Senior Software Engineer III-Principal Engineer

Overview-

At Angel Oak Mortgage Solutions, we achieve success through our people. The Sr Software Engineer III Principal Engineer will serve as the senior most technical leader within our development organization. This role represents the top of the engineering career path and combines hands on engineering, architectural ownership, and technical leadership across a broad portfolio of internally developed applications and thirdparty integrations.

The ideal candidate is a seasoned engineer who leads through expertise, sets engineering standards, and partners closely with IT leadership and business stakeholders to deliver scalable, secure, and reliable software solutions.

This position is Atlanta-based only.

Principal Accountabilities:

Technical Leadership & Architecture

• Own and evolve enterprise application architecture, engineering standards, and design principles
• Lead architectural design for complex, cross system and mission critical initiatives
• Serve as the final technical escalation point for complex engineering challenges
• Own the technical health, lifecycle, and integration strategy for internal applications and third party systems
• Provide technical leadership for API design and third party integrations

Hands On Engineering

• Remain actively engaged in hands on software engineering, including:
  • Solution design and critical path development
  • Code reviews and modernization efforts
  • Refactoring to reduce technical debt
• Lead development of high risk or high impact components when senior expertise is required

Engineering Excellence, Delivery and Security

• Establish and enforce engineering best practices, coding standards, and quality gates
• Own and improve CI/CD pipelines supporting build, test, and deployment workflows
• Define and lead the adoption of AI assisted engineering tools as part of modern development and delivery practices to improve code quality, delivery efficiency, and developer productivity, while establishing guardrails and best practices for responsible use.
• Ensure engineering practices align with Microsoft Azure and Azure DevOps based tooling
• Accountable for embedding secure by design principles into engineering standards, architecture decisions, and CI/CD processes to proactively identify and mitigate software vulnerabilities in partnership with security and infrastructure teams
• Promote secure, reliable, and observable systems across all environments

Planning, Reporting & Collaboration

• Provide clear initiative level status reporting on progress, risks, and dependencies
• Partner with IT leadership to shape multi year technical roadmaps
• Collaborate with infrastructure, security, data, and business teams to deliver integrated solutions

Mentorship & Talent Development

• Serve as the senior engineering leader for onboarding and offboarding decisions
• Partner with HR to review resumes and select candidates with the right technical skillsets
• Design and maintain technical assessments used in the hiring process
• Define onboarding plans, growth expectations, and a structured continuing education approach
• Mentor engineers through design reviews, coaching, and technical guidance

Qualifications

Minimum Requirements:

• Atlanta-based candidates only
• Min. 12 years of progressive software engineering experience
• Undergraduate Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, or a related technical discipline
• Demonstrated success in senior, staff, or principal level engineering roles
• Proven experience designing and evolving complex, enterprise scale systems
• Strong experience with:
  • Experience with Scrum and/or Agile and SDLC methodologies
  • Microsoft SQL (database design and performance optimization)
  • Backend development using Node.js, TypeScript, and .NET Core
  • Modern frontend frameworks (Vue.js preferred)
  • Microsoft Azure-based application development and deployment
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and modern DevOps practices
• Experience with C#, GIT, Serverless Architecture, and RESTful APIs
• Knowledge of development standards and best practices
• Strong systems thinking and problem solving capabilities
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Minimum Requirements:

• 12+ years of progressive software engineering experience
• Undergraduate Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, or a related technical discipline
• Demonstrated success in senior, staff, or principal-level engineering roles
• Proven experience designing and evolving complex, enterprise-scale systems
• Strong experience with:
  • Experience with Scrum and/or Agile and SDLC methodologies
  • Microsoft SQL (database design and performance optimization)
  • Backend development using Node.js, TypeScript, and .NET Core
  • Modern frontend frameworks (Vue.js preferred)
  • Microsoft Azure-based application development and deployment
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and modern DevOps practices
• Experience with C#, GIT, Serverless Architecture, and RESTful APIs
• Knowledge of development standards and best practices
• Strong systems-thinking and problem-solving capabilities
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, or a related technical discipline
• Microsoft Azure certifications aligned with enterprise application development and operations, such as:
  • Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert
  • Microsoft Certified: Azure Developer Associate
  • Microsoft Certified: DevOps Engineer Expert
• Experience leading architecture or platform decisions in a Microsoft Azure-centric environment
• Demonstrated experience modernizing legacy systems and guiding cloud adoption initiatives
• Experience operating in regulated, security-conscious, or compliance-driven environments

These statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work involved for this job. It is not an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of this job. Angel Oak provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics. All applicants must be legally authorized to work in the US without company sponsorship. In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification form upon hire.

NOTE: These statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work involved for this job. It is not an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of this job.

Angel Oak Mortgage Solutionsprovides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics.