Principal Software Development Engineer (TypeScript and Java)

hitectural decisions and long-term technical strategy

• Design, build, and evolve cloud-connected services and client-side functionality that power BOM workflows across Fusion

• Lead development of complex, cross-cutting features, ensuring solutions are scalable, secure, and maintainable

• Partner closely with Architects, Product Managers, Experience Designers, and other Fusion engineering teams to translate customer needs into high-quality software

• Set a high bar for engineering excellence through design reviews, code reviews, testing strategies, and operational best practices

• Mentor and influence engineers across the team and beyond, helping grow technical depth and shared ownership

• Proactively identify and address technical risks, performance challenges, and system limitations, driving continuous improvement across systems and processes

• Capable of acting as Product owner for the team, balancing the requirements from different sources like product management or architects, as well as improving services.

• Empowering team to daily usage of AI coding agents (e.g., Cursor, Claude Code, Codex, or similar) to plan, implement, test, debug, and document production software.

Qualifications

• Graduate or Postgraduate in Computer Science, Engineering, or related technical fields

• Lead position on the successful delivery of a commercial cloud product

• Good understanding of business drivers and ability to articulate them clearly.

• Experience influencing technical strategy and guiding teams without direct authority

• Proven ability to mentor and develop technical talent within the organization.

• Proven capability to lead incident response, drive root cause analysis, and implement preventive measures

• Experience with software development lifecycle (SDLC) processes, tools, and Agile methodologies

• High expertise in object-oriented design patterns

• Strong hands-on TypeScript (Node) and Java (Spring Boot)

• Knowledge of React is an advantage

• Hands-on Experience with AWS or other cloud providers

• API development experience (REST, GraphQL, gRPC)

• Experience with CI/CD concepts and working with a deployment pipeline such as Jenkins

• Demonstrated experience in using AI coding agents to produce high-quality, secure, maintainable code - by writing clear specs, managing LLM context, constraining scope, and rigorously verifying outcomes

• Strong English communication skills, with experience leading technical discussions and presenting complex ideas to varied audiences

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