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3 Hours Ago
Chicago, IL
Remote
9,500 Employees
7+ Years of Experience
9,500 Employees
7+ Years of Experience
Cloud • Information Technology • Productivity • Security • Software
Lead Principal Software Engineer position in the Growth team at Atlassian. Responsible for understanding user journey and funnel, forming strategy, making product changes based on data, improving team efficiency, mentoring, and collaborating with senior engineering leadership and product teams.
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4 Days Ago
Chicago, IL
Remote
150 Employees
120K-185K Annually
7+ Years of Experience
150 Employees
120K-185K Annually
7+ Years of Experience
Enterprise Web • Professional Services • Software • Consulting • Web3
Principal Software Engineer - US Remote
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3 Hours Ago
Chicago, IL
Remote
9,500 Employees
198K-319K Annually
7+ Years of Experience
9,500 Employees
198K-319K Annually
7+ Years of Experience
Cloud • Information Technology • Productivity • Security • Software
Design, implement, and operate services to strengthen the enterprise readiness of our cloud. Lead technical roadmap and align with goals. Collaborate with cross-functional teams and ensure operational and engineering health.
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3 Hours Ago
Chicago, IL
Remote
9,500 Employees
232K-373K Annually
7+ Years of Experience
9,500 Employees
232K-373K Annually
7+ Years of Experience
Cloud • Information Technology • Productivity • Security • Software
Unblock enterprise customers, partner with senior engineering leadership, customize Atlassian's product suite, ensure software engineering excellence, manage BYOK
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4 Days Ago
Chicago, IL
Hybrid
250,000 Employees
7+ Years of Experience
250,000 Employees
7+ Years of Experience
Fintech • Machine Learning • Financial Services
As a Principal Software Engineer at JPMorgan Chase, you will provide expertise and engineering excellence to enhance, build, and deliver trusted market-leading technology products. You will engage with business stakeholders to break down complex problems, design and build large-scale distributed systems, and provide leadership and guidance to cross-functional teams. Your technical capabilities and experience in cloud computing, Kubernetes, service mesh, Kafka, API Gateways, SQL, NoSQL DB, and AWS will be crucial in driving best-in-class outcomes.
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2 Days Ago
Chicago, IL
Remote
9,500 Employees
7+ Years of Experience
9,500 Employees
7+ Years of Experience
Cloud • Information Technology • Productivity • Security • Software
Senior Principal Software Engineer - Team Health
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4 Days Ago
Chicago, IL
Hybrid
12,700 Employees
7+ Years of Experience
12,700 Employees
7+ Years of Experience
Enterprise Web • Fintech • Financial Services
The Principal Software Engineer will architect, design, and build solutions for business-critical initiatives in the Fiduciary Solutions team. They will lead software modernization initiatives, mentor development teams, and make technical decisions at the application level. The role requires significant experience in Angular development, test-driven development, cloud-native applications, and JavaScript frameworks.
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+53 More
4 Days Ago
Chicago, IL
Hybrid
950 Employees
7+ Years of Experience
950 Employees
7+ Years of Experience
Artificial Intelligence • Cloud • Information Technology • Legal Tech • Productivity • Software
Seeking a passionate Principal Software Engineer with extensive experience in building scalable cloud backends. Responsibilities include architecture, development, and deployment of large-scale products using cutting-edge technologies. Must have leadership skills and expertise in Java and REST API development. Bachelor's or Master's in Computer Science required.
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4 Days Ago
Chicago, IL
7,000 Employees
7+ Years of Experience
7,000 Employees
7+ Years of Experience
Cloud • Insurance • Professional Services • Analytics • Cybersecurity
Individual contributor providing highest level of leadership in systems analysis, system design, application development, focusing on designing or developing business applications and alternative solutions. Acts as principal designer for major high-risk systems and subsystems, providing technical consultation, mentoring staff, and leading high-risk projects. Liaises between clients, vendors, and applications area to resolve issues. Researches and evaluates solutions, assists in technology selection, and contributes to overall strategic direction of applications portfolio.
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4 Days Ago
Chicago, IL
7,000 Employees
7+ Years of Experience
7,000 Employees
7+ Years of Experience
Cloud • Insurance • Professional Services • Analytics • Cybersecurity
Individual contributor providing highest level of leadership in systems analysis, system design, application development and/or integration expertise on the most complex systems applications to support business needs.
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19 Days Ago
Chicago, IL
Remote
3,300 Employees
203K-286K Annually
7+ Years of Experience
3,300 Employees
203K-286K Annually
7+ Years of Experience
Information Technology • Security • Cybersecurity
Principal Software Engineer role at Cloudflare working on the R2 Storage distributed object storage system. Responsible for ensuring reliability, performance, and implementing new features. Requires 8 years of experience with distributed systems, high volume software applications, strong understanding of computer science fundamentals, and knowledge of modern programming languages like Go, TypeScript, and Rust.
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22 Days Ago
Chicago, IL
Remote
250 Employees
195K-215K Annually
7+ Years of Experience
250 Employees
195K-215K Annually
7+ Years of Experience
Information Technology • Security • Cybersecurity
Principal Software Engineer at Huntress, responsible for leading a feature delivery team in the design, development, and release of software features for the Huntress SIEM Platform. Collaborate with senior leaders to understand customer needs and drive design. Mentor junior engineers and promote collaboration within the team.
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Continuing Education Stipend
+30 More
22 Days Ago
Chicago, IL
Remote
9,500 Employees
7+ Years of Experience
9,500 Employees
7+ Years of Experience
Cloud • Information Technology • Productivity • Security • Software
The Senior Principal Software Engineer will drive integration adoption for better team collaboration within the Growth team at Atlassian. They will use their extensive engineering knowledge to build simple solutions to complex problems and ensure operational excellence across systems and experiments.
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+59 More
13 Days Ago
Chicago, IL
Remote
2,500 Employees
215K-363K Annually
7+ Years of Experience
2,500 Employees
215K-363K Annually
7+ Years of Experience
Cloud • Consumer Web • Productivity • Software • App development • Automation • Data Privacy
Seeking a technical leader to shape the architecture and services for Dropbox's product platform. Responsibilities include working on AI first products, building delightful experiences for millions, and crafting the direction of building capabilities and services.
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+55 More
15 Days Ago
Chicago, IL
Remote
12,000 Employees
240K-359K Annually
7+ Years of Experience
12,000 Employees
240K-359K Annually
7+ Years of Experience
Blockchain • eCommerce • Fintech • Payments • Software • Financial Services • Cryptocurrency
Lead the ideation, strategy, design, and implementation of 0 to 1 products and infrastructure for the Cash Commerce team. Collaborate with a cross-functional team to deliver innovative customer experiences at scale. Mentor junior engineers and lead technical discussions and projects.
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16 Days Ago
Chicago, IL
Remote
9,500 Employees
232K-373K Annually
3-5 Years of Experience
9,500 Employees
232K-373K Annually
3-5 Years of Experience
Cloud • Information Technology • Productivity • Security • Software
Experienced Senior Architect role providing architectural oversight and technical leadership to a growing product engineering organization. Responsible for driving technical strategy, deep-diving into challenges, and ensuring effective execution. Requires expertise in architecting complex cloud scale systems and large scale distributed systems.
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24 Days Ago
Chicago, IL
Remote
Hybrid
1,900 Employees
7+ Years of Experience
1,900 Employees
7+ Years of Experience
Fintech • Information Technology • Legal Tech • Software • Financial Services • Data Privacy
Looking for a Principal Software Engineer to design and build scalable data-driven software applications. Responsibilities include participating in Agile software development, writing clear and well-tested code, optimizing code for performance and security, collaborating with product owners, and advocating for quality and scalability. Qualifications require experience in various technologies and a BS in Computer Science or STEM.
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+64 More
14 Days Ago
Chicago, IL
Remote
624 Employees
7+ Years of Experience
624 Employees
7+ Years of Experience
Fintech • Insurance
Lead the design, development, and implementation of data-centric solutions to drive actionable insights and enhance decision-making processes. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to architect scalable and efficient data pipelines, optimize data storage and retrieval systems, and ensure data quality and integrity throughout the data lifecycle.
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+46 More
2 Days Ago
Chicago, IL
Remote
300 Employees
124K-152K Annually
5-7 Years of Experience
300 Employees
124K-152K Annually
5-7 Years of Experience
Healthtech • HR Tech • Information Technology • Other • Software
Senior Software Engineer providing technical leadership for a cross-functional team, designing and developing clean solutions, managing stakeholders, and mentoring junior developers.
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+45 More
2 Days Ago
Chicago, IL
Hybrid
100 Employees
7+ Years of Experience
100 Employees
7+ Years of Experience
Fintech • Financial Services
Lead Software Engineer at CRSP responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining high-quality solutions on a diverse tech stack. Leading a team of engineers, providing technical guidance, and contributing to all stages of development lifecycle.
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+14 More
2 Days Ago
Chicago, IL
Remote
12,000 Employees
153K-270K Annually
7+ Years of Experience
12,000 Employees
153K-270K Annually
7+ Years of Experience
eCommerce • Fintech • Hardware • Payments • Software • Financial Services
Work on projects spanning new product introduction and maintaining current product line and Platform features. Participate in all development phases from requirements gathering to production. Collaborate with teammates during the software design process and participate in code reviews. Mentor engineers and help cultivate their career aspirations.
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+55 More
Yesterday
Chicago, IL
Hybrid
1,600 Employees
1-3 Years of Experience
1,600 Employees
1-3 Years of Experience
Fintech • Software
Design, develop, and optimize software solutions for a global trading system, collaborate with hardware engineers, and ensure seamless integration of new applications.
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+69 More
3 Days Ago
Chicago, IL
Remote
12,000 Employees
153K-270K Annually
7+ Years of Experience
12,000 Employees
153K-270K Annually
7+ Years of Experience
Blockchain • eCommerce • Fintech • Payments • Software • Financial Services • Cryptocurrency
Work on projects spanning new product introduction and maintaining current product line and Platform features. Participate in all development phases from requirements gathering to production. Collaborate with teammates during the software design process and participate in code reviews. Mentor engineers and help cultivate their career aspirations.
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+55 More
2 Days Ago
Chicago, IL
Remote
12,000 Employees
168K-297K Annually
7+ Years of Experience
12,000 Employees
168K-297K Annually
7+ Years of Experience
eCommerce • Fintech • Hardware • Payments • Software • Financial Services
Building the prefunding engine for the Early Revenue Access team at Square, mentoring junior engineers, leading large-scale feature releases, and collaborating closely with the product team.
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+55 More
2 Days Ago
Chicago, IL
Remote
3,300 Employees
3-5 Years of Experience
3,300 Employees
3-5 Years of Experience
Information Technology • Security • Cybersecurity
Help build the next generation of CI/CD for Cloudflare's Developer Platform, Scale and improve the Pages API, Collaborate with engineers across Cloudflare, Own your work from early discussions, Leverage your creativity and developer prowess to seek out new ways to improve the platform
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