Principal Software Engineer 1

Ladders
RemoteFull-time$189,051–$244,036Posted Sep 21, 2026

About the role

For our client, we are seeking a Principal, Software Engineer 1 to join the team of a leader in the Telecommunications space.

This role will help shape and deliver advertising software capabilities that support a complex, customer-facing technology environment.

The ideal candidate will collaborate across engineering teams to design end-to-end solutions, guide technical direction, and ensure high-quality delivery.

In addition, this person will mentor junior engineers, contribute to architecture decisions, and help advance automation and AI-enabled tooling in a cloud-native environment.

Location: Remote - US based candidates only, no visa sponsorship available

Compensation: $189,051 – $244,036 annually

Responsibilities

Collaborate with peers to design advertising software solutions

Develop end-to-end solutions managing dependencies and cross-team impacts

Execute quality assurance testing to meet design and software requirements

Mentor junior team members on technical approaches and best practices

Contribute to software architecture decisions and technical roadmaps

Utilize CI/CD and automation practices in software deployment

Develop and deploy AI-enabled tooling to cloud environments

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or Computer Engineering

5 years of experience in software engineering and full-stack development

Proficiency in Go and Python programming languages

Experience with AWS cloud technologies including EC2, S3, and Lambda

Familiarity with Agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban) and Jira

Experience with Kubernetes and monitoring tools like SumoLogic

Knowledge of SQL and Snowflake for database management

Benefits

Health insurance

Tuition reimbursement

Paid time off

Discounts on products and services

Our client is an equal opportunity employer. We encourage you to apply even if you don’t meet every qualification—your background could be exactly what this team needs.

Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with peers to design advertising software solutions
  • Develop end-to-end solutions managing dependencies and cross-team impacts
  • Execute quality assurance testing to meet design and software requirements
  • Mentor junior team members on technical approaches and best practices
  • Contribute to software architecture decisions and technical roadmaps
  • Utilize CI/CD and automation practices in software deployment
  • Develop and deploy AI-enabled tooling to cloud environments

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or Computer Engineering
  • 5 years of experience in software engineering and full-stack development
  • Proficiency in Go and Python programming languages
  • Experience with AWS cloud technologies including EC2, S3, and Lambda
  • Familiarity with Agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban) and Jira
  • Experience with Kubernetes and monitoring tools like SumoLogic
  • Knowledge of SQL and Snowflake for database management

Benefits

  • Health insurance
  • Tuition reimbursement
  • Paid time off
  • Discounts on products and services

Skills mentioned

GoPythonAWSKubernetesCI/CDAutomationSQLSnowflakeSoftware TestingSystem Design

About Ladders

We lead the leaders. Ladder’s community of 10 mm leading professionals come to us to be inspired, grow in their careers, and get ahead in their professional lives. We focus on the $100K+ job market, representing 25% of all jobs and about 50% of income in the US & Canada. We build data-driven tools, marketplaces, news and entertainment products for our growing audience, and the companies, recruiters, and advertisers that want to reach them. We work best with people who enjoy using their talents, commitment and hard work to achieve great successes for millions of real life users through products that impact their careers. We are deeply technology-driven -- about half the company are engineers, technical product people or product designers -- but we never build technology for technology’s sake. We’re always trying to connect our efforts to the good it can do in people’s lives.

Technology51-200 employeesNew York

H-1B sponsorship history

Historical employer filing data was found for Ladders. The employer record includes 8 historical certified applications. This is employer-level history, not a guarantee that this role currently offers sponsorship.