# Principal Software Engineer

It's fun to work in a company where people truly BELIEVE in what they're doing! Job Description Summary: It's fun to work in a company where people truly BELIEVE in what they're doing!Rocket Software is seeking an accomplished Principal Software Engineer - Change Data Capture & Data Integration to help drive the evolution of our Enterprise Data Integration portfolio. This is a deeply technical, hands-on role focused on the design, implementation, and optimization of Change Data Capture (CDC) technologies across mainframe and distributed environments. The successful candidate will develop software that captures and processes transactional changes from enterprise databases, requiring expertise in database internals, transaction-log processing, systems programming, and high-volume data processing. The ideal candidate thrives in complex environments, rapidly understands mature legacy systems, reverse engineers undocumented formats and behaviors, and develops highly reliable software that operates at enterprise scale. This role combines technical leadership with a strong sense of ownership and accountability for customer success. Essential Duties and Responsibilities: Architect, design,

- **Id**: 774588
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/rocket-software-principal-software-engineer>
- **Role**: Backend
- **Role family**: Backend
- **Seniority**: lead
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: remote
- **Remote scope**: stated_countries
- **Remote scope basis**: board_field
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: United Kingdom
- **Countries**: GB
- **Hiring countries**: GB
- **Hiring countries total**: 1
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-09-01T00:00:00Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-09-23
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-12T14:36:51Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 73
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 5887
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Continuous learning, Equity
- **Relocation offered**: no

## Company

- **Id**: 176188
- **Name**: Rocket Software
- **Domain**: rocketsoftware.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/rocket-software>
- **Size band**: 1001-5000
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Workday

### Truth index

- **Grade**: A
- **Score**: 99
- **Open postings**: 46
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.043
- **Repost share**: 0.022
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 55
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-12T10:38:37Z

## Salary estimate

- **Min usd**: 78000
- **Max usd**: 152000
- **Period**: year
- **Method**: role_seniority_country_cell
- **Sample n**: 59

## Technologies

- **C++** — Optional: yes
- **Db2** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Repost count**: 0
- **Days open**: 72

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

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

## Hiring locations

- **United Kingdom** — Iso: GB; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-09-11T22:30:56Z

## Visa

- Country: GB; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 0; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: Licensed UK visa sponsor (Skilled Worker); Route: Skilled Worker

## Liveness

- **Score**: 35
- **Band**: fade
- **Label**: Fading
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.798
- **P room**: 0.44
- **Age days**: 72
- **Expected fill days**: 55
- **Reasons**: conf:9, win:tail, crowd:
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-12T10:38:37Z

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