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Principal Engineer, Software Engineering

AHEAD· Shared Services – Information Technology
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Remote$180k - $200kFull-timePosted 1w ago

About the role

AHEAD is seeking an experienced Principal Engineer to shape, build, and evolve platforms powering enterprise digital transformation across cloud, data, AI, and security. The role blends user needs, architecture, implementation, and production support with a strong emphasis on AI-driven development lifecycle (AIDLC) and engineering leadership.

Responsibilities

  • Own complex initiatives end to end, from understanding the user’s need and business outcome through architecture, delivery, production support, and continuous improvement.
  • Design and build pragmatic, secure, and scalable solutions across Next.js applications, JavaScript services, Golang services, APIs, Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers and integrations, data pipelines, and platform integrations.
  • Use AI tools and coding agents to accelerate delivery, then review, test, secure, and harden everything you ship.
  • Engage across the full development lifecycle: problem framing, analysis, design, implementation, integration, testing, deployment, observability, debugging, and support.
  • Lead architecture reviews and code reviews, establish engineering standards, and raise the bar on quality, security, reliability, and maintainability.
  • Partner directly with product, design, data, security, infrastructure, and business stakeholders to turn ambiguous needs into executable plans.
  • Identify and reduce technical risk, including fragile integrations, poor data quality, unclear ownership, security gaps, operational blind spots, and unsustainable technical debt.
  • Mentor engineers, shape the engineering roadmap, and help define how AHEAD builds and operates software.

Qualifications

  • 8+ years building and operating software systems, with 10+ years preferred and a track record of leading significant work end to end.
  • Principal-level engineering judgment with ability to simplify complex problems, explain tradeoffs, and produce production-ready solutions.
  • AIDLC-first mindset and demonstrated fluency with AI development tools or coding agents, and discipline to inspect, test, secure, and own everything shipped.
  • Strong experience with modern web and service development, especially Next.js, JavaScript or TypeScript, and Golang.
  • Strong experience with data engineering and relational systems, including dbt, Snowflake, PostgreSQL, schema design, query performance, migrations, data quality, and data integrity.
  • Stack-agnostic adaptability with equivalent experience in Java, C#, Python, Ruby, Elixir, Kotlin, or other modern languages.
  • Solid foundation in software architecture, secure development, automated testing, CI/CD, observability, and containerization.
  • Clear, direct communication and strong leadership instincts to influence, mentor, and drive accountability.

Skills

Required:Next.jsJavaScriptGolangdbtSnowflakePostgreSQL
Nice to have:AI development tools

Benefits

  • Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
  • 401(k)
  • Paid company holidays
  • Paid time off
  • Paid parental and caregiver leave
  • Plus more! See benefits at aheadbenefits.com
Last updated Oct 21, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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About AHEAD

Digital Platforms Engineered for Modern Enterprises

AHEAD accelerates the impact of technology on clients by engineering customized data, developer, and infrastructure platforms that improve IT operations.

Platform SolutionsInfrastructure ModernizationLifecycle ManagementSeamless Integration
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