Principal Software Engineer
QVCAbout the role
Working at QVC Group means joining a live social shopping company with incredible teams, ambitious projects and amazing careers. QVC Group, Inc. is a Fortune 500 company with six leading retail brands - QVC®, HSN®, Ballard Designs®, Frontgate®, Garnet Hill® and Grandin Road®.
Your Opportunity, Your Team
The Principal Software Engineer supports QVC, and drives enterprise automation, AI-enabled engineering, and architecture decisions across our technology landscape.
You’ll help shape how QVC designs and delivers scalable, secure, and resilient technology solutions. You’ll lead complex automation and modernization efforts, define technical standards, and guide engineering teams through architecture decisions that improve speed, quality, and long-term maintainability.
Where You'll Work
This role is remote; job seekers must reside in one of the following states to be considered: Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware. This role may require you to be on site at our West Chester, PA location as needed. Relocation assistance is not available for this role.
What You'll Do
Lead the design and implementation of enterprise-scale automation and AI solutions that improve efficiency, scalability, security, and reliability
Define and maintain architecture standards, engineering best practices, and governance processes for automation and platform solutions
Partner with business leaders, architects, and engineering teams to align technical solutions with business priorities and modernization goals
Evaluate emerging technologies and recommend practical approaches that improve engineering delivery, system resiliency, and operational performance
Guide software engineering excellence through architecture reviews, design reviews, and technical assessments across multiple teams
Mentor engineers and technical leads by sharing expertise, improving technical decision-making, and raising engineering standards
Identify and mitigate technical risks, support resilient system design, and lead complex troubleshooting for critical production issues
Collaborate with cybersecurity, infrastructure, and operations teams to ensure solutions are secure, compliant, and supportable
Leverage AI tools and models to accelerate solution design, automation development, and delivery practices
What You'll Bring
8+ years of experience in software engineering, infrastructure engineering, enterprise architecture, or a related technical field
Proven experience designing and delivering large-scale enterprise technology solutions
Strong expertise in enterprise architecture, system integration, distributed systems, and scalable solution design
Experience with DevOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, automation, and infrastructure as code
Demonstrated ability to influence technical direction and drive adoption across teams without direct managerial authority
Experience leading complex modernization or transformation initiatives
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience
Ability to travel as needed
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Our Total Rewards package includes benefits you’ll love such as competitive compensation, paid time off, an employee assistance program, parental leave, paid volunteer hours, and amazing company discounts! In our US market, you can also expect health care benefits starting on day 1, 401(k), and tuition reimbursement benefits.
QVC Group is committed to inclusion and belonging for all and ensuring that our workplace provides equal employment opportunities for all team members and candidates and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations. As an equal opportunity employer, QVC Group is committed to a barrier-free employment process. If you need reasonable accommodations/support throughout, please contact us at workwithus@qvcgrp.com for assistance.
If provided, salary ranges are a general guideline only, and actual salaries will vary and are based on factors such as a candidate's qualifications, skills, experience, and geographic location as well as business and market conditions.
Responsibilities
- Lead the design and implementation of enterprise-scale automation and AI solutions
- Define and maintain architecture standards and engineering best practices
- Partner with business leaders and engineering teams to align technical solutions with business priorities
- Evaluate emerging technologies and recommend practical approaches
- Guide software engineering excellence through architecture and design reviews
- Mentor engineers and technical leads
- Identify and mitigate technical risks and lead troubleshooting for production issues
- Collaborate with cybersecurity, infrastructure, and operations teams
Qualifications
- 8+ years of experience in software engineering or related technical field
- Proven experience designing and delivering large-scale enterprise technology solutions
- Strong expertise in enterprise architecture and scalable solution design
- Experience with DevOps practices and CI/CD pipelines
- Demonstrated ability to influence technical direction
- Experience leading complex modernization initiatives
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field
Benefits
- Competitive compensation
- Paid time off
- Employee assistance program
- Parental leave
- Paid volunteer hours
- Company discounts
- Health care benefits starting on day 1
- 401(k)
- Tuition reimbursement
Skills mentioned
About QVC
QVC Group is a live social shopping company that redefines the shopping experience through video-driven commerce on every screen, from smartphones and tablets to laptops and TVs. QVC Group brings innovative products, compelling content, and unforgettable moments to millions of shoppers worldwide via social platforms, streaming apps, ecommerce sites and TV channels, making every screen a doorway to discovery, delight and community. QVC Group reaches more than 200 million homes worldwide via 15 television channels, which are widely available on cable/satellite TV, free over-the-air TV, and FAST and other digital livestreaming TV. The retailer also reaches millions of customers via TikTok Shop (with 10 live channels), the QVC+ and HSN+ streaming experience, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, Pinterest, websites, mobile apps, print catalogs, and in-store destinations. QVC Group, Inc. (OTCID: QVCAQ, QVCGQ, QVCPQ) is a Fortune 500 company with six leading retail brands – QVC®, HSN®, Ballard Designs®, Frontgate®, Garnet Hill® and Grandin Road® – and other minority interests. Headquartered in West Chester, Pa., QVC Group has team members in the U.S., the U.K., Germany, Japan, Italy, Poland and China. If you enjoy being a part of a team, creating experiences and delighting customers, you’ll love it here. If you’re excited about retail, media, social, live streaming, technology, customer service, design and more, you’ll find amazing projects to work on. If you want to grow professionally and learn every day, you’ll thrive with us. If you appreciate a company committed to inclusion and belonging for all, you’ll be amazed at what’s available for our team members. Best of all, working with QVC Group means friendly teams, ambitious projects and fast-moving careers!