Principal Software Engineer, Lead
remoteprincipal
via Ashby
About this role
Job Title
Principal Software Engineer, Lead
This role is currently hybrid/remote, with some travel expected
About the Job
We are looking for a principal-level engineer to help define a long-horizon technical roadmap in industrial software and adjacent systems. This role is for someone who wants to work on problems that are structurally important, technically non-obvious, and worth years of effort if they work.
What You'll Do
- Drive high-risk, high-upside technical bets with long-term platform potential
- Work with other senior engineers to identify where new abstractions unlock disproportionate value
- Lead architecture and prototyping in areas such as system modeling, simulation, languages, or developer tooling…
What we'd score you on
reqspace match rubricFive dimensions, recruiter-grade. Upload your resume and we'll generate a written explanation of where you fit and where the gaps are.
1
Skills match
We compare your skills against the role requirements.
2
Level fit
This role is principal-level. We check your trajectory against it.
3
Domain experience
Your work in the role's domain matters more than your years total. We weight recent and direct experience.
4
Recency
A skill you used last quarter weighs more than one from five years ago. We grade on recency, not lifetime.
5
Location fit
This role is remote-eligible — we factor in your stated location and time-zone overlap.
Score yourself on this role.
Free · no card · written explanation included