Sr. Principal Developer Software

Management and staff in Tungsten Automation’s Software Development job family help the company to build and improve new and/or existing software products and their applications that we sell to our customers.  Responsibilities of the Sr. Principal Developer SW position include:

• Complete the most complex or highest strategic value assignments or projects within the department
• Responsible for proactively identifying and recommending innovations (e.g. product innovations to assigned product line or beyond, or departmental process improvements)
• Act as the department go-to-person and subject matter expert for day-to-day questions or inquires
• Contribute to the department’s longer-range planning processes: establishing goals, objectives and projects
• Assign goals, objectives and projects to others and monitors their technical progress (does so in partnership with the department manager)
• Responsible for driving assigned projects or tasks from conception through to completion
• Coach, train, and mentor other more junior technical staff in the department (i.e. staff at IC 8 level and below)
• Complete department-wide projects aimed at departmental improvements, enhanced efficiencies, and effectiveness (e.g., new departmental operating procedures, templates, tools and other practices, etc.)

Sr. Principal Software Developers must be capable of performing all the following departmental tasks:

• Contributing to product ideas and innovation
• Evaluating product roadmaps (working with Product Management and User Experience, among other internal partners) to determine design and programming development requirements to meet customer needs (includes evaluating existing products and applications to enhance these and/or designing new products and applications)
• Conducting research, where appropriate and needed, to solve specific design problems
• Integrate AI/LLM capabilities into enterprise applications and internal platforms
• Creating product and/or applications’ architecture and design documentation to specify engineering development requirements
• Architect cloud-native solutions
• Writing/developing code for new, existing or enhanced software products and applications
• Integrate AI/LLM capabilities into enterprise applications and internal platforms
• Working with various internal partners (such as Quality Assurance) to test new or enhanced products and their applications
• Participating in cross-functional build/configuration activities to ensure overall effective and efficient new or enhanced engineering design
• Contributing to downstream business activities such as technical publications and other technical communications’ tool development to ensure streamlined and effective end-user use of Tungsten Automation software products and their applications
• Ensuring new or updated releases are completed on-time, on-target, on-budget and without compromise to quality
• Supporting other internal and external partners/stakeholders/customers, as and when appropriate, in responding to technical inquiries
• Staying abreast of industry and field developments; remaining current in the latest technologies and functionalities, as well as ever-evolving needs of customers
• Utilizing AI-enabled tools (e.g., chatbots, documentation automation, analytics assistants) to improve efficiency, accuracy, and streamline routine tasks while following company AI governance and data privacy standards

While the job description describes what is anticipated as the requirements of the position, the job requirements are subject to change based upon any changing needs and requirements of the business.

• Strong commercial experience with C# and .NET / .NET Core
• Solid experience designing distributed backend systems and APIs
• Strong hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure 
• Experience with enterprise workflow or invoice/document processing platforms
• Understanding of AI/ML concepts and practical AI integration experience
• Experience working with LLMs, document intelligence, or AI-assisted automation solutions
• Strong knowledge of SQL and data modeling
• Experience with microservices architecture and cloud-native applications
• Familiarity with Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines, and DevOps practices
• Strong communication skills and ability to work across technical and non-technical teams
• Skills in prompting AI systems and assessing output quality
• Ability to leverage AI to ideate, develop and scale to the needs of the needs of the department

Nice to have:

• Experience with Azure AI Services, Azure OpenAI, Cognitive Services, or Document Intelligence
• Experience with OCR technologies and intelligent document extraction
• Experience leading technical initiatives or mentoring teams
• Exposure to fintech or enterprise workflow automation

Candidates for this position should hold the following qualifications, have the following experience, and be able to demonstrate the following competencies to be considered as a suitable applicant. Please note that except where specified as “preferred,” or as a “plus,” all points listed below are considered minimum requirements.

• Bachelor’s Degree in a related discipline is strongly preferred
• Has a minimum of 10 years’ relevant technical experience
• Must demonstrate the ability to work independently on larger or more complex departmental assignments

Tungsten Automation Corporation is an Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/Disability/Vets