Position Purpose:

The Software Engineer Sr. Principal is responsible for guiding software design and development across multiple engineering teams and principal software engineers. Sr. Principals will help accelerate delivery speed and quality through technical expertise, technical leadership, and by communicating best practices within their assigned IT portfolios. They will work closely with Distinguished Engineers to set paved path technology choice direction for the whole portfolio. Sr. Principals will be a key contact point across a large portfolio for sharing and engaging with principal software engineers to foster learning and adoption of new technologies. They will interface with our 3rd party vendors to ensure THD's technical needs are met and that we are driving interoperability within our existing technology landscape. The role will typically support 6-8 different development teams, which will span a variety of functioning products and/or APIs. They will ensure that teams are making good use of resources, designing and refactoring systems to optimize cloud costs, and will be responsible for identifying opportunities to streamline processes and optimize existing codebases.

Key Responsibilities:

50% Delivery and Execution - Leads portfolio level Principal meetings to maintain alignment, consistency and knowledge sharing; Creates and architects foundational code elements that can be reused across a portfolio; Develops POCs with new technologies and paves the way for portfolio adoption; Tracks and monitors efficient usage of cloud resources and drives cost reduction opportunities and enhancements10% People - Acts as a point of escalation for teams facing extremely complex challenges; Presents at and attends conferences and learns how to apply new technologies and concepts; Provides leadership, mentoring, and coaching to direct reports; Conducts annual and mid-year reviews, reviewing individual development plans and providing performance feedback; Attracts, retains, develops, and motivates top talent15% Strategy and Planning - Works with a Distinguished Engineer to define technology solutions (open source or vendor) teams should be exploring and/or leveraging; Works across local teams to unify strategy and alignment; Identifies and removes potential roadblocks & bottlenecks across large cross-functional projects and initiatives; Participates in and influences development of technology roadmaps within a given portfolio; Drives thought leadership and innovation within a given portfolio25% Support and Enablement - Point of escalation for high-priority issues and outages as they arise; Fields questions from project, product, and support teams; Helps solve technology disputes across local teams; Works with vendors to help identify and implement feature enhancements in software products; Evangelizes successful usage of tooling and technology with local teams

Direct Manager/Direct Reports:

This position reports to various individualsThis position has 4-6 direct reports

Travel Requirements:

Typically requires overnight travel 5% to 20% of the time.

Physical Requirements:

Most of the time is spent sitting in a comfortable position and there is frequent opportunity to move about. On rare occasions there may be a need to move or lift light articles.

Working Conditions:

Located in a comfortable indoor area. Any unpleasant conditions would be infrequent and not objectionable.

Minimum Qualifications:

Must be eighteen years of age or older.Must be legally permitted to work in the United States.Expertise in at least two technologies used by THD ITExperience with common business processes used in the retail industryExperience in Agile/Lean development environments7 years of relevant work experienceThe knowledge, skills and abilities typically acquired through the completion of a bachelor's degree program or equivalent in a field of study related to the jobTypically requires overnight travel less than 15% of the time

Preferred Qualifications:

8-10 years of relevant work experience

Expertise in developing large enterprise-scale systems using modern web application frameworks such as Java, Node.js, and cloud technologies

Experience with common business processes used in the retail industry

Experience in Agile/Lean development environments

Experience in integrating systems with ERP packages such as SAP

Mastery of a modern scripting language (preferably Python)

Mastery of writing SQL queries against a relational database

Mastery of a version control systems (preferably Git)

Proficient in a front-end technology and framework such as HTML, CSS, JavaScript, ReactJS, and AngularJS

Proficient in a Linux or Unix based environment

Proficient in a CI/CD toolchain

Proficient in destructive testing methodologies and tools

Proficient in a cloud computing platform and the associated automation patterns they provide (preferable Google Cloud Platform)

Proficient in production systems design including High Availability,

Disaster Recovery, Performance, Efficiency, and Security

Proficient in defensive coding practices and patterns for high-availability

Proficient in modern microservice-based architectures and methodologies

Proficient in successful application of design patterns

Proficient in test-driven development and effective unit test creation

Proficient in effective data modeling within both SQL and NoSQL databases

Experience in working with 12-factor methodology and understanding its benefits, and able to demonstrate appropriate patterns to more junior team members

Proficient in designing and implementing RESTful web services

Minimum Education:

The knowledge, skills and abilities typically acquired through the completion of a bachelor's degree program or equivalent degree in a field of study related to the job.

Preferred Education:

No additional education

Minimum Years of Work Experience:

7

Preferred Years of Work Experience:

No additional years of experience

Minimum Leadership Experience:

None

Preferred Leadership Experience:

None

Certifications:

None

Competencies:

CourageDrives Vision and PurposeGlobal PerspectiveNimble LearningSelf-DevelopmentAttracts Top TalentBuilds Effective TeamsCollaboratesCultivates InnovationDrives EngagementManages ComplexitySituational AdaptabilityCommunicates EffectivelyDevelops TalentDrives Results