# Principal Software Engineer

The Role We are looking for a Principal Software Engineer to join the Scrums.com talent network. This is a technical leadership role. You will set architectural direction, make technology decisions that stick, and write the code that proves them out. Client teams will look to you for the kind of judgement that only comes from years of building and maintaining production systems. What You Will Work On Define system architecture for complex web applications built on Python and Django Make build-vs-buy and technology selection decisions with long-term maintainability in mind Write production code in critical areas: data models, API design, integration patterns, performance-sensitive paths Conduct architecture reviews and provide technical guidance to senior and mid-level engineers Identify and address systemic technical debt before it becomes a delivery blocker Collaborate directly with client CTOs, engineering leads, and product owners What We Look For 8+ years of software engineering experience, with significant time in Python and Django Track record of making architectural decisions on systems that scaled (not just prototypes) Deep understanding of distributed systems, API design,

- **Id**: 160796
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/scrums-com-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
- **Hiring countries**: ZA
- **Hiring countries total**: 1
- **Experience years min**: 8
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-07-21T00:00:00Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-07-21
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-08T15:12:36Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 110
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 2524
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: yes
- **Industries**: Cybersecurity, Design & Creative, Digital Design, Custom Software Development

## Company

- **Id**: 57427
- **Name**: Scrums.com
- **Domain**: scrums.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/scrums-com>
- **Size band**: 51-200
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: services
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Schema

### Truth index

- **Grade**: A
- **Score**: 95
- **Open postings**: 40
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0
- **Repost share**: 0.025
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 155
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-08T05:47:12Z

## Salary estimate

- **Min usd**: 25000
- **Max usd**: 74000
- **Period**: year
- **Method**: global_role_cell_scaled_by_country
- **Sample n**: 2257

## Technologies

- **Django** — Optional: no
- **Python** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Repost count**: 0
- **Flags**: company_stale
- **Days open**: 110

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 8
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

## Hiring locations

- **South Africa** — Iso: ZA; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-07-21T00:00:00Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 49
- **Band**: ok
- **Label**: Likely open
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.813
- **P room**: 0.6
- **Age days**: 110
- **Expected fill days**: 155
- **Reasons**: conf:4, win:late, crowd:
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-08T05:47:12Z

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