Principal Software Engineer

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November 20

🌽 Illinois – Remote

Although this job is listed in Illinois, this company may be open to hiring remote in other states.

💵 $125k - $175k / year

⏰ Full Time

🔴 Lead

🧑‍💻 Full-stack Engineer

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Contruent

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Construction • Enterprise • SaaS

Contruent is a leading provider of lifecycle cost management solutions designed to optimize project spend and performance for large-scale construction projects. Their intuitive, configurable software-as-a-service (SaaS) is immediately deployable and helps engineering and construction firms enhance collaboration and visibility, thus minimizing risk and maximizing project success. With over 25 years of industry expertise, Contruent serves a wide range of industries including mining, oil and gas, infrastructure, and energy, providing tools for cost management, project controls, contract management, and more. Their solutions foster better decision-making through advanced data orchestration, executive dashboards, and integration with enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems.

201 - 500 employees

Founded 1994

🏢 Enterprise

☁️ SaaS

📋 Description

• Playing a leadership role in the full life cycle from ideation through production support and maintenance of a complex SaaS application • Learning the domain of project cost controls and applying principles of domain-driven design and modeling to building Contruent software applications • Architecting, designing, and implementing microservices and associated patterns • Conducting research spikes to drive key technical decisions • Developing and implementing detailed strategies for modernizing legacy applications • Mentoring junior engineers in the areas of architecture and design • Full stack development – front end, back end, and database • Working closely with the Product group to refine new features and functionality, build out roadmaps/task execution plans, and provide estimations • Developing containers and deploying them to Kubernetes clusters • Implementing best practices associated with CI/CD • Working with DevOps to identify infrastructure needs and that software components are readily deployable and can be effectively monitored and managed once deployed to the cloud • Creative, out-of-the-box solutioning of complex problems • Own issue identification, root cause analysis, and resolution • Develop scalable, high quality, easy to use software • Work with a highly efficient team in a global organization

🎯 Requirements

• 7+ years of experience developing commercial SaaS applications • 7+ years of experience developing cloud-native containerized applications • 5+ years of experience with a major cloud provider (AWS preferred) • Demonstrated experience as an architect and designer • Experience with designing and implementing microservices • Experience with object-oriented programming • Experience with data structures • Expertise with SQL and relational databases, including writing complex queries, schema architecture, query optimization, and performance improvements • Experience with NOSQL databases • Knowledge of modern software design patterns • A firm understanding of the SOLID principles • Able to explore and prototype new ideas and technologies that span multiple areas • A firm understanding of Agile Scrum software development practices • A strong mindset for quality and experience writing different kinds of tests – unit tests, integration tests, end to end tests • Great problem-solving and debugging skills • Familiarity working with UX designers in a user-centric design process • Solid communication and collaboration skills • Ability to work from specifications • Ability to plan complex projects and provide/refine estimates recognizing uncertainties and risk factors.