner should be contacted to evaluate the accommodation request.

Compensation

The Salary for this position generally ranges between $158,000 - $200,000 annually. Please note that the salary range is a good faith estimate for this position and actual starting pay is determined by several factors including qualifications, experience, geography, work location designation (in-office, hybrid, remote) and operational needs. Salary may vary above and below the stated amounts, as permitted by applicable law.

Additionally, this position is typically eligible for an Annual Bonus based on the Company Bonus Plan/Individual Performance and is at the Company’s discretion. 

Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.

This is a hybrid position requiring three days in office per week in one of our hub locations (Philadelphia, PA; Cedar Rapids, IA; Denver, CO).  Relocation assistance will not be provided for this position.