Principal Software Engineer
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Insight Global’s client seeks a Principal Software Engineer to provide technical leadership and architectural direction across product development teams. The role shapes technical strategy, addresses complex architectural challenges, and connects software development with platform and infrastructure capabilities. The engineer will help teams align on scalable architecture, consistent standards, and modern practices for building, deploying, and operating cloud-native applications.
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Job Description
Our client is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to provide technical leadership and architectural direction across multiple product development teams. This individual will serve as a key technical authority for cloud-native software initiatives, helping ensure engineering teams are aligned around scalable architecture, consistent standards, and modern development practices. This role will operate across teams rather than within a single product, connecting software development efforts with core platform and infrastructure capabilities. The Principal Software Engineer will help define the broader technical strategy, solve complex architectural challenges, and enable teams to build, deploy, and operate cloud-native applications efficiently at scale.
Skills and Requirements
-8+ years of relevant experience -Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field -Experience building and scaling managed services and Kubernetes-based platforms -Expert knowledge of container runtimes, such as Docker/containers, and container orchestration -Strong expertise in Kubernetes and cloud-native architectures -Mastery in at least ONE of the following: Go, Python, OR Bash -Strong technical leadership, including the ability to lead technical discussions, collaborate across teams, mentor engineers, and make sure different technical perspectives are heard
We are a company committed to creating diverse and inclusive environments where people can bring their full, authentic selves to work every day. We are an equal employment opportunity/affirmative action employer that believes everyone matters. Qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, marital status, national origin, ancestry, genetic factors, age, disability, protected veteran status, military or uniformed service member status, or any other status or characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations, and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request to [email protected].
How this job compares
Set against the 41,554 open Software Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 10, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- Massachusetts median$140–210K/yr991 salary ranges
- Massachusetts median$31–60/hr25 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 1,149 open Software Engineer jobs in Massachusetts and 41,554 across the US. 8% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 8 years of experience — more than three in four Software Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for (median 5 years, across 34,072 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 13,032 of the 41,554 open Software Engineer jobs (31%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
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