Top Remote Principal Software Engineer Jobs in Austin, TX

Lead design and reliability of a financial data extraction platform, minimizing human validation through AI, and enhance system correctness for scale.

Drive architecture, design, and implementation of large-scale software systems. Lead technical strategy, mentor engineers, collaborate cross-functionally, ensure code quality and operational reliability, and guide delivery of complex features and platform improvements.

Founding engineer responsible for architecting and building core product systems, writing scalable Python backend code, designing and maintaining AI/ML infrastructure, instituting best development practices (testing, CI/CD), collaborating on product roadmap, and mentoring future engineers.

Lead architecture, modernization, and development of Group Insurance applications. Modernize mainframe monoliths into Java microservices and micro-frontends on cloud, mentor distributed Agile teams, collaborate with enterprise architecture, product owners and infrastructure, and enable test automation and integrations. Approximately 10% domestic travel.

Own and evolve ZoomInfo’s CI/CD delivery tooling, GitOps deployment API and CLI, shared TypeScript monorepo, ingress layer, and Go automation platform. Lead technical strategy, architecture, migrations, golden paths, and multi-quarter roadmaps while remaining hands-on in Go and TypeScript. Apply agentic AI, MCP, A2A, and durable workflows to infrastructure automation. Mentor engineers, drive quality through design and code reviews, and align CI/CD, DevOps, and platform teams.

Lead design and implementation of large-scale Pub/Sub and messaging services within Azure Event Grid/Microsoft Fabric. Define scalable, reliable architectures, drive testing and CI/CD automation, build developer tooling, mentor engineers, manage incident response and operational excellence, and collaborate with PMs, EMs, researchers, and customers to deliver production-ready cloud services.

Lead architecture and roadmap for Azure PostgreSQL systems; design and review scalable, maintainable database engine features (query processing, storage, transaction logging, recovery, versioning, IO, scale-out). Influence coding standards and run code reviews, write proof-of-concept or production code, contribute to open-source PostgreSQL/Linux, and participate in rotational on-call operations.

Design, implement, and ensure quality of systems stack, tools, and SDK integration for AI frameworks. Collaborate with hardware and ML teams, apply engineering principles, write low-level/high-performance code, define architecture, estimate scope, and drive coding standards.

Lead architecture and implementation of high-performance vector search and semantic retrieval across Azure data products. Mentor engineers, collaborate with research teams, ensure scalability, testability, performance, and production readiness of libraries and embeddings-based solutions.

Own the architecture and delivery of mission-critical backend projects for a secure crypto wallet infrastructure platform. Define database, microservice, and integration architecture; resolve performance and reliability issues; improve CI/CD, observability, and engineering processes; shape technical strategy; mentor engineers; and support client discussions. The role requires deep backend, cloud, database, security, and applied cryptography expertise, with leadership experience in fintech or blockchain.

Principal frontend-focused software engineer responsible for leading frontend architecture, standards, tooling, accessibility, performance, testing, and deployment practices. The role delivers scalable customer-facing web applications, component libraries, and design systems using React or Angular. It includes cross-functional product collaboration, technical decision-making, mentoring, modernization initiatives, and occasional full-stack work. The position is remote, requires U.S. citizenship, Public Trust 6C eligibility, and approximately 0–10% business travel.

Build and scale an AI-powered audit workbench that transforms raw evidence into reviewable workpapers. Responsibilities include designing ingestion and extraction pipelines, deterministic recomputation and exception detection, workpaper generation, evaluation infrastructure, and frontend review tools. The role emphasizes production LLM reliability, golden-dataset evaluations, schema design, traceability, deterministic regulatory logic, structured human review, and end-to-end system ownership in a regulated domain.

Lead design and delivery of scalable, secure full-stack systems; mentor engineers; integrate AI-driven and agent-based workflows; ensure cloud-native, containerized deployments and secure SDLC practices.

The Principal Software Engineer leads the design and development of scalable software solutions, mentors engineers, and drives architectural decisions while collaborating with cross-functional teams.

Design and develop web applications, mentor teammates, shape architectural decisions, write clean code, conduct testing, and troubleshoot issues.

The Principal Software Engineer will lead the development of Node-based applications, ensuring alignment with business goals and mentoring engineers. Responsibilities include designing scalable systems, managing product requirements, and utilizing AI tools for software development.

Design and operate large-scale, AI-native cloud infrastructure (especially Kubernetes/AKS). Improve service quality, automate incident prevention/remediation, accelerate engineering productivity, and integrate AI tools into development workflows.

Design, implement, and operate production-quality AI framework components, benchmark and optimize large model training and inference across GPUs and Microsoft hardware, build automation and observability, drive cross-team projects from definition to deployment, and provide technical leadership and mentorship for improvements in performance, reliability, and model onboarding velocity.

Design and build Azure Kubernetes Service features and AI-native infrastructure, improve service reliability and developer velocity, automate incident prevention/remediation, integrate AI tools, and operate distributed, containerized systems at cloud scale.

Lead strategic build-versus-buy engineering initiatives within Elastic’s IT organization. Design and deliver internal platforms using Elasticsearch, Kibana, Elastic ML, AI, and cloud technologies across developer productivity, FinOps, IT service management, and enterprise efficiency. Establish architecture and engineering standards, partner cross-functionally with IT, Security, Platform Engineering, Finance, and other teams, and validate Elastic products through internal production systems.

Lead end-to-end design and delivery of AI-infused, enterprise full-stack applications on Azure. Architect resilient solutions, build Copilot/agentic features, enforce engineering best practices, mentor engineers, collaborate with PM/UX teams, ensure quality/reliability, and support production services and integrations.

Architects and develops secure, high-performance distributed applications, APIs, microservices, and data pipelines on AWS. Leads application architecture, cloud infrastructure, data governance, testing automation, CI/CD, security, performance optimization, and technical modernization. Coordinates complex project lifecycles, manages risks and schedules, advises management, resolves cross-functional technology issues, documents systems, and mentors junior engineers in a financial services environment.

Build and set the technical direction for ServiceTitan’s AI-native Developer Experience platform. Responsibilities include designing agent orchestration infrastructure, coding-agent runtimes, harnesses, CI/CD and developer platforms; establishing safety, compliance, RBAC, and secrets-management guardrails; delivering complex systems autonomously; influencing engineering teams and industry practices; and mentoring senior engineers.

Lead the technical vision and development of Elasticsearch’s core search infrastructure, including indexing, retrieval, query execution, and relevance. Research advances in search systems and algorithms, guide long-term technical roadmaps, collaborate across teams, mentor expert engineers, and contribute hands-on to high-performance distributed software. Serve as a subject-matter authority while driving projects from concept through completion.

Design, build, and operate large-scale, highly available distributed file storage services on Oracle Cloud. Lead architecture and development, troubleshoot and optimize performance, collaborate with product management, and establish operational best practices.