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Top Principal Software Engineer Jobs in Austin, TX

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Austin, TX
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Fintech • HR Tech
The Principal Software Engineer will lead technical initiatives in Payroll Services, designing and building systems to improve payroll functionality, collaborating with multiple teams, and mentoring junior engineers.
Top Skills: Ruby,Rails,Typescript,React,Ai,Machine Learning
2 Days Ago
Hybrid
Austin, TX
Expert/Leader
Expert/Leader
Fintech • App development
Lead technical strategy and hands-on software development while mentoring a team, focusing on quality, innovation, and scalable solutions in fintech.
Top Skills: AngularAWSAzureGCPIonicJavaJavaScriptKotlinNode.jsPythonSwiftTypescript
4 Days Ago
Hybrid
Austin, TX
Senior level
Senior level
Digital Media • Fintech • Information Technology • Mobile • Payments • Software • Financial Services
The Principal Software Engineer will lead the design and implementation of complex financial applications, mentor other engineers, and influence technical direction in cloud and full-stack environments.
Top Skills: AWSAzureC#GCPGoJavaJavaScript
5 Days Ago
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Austin, TX
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Fintech • HR Tech
Lead the Payments team building scalable payment systems, collaborating across functions, mentoring engineers, and enhancing product development lifecycle.
Top Skills: ReactRuby On RailsTypescript
Reposted 9 Days Ago
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Hybrid
Austin, TX
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Expert/Leader
Cloud • Software
As a Principal Software Engineer, you will lead architectural and design efforts for various projects, focusing on AI/ML workloads and cloud-based solutions. Your role will involve collaborating across teams to develop innovative solutions, ensuring optimal architectural strategies, and mentoring peers in a fast-paced environment.
11 Hours Ago
Remote
Hybrid
Austin, TX
144K-165K Annually
Mid level
144K-165K Annually
Mid level
Fintech • Machine Learning • Payments • Software • Financial Services
Join Capital One as a Principal Software Engineer to design and develop cloud-based solutions, lead Agile teams, and mentor peers in technology and data management.
Top Skills: AWSDockerGCPGoHTML/CSSJavaJavaScriptKubernetesAzurePythonRustSQLTypescript
10 Days Ago
Hybrid
Austin, TX
Expert/Leader
Expert/Leader
Food • Logistics • Mobile • On-Demand • App development
As a Principal Software Engineer, you will lead technical initiatives, mentor engineers, and ensure the development of scalable, maintainable applications. You'll collaborate across teams to drive best practices and architect solutions while maintaining high quality standards in code and design.
Top Skills: AWSDockerDynamoDBElasticsearchJvm-Based LanguagesKafkaKubernetesMySQLNoSQLPHPPostgresTerraform
2 Days Ago
Remote
Hybrid
Austin, TX
Expert/Leader
Expert/Leader
Fintech • HR Tech
As Principal Software Engineer, you'll architect and maintain Gusto's Payroll systems, lead projects, mentor engineers, and enhance product features.
Top Skills: GraphQLRuby on RailsReactRestful ApisRubyTypescript

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2 Days Ago
Remote
Austin, TX
155K-270K Annually
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155K-270K Annually
Expert/Leader
Cloud • Computer Vision • Information Technology • Sales • Security • Cybersecurity
This role involves architecting and driving CI/CD infrastructure globally, leading DevOps operations, and ensuring code quality and developer productivity across enterprise infrastructure.
Top Skills: AgileCi/CdDevOpsIacJavaKubernetesSdlc
3 Days Ago
Remote
Austin, TX
191K-258K Annually
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191K-258K Annually
Expert/Leader
eCommerce • Software
Lead the decomposition of monolithic applications into microservices, drive best practices in testing and observability, and enhance developer experience while mentoring engineers.
Top Skills: ArgocdAWSCeleryCircleCIDjangoDockerFastapiGithub ActionsGoKafkaKubernetesNew RelicNsqPagerdutyPythonSqsTerraform
5 Days Ago
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Remote
Austin, TX
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Expert/Leader
Information Technology • Cybersecurity
The Principal Software Engineer will lead the development of server-side features in the EDR product, collaborating with various teams to enhance security solutions and improve workflows.
Top Skills: CSSJavaScriptLinuxPostgresRuby On Rails
5 Days Ago
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Remote
Austin, TX
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186K-258K Annually
Expert/Leader
186K-258K Annually
Expert/Leader
Artificial Intelligence • Fintech • Machine Learning • Social Impact • Software
As a Principal Software Engineer, you'll define technical roadmaps, guide system architecture, mentor leaders, and identify impactful opportunities in Capital Supply operations.
Top Skills: AIMachine LearningSoftware Engineering
6 Days Ago
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Remote
Austin, TX
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Expert/Leader
Artificial Intelligence • Cloud • Information Technology • Machine Learning • Software • Big Data Analytics • Automation
Lead technical vision and architecture for PagerDuty's Operations Cloud Platform, mentor engineers, oversee design excellence, and drive innovation in SaaS solutions. Collaborate with senior leadership to align engineering initiatives with business objectives.
Top Skills: APIsAWSAzureCloud-Native TechnologiesElixirGCPGoJavaKubernetesMicroservicesPythonRuby
7 Days Ago
Remote
Austin, TX
Expert/Leader
Expert/Leader
Cloud • Information Technology
The Principal Software Engineer will develop and improve storage software, drive innovation, and maintain production environments while leading a team in a fast-paced cloud storage company.
Top Skills: AWSAzureC++DockerGoKubernetesLinuxZfs
8 Days Ago
Remote
Austin, TX
190K-230K Annually
Expert/Leader
190K-230K Annually
Expert/Leader
Consumer Web • eCommerce • Food • Healthtech • Natural Language Processing • Social Impact
The Principal Software Engineer will develop and innovate scalable services for customer experiences, troubleshoot issues, and work independently on projects, while leveraging various technologies including AWS and microservices.
Top Skills: AWSGoJavaKafkaLinuxNosql DatabasesPHPPythonRelational DatabasesServerless
9 Days Ago
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Remote
Hybrid
Austin, TX
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Expert/Leader
AdTech • Artificial Intelligence • Marketing Tech • Software • Analytics
The Principal Software Engineer will lead technical and thought innovations for product features, mentor teams, and collaborate on system infrastructure and architecture, requiring a deep expertise in software and data technologies.
Top Skills: AerospikeApache AirflowApache LuigiAWSBashCi/CdDjangoDockerDynamoDBEmrFastapiHbaseHdfsHiveJavaKafkaKubernetesMySQLOpen Table FormatsPostgresPythonRedisScalaScyllaSnowflakeSparkTerraform
Reposted 11 Days Ago
Remote
Austin, TX
188K-301K Annually
Senior level
188K-301K Annually
Senior level
Cloud • Fintech • Food • Information Technology • Software • Hospitality
Lead the technical direction and quality of Toast's POS payments workflows, mentor engineers, and drive improvements in architecture and codebase.
Top Skills: AndroidJavaKotlin
9 Days Ago
Remote
Austin, TX
185K-295K Annually
Expert/Leader
185K-295K Annually
Expert/Leader
Cloud • Computer Vision • Information Technology • Sales • Security • Cybersecurity
The Principal Software Engineer will lead AI projects, develop SaaS applications, mentor team members, and address complex challenges in cybersecurity for CrowdStrike.
Top Skills: Agentic Ai PlatformsAmazon BedrockGoGoogle Vertex AiHybrid-CloudJavaMicrosoft Copilot StudioOpen AiPythonSaaSScala
Reposted 10 Days Ago
Remote
Hybrid
Austin, TX
144K-165K Annually
Mid level
144K-165K Annually
Mid level
Fintech • Machine Learning • Payments • Software • Financial Services
As a Principal Software Engineer at Capital One, you'll collaborate with Agile teams to develop and support full-stack technical solutions, mentor colleagues, and create cloud-based data management tools to enhance user experiences. You'll also experiment with new technologies and share insights across teams.
Reposted 11 Days Ago
Remote
Austin, TX
249K-336K Annually
Expert/Leader
249K-336K Annually
Expert/Leader
Artificial Intelligence • Cloud • Consumer Web • Productivity • Software • App development • Data Privacy
Lead the development and optimization of data platforms, ensuring high availability, security, and compliance while mentoring teams and driving strategic data initiatives.
Top Skills: AWSDatabricksHadoopKafkaSpark
11 Days Ago
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Remote
Austin, TX
Easy Apply
158K-338K Annually
Senior level
158K-338K Annually
Senior level
Cloud • Security • Software • Cybersecurity • Automation
This role involves leading the design and evolution of GitLab’s multi-tenant platform, ensuring high availability and performance while mentoring team members. Responsibilities include backend API design and fostering a collaborative engineering culture.
Top Skills: Cloud ComputingGoRuby
14 Days Ago
Remote
Austin, TX
170K-210K Annually
Senior level
170K-210K Annually
Senior level
Cloud • Edtech • Information Technology • Software
The Principal Software Engineer in IAM will design and maintain authentication services, optimize dev processes, and lead teams for high quality software delivery.
Top Skills: AWSC#DockerJavaScriptJIRAKubernetesOpsgeniePostgresSQLTypescript
19 Days Ago
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Remote
Austin, TX
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Senior level
Senior level
Big Data • Fintech • Mobile • Payments • Financial Services
Lead the technical vision for traffic management at Affirm, overseeing capacity planning, innovative solutions, and mentoring engineers. Drive infrastructure projects for a large user base.
Top Skills: Capacity PlanningLoad TestingSoftware EngineeringTraffic Management
20 Days Ago
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Remote
Austin, TX
Easy Apply
Senior level
Senior level
Big Data • Fintech • Mobile • Payments • Financial Services
Lead the technical vision for infrastructure platforms at Affirm, collaborating with engineers to deliver reliable, innovative solutions. Mentor junior engineers and manage complex engineering projects.
Top Skills: Ci/CdInfrastructure PlatformsTest Frameworks
23 Days Ago
Easy Apply
Remote
Austin, TX
Easy Apply
186K-258K Annually
Expert/Leader
186K-258K Annually
Expert/Leader
Artificial Intelligence • Fintech • Machine Learning • Social Impact • Software
As a Principal Software Engineer, lead the Auto team in developing and optimizing a loan marketplace using machine learning and scalable architecture, while mentoring technical leaders.
Top Skills: AWSC#C++DockerJavaKubernetesPython

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Security • Sales • Information Technology • Cybersecurity • Computer Vision • Cloud
25 Offices
10000 Employees
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Fintech • App development
3 Offices
1900 Employees
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Software • Payments • Mobile • Information Technology • Fintech • Financial Services • Digital Media
10 Offices
2700 Employees
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Software • Payments • Machine Learning • Fintech • Financial Services
14 Offices
55000 Employees
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HR Tech • Fintech
4 Offices
2674 Employees
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San Francisco, CA
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