Hansell Tierney is currently supporting one of our clients in their search for a Principal Engineer to join a high-impact digital transformation initiative.
Location: Greater Seattle Area, Onsite
Benefits: Comprehensive benefits package including paid time off; medical, dental, vision, hearing aid, pharmacy, and behavioral health coverage; employee assistance program; health care reimbursement account; dependent care assistance plan; short-term and long-term disability insurance; life and AD&D insurance; 401(k) plan; and an employee stock purchase program for eligible employees.
Compensation: $160,000 - $220,000 plus RSUs
Our client's digital experience team is shaping the future of large-scale digital retailing-building next-generation cloud-native microservices and mission-critical systems that serve millions of global users. This is an exciting opportunity for a visionary Principal Engineer to lead technical architecture, solve complex problems, and influence the trajectory of a global digital platform.
This role offers a unique opportunity to collaborate cross-functionally, mentor talented engineers, and drive scalable solutions in a customer-facing, high-volume environment.
Responsibilities - Provide architectural leadership for scalable, cloud-native web applications and microservices.
- Collaborate with engineering teams to design high-performance systems using technologies such as Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines, and web frameworks (JavaScript, React, Angular, Node.js).
- Inspire and mentor engineering teams, cultivating a culture of innovation, technical excellence, and growth.
- Drive performance optimization, secure data architecture, and distributed systems design in cloud environments (GCP or Azure).
- Lead initiatives that embed security, resiliency, and observability into all technical solutions.
- Influence product roadmaps through deep technical insight and cross-functional collaboration with Product, DevOps, Infrastructure, and SRE teams.
- Simplify complex technical concepts to align teams and foster collaboration across disciplines.
- Champion software engineering best practices and Agile methodologies (Scrum, SAFe, Kanban, Lean).
Qualifications - 15+ years of software engineering experience, with expertise in languages such as C , Java, JavaScript.
- Proven success delivering highly scalable, customer-facing web applications within distributed environments.
- Extensive experience in:
- Designing and building microservices architectures in C and Java.
- Developing modern front-end applications using frameworks like React.
- Leveraging open-source technologies in cloud-native environments.
- Working with SQL and NoSQL database systems.
- Strong proficiency in Git, CI/CD pipelines, and modern DevOps toolchains.
- Expert understanding of design patterns, scalable architecture principles, and engineering best practices.
- Agile process expertise (Scrum, SAFe, Kanban, or Lean).
- Excellent communication and leadership skills with a demonstrated ability to mentor engineers and collaborate across functions.
Preferred Qualifications - Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or related technical field.
- Consulting or technical leadership experience.
- Experience integrating both legacy systems and modern technologies.
- Background in retail disciplines (e.g., ecommerce, POS, warehouse operations, supply chain).
- Proficiency with Google Workspace tools (Sheets, Docs, Slides, Gmail).
About Hansell Tierney: Hansell Tierney is one of the premier staffing and recruiting companies in the Pacific Northwest. Launched in 2001, we are a woman-owned business that serves and staffs Northwest organizations by doing things the right way, not just the easiest way. Hansell Tierney partners with candidates and clients to match the best candidates with interesting local opportunities. We navigate every relationship with the highest level of discretion and service while holding ourselves accountable to our promises. Our business thrives on our deep understanding of the job market and our ability to skillfully tailor our recruitment process to meet our clients' unique needs.
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