# Principal Software Engineer

Principal Software Engineer About the job We need a talented, ambitious, hard-working principal software engineer with 10+ years of experience who can help us build the foundation for the next era of work. We need someone who wants to change how the world works, one company at a time. You are that person. You are a deeply technical full stack software developer who ships high-quality code as the strong majority of your time, while also providing thought leadership and mentorship to the team. You are obsessed with making customers happy, and will do whatever it takes to make it happen. You are autonomous and happy to take on big, ambiguous problems at a fast-growing startup. You know when to push and when to rest; you model sustainable high performance for the team. But you (like us!) are more than your code and your hard work! You love building a culture where people love to work but believe in putting people first while having a huge amount of fun while you do your job. You will burn tokens like the VC money will never stop flowing. What you will do in the role Ship code daily. Hands-on development is the strong majority of your time Own the architecture and technical roadmap for

- **Id**: 585019
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/coworker-principal-software-engineer>
- **Role**: Backend
- **Role family**: Backend
- **Seniority**: lead
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: hybrid
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: San Francisco, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 10
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: yes
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-08-11T20:18:01Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-08-11
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-08T14:20:36Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 88
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 3989
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Parental leave, Professional development
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: AI Agents, Intranet & Knowledge Management

## Company

- **Id**: 455306
- **Name**: Coworker
- **Domain**: coworker.ai
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/coworker-2>
- **Size band**: 201-500
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Ashby

### Truth index

- **Grade**: B
- **Score**: 75
- **Open postings**: 4
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 1
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-08T05:47:12Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 220000
- **Max**: 280000
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 280000

## Technologies

- **Python** — Optional: no
- **TypeScript** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 88

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 10
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Hiring locations

- **United States** — Iso: US; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-09-10T02:44:01Z

## Visa

- Country: US; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 0; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: H-1B filings in 12 months: 1; Filings 12m: 1

## Liveness

- **Score**: 16
- **Band**: cold
- **Label**: Long shot
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.572
- **P room**: 0.28
- **Age days**: 88
- **Expected fill days**: 31
- **Reasons**: conf:3, win:tail, crowd:
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-08T05:47:12Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 280000
- **Is top pay**: yes

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