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Principal Software Engineer

Remote - US

Title: Principal Software Engineer 

Date: 7.2023

Function: Engineering 

Reports to: Manager, Engineering

Position Summary: 

The Principal Software Engineer, will play a critical role in designing, developing, and implementing high quality software solutions. This position is responsible for the development of next-generation SaaS applications, as well as providing technical leadership for long-range investments and planning. The Principal Software Engineer has a passion for building maintainable, scalable, and beautiful applications, with heavy emphasis on optimizing user experience, solving problems, and delighting customers and business stakeholders. The Principal Software Engineer must be able to break down complex problems, and design elegant, easy-to-maintain solutions that are resilient and robust. Additionally, provides technical leadership, mentorship, and guidance to the engineering team, while driving innovation and ensuring best practices are followed. 

Key Responsibilities: 

  • Lead the design, development, and implementation of complex software systems and solutions. 
  • Translate business requirements into a well-formed technical design and help bring that design into life with the team, in an iterative fashion. 
  • Provide technical expertise and guidance to the engineering team, ensuring adherence to best practices and architectural principles. 
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate business requirements into scalable and robust software designs. 
  • Mentor and coach team members, fostering their professional growth and promoting a culture of knowledge sharing and continuous learning. 
  • Write reusable code, build libraries for future use, conduct code reviews, ensure code quality, and enforce coding standards. 
  • Drive technical innovation and identify opportunities for process improvements and optimization. 
  • Collaborate with product owners, architects, and stakeholders to define project goals, scope, and timelines. 
  • Stay up to date with emerging technologies and industry trends and evaluate their potential impact on our software solutions. 
  • Help build and maintain a healthy engineering culture, being an advocate for diversity and inclusion, across the company.   

Skills and Experience Needed: 

  • Bachelor’s Degree in software engineering, computer science, information technology, or similar.  
  • 10+ years proven experience of platform development experience, primarily developing user-facing production features on a modern web stack.   
  • 5-7 years’ experience building and maintaining Vue.JS (or similar e.g., React, Angular 2+, etc.) applications.  
  • 5-7 years’ experience developing web applications with C# and .NET Core.  
  • 5+ years’ experience with RESTful design patterns and microservices architecture; including high-scale cloud mechanisms like event hubs, messaging systems, and data lakes.  
  • Excellent troubleshooting skills with the ability to analyze and resolve difficult problems quickly.  
  • Experience working in a high transaction, high security environment where SOC2, ISO27001 compliance is required.  
  • Strong proficiency in CI/CD pipelines, git workflow, etc.; ideally in Azure DevOps.   
  • Strong CSS/JS development and testing abilities.   
  • Demonstrated leadership experience in software development projects. 
  • Mastery of agile development methodologies and DevOps practices. 

Competencies  

  • Accountability 
  • Creating an Inclusive Environment 
  • Driving for Results 
  • Adaptability 
  • Customer Focus 
  • Initiating Action 
  • Business Acumen 
  • Dealing with Ambiguity 
  • Managing Conflict 
  • Collaboration Decision Making 
  • Technical/Prof Knowledge/Skill 

 

About the company:

Boards set the standard for what organizations can achieve. At OnBoard, our board management software helps boards function at a higher level so every organization can make a bigger difference in the world.

Launched in 2011, today, OnBoard serves as the board intelligence platform for more than 5,000 organizations and their 12,000 boards and committees in 60 countries worldwide. With customers in higher education, nonprofit, healthcare systems, government, and enterprise business, OnBoard is the leading board management provider.

Passageways, doing business as OnBoard, has grown from a class project at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana in 2003 into the world’s leading board management software platform today. With a recent $100 million investment from JMI Equity and our recent purchase of meeting management software company eSCRIBE, we’re poised to grow to even greater heights.

 

Diversity Statement - Culture of Togetherness: 

At OnBoard, our mission is to encourage and celebrate a culture of togetherness. We acknowledge that uniqueness is powerful, and we welcome, foster, and appreciate all. Diversity, Equity, and Inclusiveness fuel the Pathfinder atmosphere and all our efforts. Our power is in our people and we Pledge 1% to give back to our communities and across the globe. 

OnBoard is an equal opportunity employer and committed to a diverse and inclusive working environment. OnBoard does not discriminate based on race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation please email peopleops@passageways.com.

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