Principal Software Engineer

Role Description

NIC MAP is looking for a Principal Software Engineer to join our engineering team. You will design build and maintain the software that powers our cloud-based SaaS platform writing production code shaping architecture and keeping things reliable and scalable.

We're a small flat team where titles matter far less than what you ship. You'll own real problems end-to-end and figure out the best path forward whether that means diving into unfamiliar code spinning up an AI agent or pulling in a teammate for a quick design session.

We expect AI-forward engineering as a baseline. If you're already using Claude Code or Cursor as a natural part of how you write debug and ship you'll fit here.

What You'll Do

• Design develop and maintain full stack applications using C# .NET 8+ MSSQL and PostgreSQL. Front-end work spans Angular React Next.js Vite Tailwind and shadcn/ui. Python for data engineering. We pick the right tool for the problem.
• Use AI tooling daily (Claude Code Cursor AI agents MCP connectors) to ship faster and eliminate toil.
• Architect and deliver solutions across the full stack owning features from concept through production.
• Manage production workloads in Azure including Azure Container Apps (ACA) monitoring and operational support.
• Debug troubleshoot and resolve complex technical issues and production incidents.
• Work directly with anyone on the team (engineers product leadership) to plan estimate and deliver.

Qualifications

• Ownership mentality. You take a task make it yours and drive it to completion.
• Good judgment about your own limits. When you're out over your skis you stop and ask questions early.
• Fluency with AI-forward tooling (Claude Code Cursor AI agents MCP connectors). You should already be fast with these tools.
• Ability to ramp up on unfamiliar domains and technologies quickly through AI-assisted research rapid prototyping or whatever gets you there.
• Advanced proficiency in C# .NET and full stack development.
• Strong front-end experience across Angular React Next.js Vite Tailwind shadcn/ui and TypeScript. Depth in a few and the ability to pick up new ones fast.
• Python proficiency for data engineering and analytics workloads.
• Solid database design query optimization and RESTful API skills (SOLID Entity Framework Core).
• Hands-on Azure experience including containerized workloads (ACA) and GitHub-based CI/CD.

Preferred

• Experience building AI-powered features in production (prompt engineering RAG embeddings document indexing).
• GitHub Actions infrastructure-as-code or container orchestration in Azure.
• Cosmos DB Service Bus or other Azure PaaS services.
• SaaS product development with multi-tenant architectures.
• Healthcare data standards (HL7 FHIR) or data-intensive platforms.

Education & Experience

• Significant professional experience in software engineering. We care about what you can do. The problems here require senior-level judgment and depth.
• Production SaaS experience required. CS degree or equivalent.