Principal Engineer

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The Principal Engineer is a senior technical leader responsible for defining software, cloud, and enterprise architecture for mission-critical mail and parcel logistics systems. This role leads the design of scalable, secure, resilient solutions across cloud-native, hybrid-cloud, and edge-computing environments. This role drives modernization, standardization, platform engineering, and technical excellence while providing architectural guidance across programs and engineering teams to support reliable delivery, operational excellence, and long-term business growth.

Your Role in Our Team

• Define and drive the technical vision, architecture, engineering standards, and long-term roadmap for software platforms supporting mail and parcel logistics
• Lead the design and implementation of large-scale, distributed, cloud-enabled, highly available systems, including microservices, event-driven architectures, and containerized applications
• Serve as the technical authority for complex customer solutions, enterprise architecture, system integrations, and cloud modernization initiatives
• Partner with customers, stakeholders, engineering leaders, and project teams to translate business requirements into scalable technical solutions and represent the company in strategic and executive discussions
• Lead architecture/design reviews, code quality initiatives, technical risk assessments, and critical customer escalations
• Drive innovation and optimization across mail processing, sorting, sequencing, coding, address recognition, throughput, read rates, and sort accuracy
• Collaborate across Mechanical, Electrical, Controls, Software, Service, Operations, and Manufacturing to support successful product development, deployment, troubleshooting, quality, and reliability
• Mentor technical teams, promote knowledge sharing and continuous improvement, and evaluate emerging technologies and industry trends to enhance products and customer satisfaction

Your Profile

Software Engineering & Architecture

• Expert-level experience with C#, C/C++, Java, .NET, XML, and modern software development methodologies
• Deep expertise in software architecture, distributed systems, enterprise integration patterns, and scalable & highly available application design
• Strong understanding of multithreaded application development, real-time systems, and high-performance

Computing Architecture

• Expertise in software modernization, migration, and transformation initiatives
• Postal regulations, standards, and operational workflows
• Reliability engineering and continuous improvement methodologies

Cloud Architecture & Platform Engineering

• Deep expertise in cloud architecture, cloud-native application design, and hybrid-cloud deployments.
• Expertise with containerization technologies including Docker and Kubernetes
• Experience implementing microservices architectures and event-driven distributed systems
• Familiarity with edge-computing architectures integrating cloud services with industrial automation systems and operational technology (OT) environments

Additional Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software/Computer/Electrical Engineering, or related technical discipline required; Master’s degree preferred
• 15+ years of progressive software engineering experience, including enterprise architecture, cloud architecture, and technical leadership
• 5+ years of experience designing cloud-native or hybrid-cloud solutions, with demonstrated success in cloud migration, transformation, or modernization
• Proven ability to lead large-scale distributed systems, enterprise software platforms, and complex technical initiatives across multi-site or multi-program environments
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, systems-thinking, and strategic skills, with the ability to translate business requirements into technical solutions
• Excellent leadership, influencing, communication, and presentation skills across technical, operational, customer, and executive audiences
• Experience in logistics, supply chain, automation, transportation, or industrial systems preferred; must be able to obtain and maintain USPS Sensitive Clearance
• Ability to travel domestically and internationally as business needs require, including up to 25% domestic travel, with required travel documentation and ability to lawfully enter applicable countries

Eligible applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis. The employer will not sponsor applicants for work visas for this position.

Apply now and join our team!

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