Principal Software Engineer I

Paylocity is an equal opportunity employer.
At Paylocity, Principal Software Engineer Is play a vital role in shaping our products' future through technical direction and being hands-on with our code. As one of the most senior engineers, you will be involved in helping our Teams solve complex engineering problems. Working in an Agile environment amongst our Software Development teams you'll play a key role in influencing and providing technical direction, design, code review, and as appropriate performing hands-on coding & testing.
As a Principal Software Engineer I within HR Experiences you will be expected to:
• Be responsible for helping guide technical architecture for the Products within our Domain
• Partner with various groups within our organization on ways to build modern cloud-oriented solutions consdering scale, stability, and cost efficiency
• Serve as a mentor and coach to others to help guide them in their own career progression
• Possess expert knowledge in SOLID principles, enterprise system architecture, cloud infrastructure, and engineering best practices
Designing for the future takes curiosity, innovation, hard work, and vision. We're looking for a leader that embodies those qualities to help us continually evolve towards the future. Apply and learn more about this exciting opportunity within Paylocity!
Who you are:
Engineering is the function that applies principles and techniques of engineering, mathematics, and computer/data science to the design, development, and testing of applications. The Product & Technology engineering family consists of software development, testing, database, devops, virtualization & network.
• Enthusiastic about developing the best software available and providing the ultimate customer experience
• An advocate for continuous improvement of our software development process
• Interested in staying current by applying new technologies
• Able to work in a collaborative environment with a willingness to share your ideas
• Able to work independently on modules and complete tasks with high quality and contribute to high velocity, but unafraid to seek out suggestions from other team members
• Excited to work on cutting-edge technology
During the first six months, you will:
• Demonstrate a high level of depth in a particular domain
• Take on a leading role in discovery, design and implementation for major systems that involve cross-team dependencies
• Routinely and consistently push the team forward through design, complex problems, and ultimately delivering value to our clients
• Evangelize and gain team alignment with organization-wide technical strategies and best practices
• Work in systems that have significant consequences of failure, a high degree of ambiguity, or to a standard of quality well exceeding that of the current system
• Make technology choices for components needed as part of an existing larger architecture or framework.
• Solicit and provide feedback via decision-making frameworks from across the organization asking probing, insightful questions and raising awareness of any unintended impact or dependencies within their area of expertise.
• Own the overall health and engineering quality of a domain
• Be a technical subject matter expert for a domain
• Initiate and lead cross-team collaboration