# Principal Software Engineer - Xello

Xello is looking for a Principal Engineer Please note that this is a remote role open to candidates across Canada, with working hours aligned to the Eastern Time (ET) zone. __ Who are you? As our Principal Engineer, you'll be the visionary architect behind Xello's technological journey. Reporting directly to the VP of Engineering you will be tasked with crafting our long-term tech strategy. Every decision will help ensure we remain transformative and leaders in our space. Your unique blend of strategic foresight and hands-on execution helps you show our teams how to navigate dynamic challenges with expertise and precision. Collaborating closely with senior leaders, your influence will be pivotal in raising the bar to the highest standards for code quality, architecture, and process. Join us and champion Xello's transformative technical journey. Your expertise won’t just elevate our platform, it will profoundly impact the futures of students. You will help empower the next generation to plan and achieve their dreams. Sound exciting to you? Read on! What you’ll do… Define and evolve Xello’s long-term technical roadmap, aligning it with product and business strategy. Collaborate clos

- **Id**: 4298701
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/xello-principal-software-engineer-xello-2>
- **Role**: Backend
- **Role family**: Backend
- **Seniority**: lead
- **Work mode**: remote
- **Remote scope**: stated_countries
- **Remote scope basis**: posting_text
- **Hiring geo confidence**: inferred
- **Hiring countries**: GB, CA
- **Hiring countries total**: 2
- **Experience years min**: 15
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-14T02:35:43Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-14
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-14T02:35:43Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 0
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 5959
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Annual leave, Continuous learning, Flexible schedule, Parental leave
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: EdTech Platforms

## Company

- **Id**: 1828433
- **Name**: Xello
- **Domain**: xello.world
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/xello>
- **Size band**: 51-200
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: JazzHR

## Remote working hours

- **Label**: ET
- **Utc offset min**: \-5
- **Utc offset max**: \-5

## Technologies

- **Agile** — Optional: no
- **CI/CD** — Optional: no
- **.NET** — Optional: yes
- **Angular** — Optional: yes
- **Azure** — Optional: yes
- **C#** — Optional: yes
- **JavaScript** — Optional: yes
- **LLM Guardrails** — Optional: yes
- **Redis** — Optional: yes
- **SQL** — Optional: yes
- **TypeScript** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 0

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 15
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

## Hiring locations

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

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-14T02:35:43Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 86
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.86
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 0
- **Expected fill days**: 35
- **Reasons**: conf:2, win:early
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-14T04:36:28Z

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