at Advantage Sales & Marketing in Chicago, Illinois, United States
Job Description
Principal Software Engineer
Job Locations
US-IL-Chicago
Primary Posting Location : City
Chicago
Primary Posting Location : State/Province
IL
Primary Posting Location : Postal Code
60601
Primary Posting Location : Country
US
Requisition ID
2024-431149
Position Type
Full Time
Category
Professional: (IT, Finance, Legal, HR, Talent Acquisition, Administrative, Customer Service)
Minimum
USD $107,647.00/Yr.
Maximum
USD $199,500.00/Yr.
Summary
Principal Software Engineer
A successful Principal Engineer @ Advantage Solutions manifests holistic wisdom of up- and down-stream impacts of technology solutions and trends to guide the development of future products and patterns. With that, a Principal Engineer @ Advantage Solutions is a top-tier engineer - a visionary leader and a hands-on builder - with experience making high-level design choices, framing technical standards, and re-enforcing frameworks, patterns, and principles, including tools, software, and engineering execution standards.
To be effective, a Principal Engineer @ Advantage Solutions develops expertise within their domain (understanding capabilities, strong problem-solving skills, etc.), creates a roadmap for their systems, and communicates that plan to others within the organization. However, more than technical knowledge is required, as a Principal Engineer @ Advantage Solutions must also have the soft skills to manage and positively influence projects and people.
The focus area for this role will be Advantage Commercial, with a hyper-focus on Consumer packaged goods (CPG) Execution, including all actions a brand takes to get to the final step of the buyer's journey: purchase.
What we offer:
Full-Time Benefits (Medical, Dental, Vision, Life)
401(k) with company match
Training and Career Development
Generous Paid Time-Off
Responsibilities:
Primary Responsibilities:
Collaborating with various stakeholders to determine application requirements
Play a central role in technical, business, and organizational contributions affecting the sub-department/department
Creating high-level product specifications and design documents (conceptual and physical diagrams)
Exert technical influence over multiple teams, increasing their productivity and effectiveness by sharing your deep knowledge and experience
Providing the development team with architectural blueprints to follow
Ensure the security of all applications/software systems
Meet financial objectives by forecasting requirements, preparing budgets, scheduling expenditures, analyzing variances, and initiating corrective actions
Actively seek ways to improve business applications/software processes and interactions
Enhance our cloud capability by creating and implementing cloud application patterns
Work closely with lead architects and engineers to create and maintain architectural templates, build/operational documents, and automation playbooks
Define API features, expected security setup, scalability, and monetization.
Secondary Responsibilities:
Research and properly evaluate sources of information to determine possible limitations in reliability or usability
Help other development and engineering teams resolve application-to-platform integration issues for Platform as a Service (PaaS) and Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) services
Maintain domain knowledge by participating in educational opportunities, reading professional publications, and participating in professional organizations
Coach and mentor engineering teams to raise collective technical expertise
Testing the final product to ensure it is entirely functional and meets requirements
Use a proactive approach to common challenges and continually researching best practices in coding
Qualifications:
Outstanding collaboration and communication skills are essential
10+ years of hands-on experience in architecting and designing solutions using at least three disciplines: cloud architecture, software development, data platform integration, business processes and capabilities, focusing on scalability, security,... For full info follow application link.
Advantage Sales & Marketing LLC dba Advantage Solutions ("Advantage Solutions") is committed to providing equal opportunity in all employment practices without regard to age, race, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, religion, physical or mental disability, or any other category protected by law. As part of this commitment, Advantage Solutions shall provide reasonable accommodations of known disabilities to enable an applicant or employee to apply for employment, perform the essential functions of the job, or enjoy the benefits and privileges of employment as required by the law. Should you believe you need an accommodation in connection with the application process, please contact Advantage Solutions Workplace Accommodation’s Dept. at 949-214-2525 or workplaceaccommodations@advantagesolutions.net.