Principal Software Engineer
Rocket Mortgage2 months ago
Base Salary
$170k - $366k/yr
Responsibilities
- Define the vision and lead architecture for major scalable systems and platforms.
- Guide technology adoption focused on large-scale web and API architectures.
- Build and maintain enterprise developer tools, CI/CD practices, and platform engineering standards.
- Integrate and advocate AI-enabled coding and automation tools throughout the software development lifecycle.
- Mentor engineers and technical leaders and strengthen technical excellence across the company.
- Influence business and product direction through technical expertise and cross-functional collaboration.
- Represent technical leadership through presentations, documentation, open source, or technical communities.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s or higher in Computer Science or a related field.
- 12+ years of professional software engineering and architecture experience.
- Experience building or shaping developer platforms or ecosystems.
- Preferred: advanced expertise with TypeScript/JavaScript, React, Next.js, GraphQL, large-scale APIs, developer tooling, and AWS.
- Preferred: experience integrating AI and automation into the software development lifecycle using modern tools.
- Preferred: track record of technical leadership and mentoring with company-wide impact.
- Preferred: excellent communication skills and comfort working across engineering and executive teams.
Benefits
- Eligible team members receive health and well-being benefits and other family-support resources.
- Benefits may include medical, dental, vision, 401(k) retirement plan, paid time off, annual bonus, and incentives.
- The role may include an on-call rotation supporting production systems, including nights and weekends as determined by team needs.
Tech Stack
About Rocket Mortgage
Welcome to the NEW Quicken Loans, the cutting-edge online marketplace transforming the way you find financial providers. On November 1, 2023, Quicken Loans came under the control of LMB OpCO, and is now a financial marketplace platform connecting customers with a wide range of services, including mortgages, personal loans, home services, auto loans, and more. Our passion lies in simplifying the process of choosing the perfect solution for your unique financial needs, and we've made it our mission to empower you with the information you need to make confident decisions. NMLS #167283 | NMLS Access: nmlsconsumeraccess.org