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Principal Software Engineering Manager - CTJ - Poly

United States, Washington, Redmond💼 Full-time🗓 2026-07-17 → 2026-09-29

Core

Designing systems, optimizing code performance, and leading engineering workgroups to deliver reliable, scalable products for US federal government agencies.

Role type

Principal Software Engineering Manager

Builds

Product features, applications, services, and platforms for US federal, state, and local government agencies

Domain

US Federal Government / High-Security Software Engineering

Required skills

System design, code optimization, debugging, refactoring, performance tuning, observability, incident response, people management, project planning

Preferred skills

Knowledge of new technical trends, adaptability to complex security environments

Technologies

C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, Python

Responsibilities

Collaborate with stakeholders to determine user requirements and drive design document development; Create, implement, optimize, debug, refactor, and reuse code to improve performance and maintainability; Act as Designated Responsible Individual (DRI) to guide engineers and monitor system health; Drive workgroup project plans, release plans, and work items; Proactively seek new knowledge to improve availability, reliability, efficiency, and observability at scale

Seniority

Principal, hands-on IC with management responsibilities

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