The Principal Software Engineer creates, modifies, and maintains software applications individually or as a team. In addition, they provide technical leadership, including training and mentoring other team members, and includes technology and architecture direction for the team. Essential Duties & Responsibilities Develops tooling, test harnesses and innovative solutions to understand and monitor the quality of the product Develops infrastructure as code to reliably deploy applications on demand or through automation Understands cloud managed services and builds scalable and secure applications using them Creates proof of concepts for new ideas that answer key questions of feasibility, desirability, and viability Performs thorough code reviews that promote better understanding throughout the team Trouble shoot, instrument and debug existing software resolving root causes of defective behavior Builds intuitive user interfaces with the end user persona in mind using front end frameworks and styling Works with architects, designers, business analysts and others to design and implement solutions Work within an agile scrum team, contributing to an atmosphere of continuous improvement Understands how to interpret database models and effectively collaborate with Database Engineers Assist product owners in backlog grooming, story breakdown and story estimation Collaborate and communicate effectively with team members and other stakeholders throughout the organization Document software changes for use by other engineers, quality assurance and documentation specialists Master the technologies, languages, and practices used by the team and project assigned