Principal Software Engineer – SRE

As a Principal Software Engineer (SRE) within an agile squad, you will lead the design, development, and delivery of scalable software and infrastructure solutions. You will champion engineering excellence, drive architectural decisions, and mentor others through communities of practice. This role is critical in shaping the long-term technical vision and ensuring operational reliability across services.

You are accountable for identifying and managing risk, adhering to policies and procedures, and consistently acting in the best interest of customers and colleagues. You will operate within the Bank’s risk appetite while promoting a culture of transparency, compliance, and continuous improvement.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Design and implement new features that enhance product quality and reliability.
• Define and execute the long-term technical vision for applications and infrastructure.
• Serve as a technical leader and hands-on developer within an agile squad.
• Architect solutions across distributed systems and cloud-native services.
• Write clean, maintainable, and testable code aligned with engineering standards.
• Practice test-driven development and champion automation across the SDLC.
• Mentor developers, enforce coding standards, and lead code reviews.
• Drive operational excellence through observability, incident response, and service ownership.
• Collaborate with operations and engineering teams to improve service performance and availability.
• Stay current with emerging technologies and industry trends.
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex issues impacting end users or system performance.
• Create and maintain documentation for operational procedures and system configurations.
• Ensure compliance with audit and security requirements through proper controls and documentation.
• Utilize SRE-specific tools and platforms such as AWS, Terraform, Prometheus, Grafana, Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines, and PagerDuty.
• Other duties as assigned.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES: None

MINIMUM KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES REQUIRED

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or equivalent experience
• 8+ years of professional software engineering and/or site-reliability engineering experience
• Experience utilizing infrastructure-as-code in application and platform deployment using tools like Terraform
• Experience with observability and monitoring tools including Grafana, Prometheus, and Splunk, with a focus on improving system visibility and reliability
• Demonstrated experience with one or more programming languages (JavaScript, Python, Go, C# or equivalent)
• Demonstrated experience with cloud infrastructure, particularly AWS
• Expertise in software development best practices and agile methodologies
• Experience with RESTful APIs and distributed systems
• Proficiency with Git and GitHub workflows
• Strong grasp of security principles and secure coding practices
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills
• Strong collaboration and communication abilities

Position not available for immigration sponsorship.

Principal Software Engineer (SRE)

Total Base Pay Range 94,500.00 - 203,200.00 USD Annual