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PRINCIPAL SOFTWARE ENGINEER

Seattle, WA

Full-time

Hybrid

Lead/Staff

$216K/yr - $310K/yr

12+ years exp

Qualtrics is a leader in Experience Management, serving over 18,000 clients globally. They are seeking a Principal Software Engineer to own and deliver complex programs, contribute to innovative product development, and define the technical vision for the future, particularly in AI platform investments.

Business IntelligenceMarketing AutomationSaaSSales AutomationSoftware

Growth Opportunities

Responsibilities

Serve as a technical lead on our most demanding, multi-functional projects

Ensure the quality of component architecture and system designs

Influence and drive the architecture of major technology areas within the company

Contribute intellectual property through patent generation

Functionally decompose complex problems into simple, straight-forward solutions

Fully understand system interdependencies and limitations

Demonstrate expert knowledge in performance, scalability, enterprise system architecture, and exhibit and teach engineering standard methodologies

Effectively research and benchmark Qualtrics’ technology against other best-in-class technologies and participate in technology adoption decisions

Assist in the career development of others, actively mentoring individuals on advanced technical issues and helping managers guide the career growth of their team members

Exert technical influence over multiple teams, growing their productivity and effectiveness by sharing your deep knowledge and experience

You will work with individual teams to ensure that all systems can scale to meet the ever-increasing demands of our rapidly growing business

You will identify and pursue opportunities to integrate technical solutions across all Qualtrics teams. You will also be expected to dedicatedly identify common problem spaces across teams and ensure we build best-in-class solutions to meet our customers’ needs without impeding the agility of individual business verticals

You will help drive the direction and development of a premier technology organization and be at the center of all key system level decisions

You will lead and engage in design reviews, architectural discussions, requirements definitions and other technical activities as a leader within Qualtrics. You’ll have the opportunity to work on our most complex problems

You will also give to the health of our engineering culture. You are a pragmatic visionary who can translate business needs into workable technology solutions. Your expertise is deep and broad; you’re hands on, capable of producing both detailed technical work and high-level architectural designs

Qualification

Large scale Unix systemsDistributed systemsSaaS systemsAgile ManagementAPI designContainerizationNetworkingDatabase projectsMentoringTechnical leadershipProblem-solvingCollaborationCommunication

Required

Minimum of a Bachelor's of Science degree in Computer Science or related field

12+ years of relevant, broad engineering experience

Consistent track record of leading the delivery of large-scale, high-quality SaaS systems

Deep hands-on technical expertise in at least one major technical area: large scale Unix systems engineering, building complex distributed systems, building monitoring or management tools for large-scale environments

Experience leading complex projects, with significant bottom-line impact

Experience leading development of process and standard processes

Experience with Agile Management (SCRUM, RUP, XP), Data Modeling, API design, Containerization, Networking, UNIX, and database or other storage and compute related projects

Experience mentoring/training an engineering community on complex technical issues

Experience working in a complex, service oriented software development

Experience with AI-assisted software development

Benefits

Wellness Reimbursement for $300 per quarter for wellness activities, including gym memberships, spa massages, workout equipment, meditation apps, and much more.

$1800 yearly Experience bonus to be used for an “Experience” of your choosing

Amazing QGroup Communities; MOSAIQ, Green Team, Qualtrics Pride, Q&Able, Qualtrics Salute, and Women’s Leadership Development, which exist as places for support, allyship, and advocacy.

Full-time employees are eligible for medical, dental, vision, life and disability, 401(k) with match, paid time off, a wellness reimbursement, mental health benefits, and an experience bonus.