Ritchie Bros. · 8 hours ago
Principal Software Engineer
6000 W Frontage Rd, Medford, MN, 55049, US
Full-time
Onsite
Lead/Staff
$171K/yr - $214K/yr
12+ years expRitchie Bros. is a leading omnichannel marketplace providing transaction solutions for commercial assets and vehicles worldwide. They are seeking a highly experienced Principal Engineer to join the Seller Applications organization, responsible for setting technical direction and driving modernization for seller experiences through IAA’s marketplaces.
AuctionsConstructionE-CommerceTransportation
Responsibilities
Own the technical strategy and architecture for the Seller Applications portfolio, aligning platform direction with product outcomes, operational excellence, and long-term cost strategy
Lead application modernization initiatives, including migration from legacy .NET Framework to modern .NET, and front-end modernization where applicable (e.g., React)
Partner with Product, Architecture, and peer engineering leaders to define domain boundaries and decompose monoliths into well-defined services, APIs, and workflows
Define enterprise-grade patterns for data access and persistence (ORMs/repository patterns, schema migrations, data integrity), including modernization/migration to PostgreSQL where appropriate
Design for resilience and scale: establish standards for fault tolerance (timeouts, retries, idempotency), performance, capacity planning, and graceful degradation for high-volume seller workflows
Embed observability by default using OpenTelemetry (metrics, logs, traces) and drive measurable improvements in SLOs, incident reduction, and mean time to recovery
Provide strategic vision for testing practices across the portfolio, including automation strategy, quality gates, and continuous improvement of test tooling and pipelines
Drive the overall future deployment strategy for Seller Applications, in partnership with DevOps/SRE: CI/CD standards, environment strategy, release safety (progressive delivery), and operational readiness
Define and validate disaster recovery (DR) and continuity plans for critical seller capabilities; ensure designs meet security, compliance, and audit requirements
Lead complex, cross-team technical discovery and solution design efforts; communicate tradeoffs and distill complex topics into clear, actionable plans for engineering and business stakeholders
Mentor and coach Staff/Senior engineers on technical strategic thinking; raise the technical bar through design reviews, code reviews, and hands-on guidance
Influence decisions beyond the immediate team: build coalitions, drive alignment across functional organizations/LoBs, and support external/vendor negotiations and tooling choices when needed
Qualification
Required
12+ years of professional software engineering experience, including significant time modernizing large-scale applications in production environments
Demonstrated experience operating at a Staff/Principal Engineer level, setting technical direction across multiple teams and influencing architecture and roadmap decisions
Deep expertise in C#, .NET (modern .NET / .NET Core), and modern engineering practices (secure-by-default, testing automation, code quality, maintainability)
Strong experience designing APIs and service-oriented or domain-driven architectures; ability to translate business domains into clear boundaries and contracts
Hands-on experience with cloud platforms (Azure preferred) and cloud-native patterns (stateless services, externalized config/secrets, horizontal scaling)
Strong understanding of relational databases and modern data-access strategies; experience with PostgreSQL and schema evolution via migrations
Proven ability to drive reliability and observability practices (OpenTelemetry), including defining SLOs/SLIs and improving operational outcomes
Excellent communication skills, with the ability to influence senior business and technical stakeholders and clearly explain technical tradeoffs
Proven ability to mentor engineers, raise overall engineering quality, and build alignment through influence (not dependent on direct authority)
Preferred
Experience with high-throughput, transaction-heavy seller or marketplace systems
Exposure to event-driven and asynchronous architectures (e.g., messaging/streaming)
Experience in regulated or compliance-sensitive environments (payments, titles, insurance, privacy)
Familiarity with modern front-end frameworks (React) and patterns for scalable UI architectures
Experience partnering with SRE/DevOps teams on CI/CD, progressive delivery, and incident management
Benefits
Medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurances
401k plan and RB Global will match 100% for the first 4% contributed
15 days of PTO each year
Company
Ritchie Bros.
Founded in 1958, Ritchie Bros. (NYSE & TSX: RBA) is the world’s largest and most trusted marketplace for used equipment, trucks, and industrial assets.
1001-5000 employees
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Funding
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Public CompanyTotal Funding
$500MKey Investors
Starboard Value
2023-01-23Post Ipo Equity· $500M
1998-03-10IPO
Leadership Team
Baron Concors
Chief Product and Technology Officer
Gloria Eghan-Pokoo
Talent Acquisition Business Partner
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