Job Description

Principal Software Engineer, Zones Digital Innovation Center

The Principal Software Engineer will be a key member of the digital transformation team at Zones. We are looking for individuals who want to grow professionally and impact the business transformation of a $2 billion USD company. 

Zones Digital Innovation Center

The Zones Digital Innovation Center is a global network of Digital-First accelerators in Seattle, New York, and Islamabad. Here, Zones \"intrapreneurs\" work with Zones' business leaders, industry partners, and customers to develop and scale innovative ideas into valuable businesses. Our mission is to radically accelerate digital innovation through collaboration and rapid experimentation that delivers connected, integrated, and automated technology solutions to businesses worldwide. 

Zones Digital Platform

The Zones Digital Platform (ZDP) is a next-generation technology, services, and workforce management system for IT organizations. ZDP enables global enterprises, mid-size, and small businesses to integrate with Zones and the Zones partner ecosystem to manage and deliver multi-stakeholder IT solutions worldwide.

Platform Vision

Be the default digital platform for the discovery, procurement, fulfillment, and support for the technology solutions industry. (amazon.com for IT)

Platform Mission

Seamlessly integrate (data), automate (process), and enable real-time collaborations (people) for IT supply chains between customers, suppliers, and service delivery teams.

About You

You are a hands-on Principal Software Engineer with a deep background in Computer Science and distributed systems. You know how to architect, develop, manage, and scale enterprise-ready SaaS platforms in private data centers, on AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud. You possess knowledge of agile processes and principles. You also have a keen interest in e-commerce processes and double-sided marketplaces. You possess intellectual curiosity, out-of-the-box thinking, strong problem-solving skills, excellent communication skills, and the ability to work/influence multiple stakeholder groups.

What You Will Do

• You will guide the technical design and implementation strategy for the Zones Digital platform.
• Guide designs involving interdisciplinary teams closely cooperating with senior engineering management, program management, and/or product line management.
• Serve as an expert in an assigned technical area from a software and system level view.
• Document and develop component and subsystem specifications and material requirements.
• Provide technical expertise and assistance to other engineers and support personnel.
• Interact with technical management, other professionals, technicians, and support personnel to coordinate, recommend, and confer regarding technical activities and progress.
• May mentor and coach the work of others as assigned.

What You Have

• 10+ years of progressive engineering experience.
• 5+ years of experience as a principal software engineer supporting enterprise software.
• 5+ years of experience in supporting e-commerce or payment systems.
• Expert-level experience developing microservices with Docker and Kubernetes.
• Hands-on experience with Azure, AWS, or Google.
• Experience in design-build/deployment systems for projects.
• Programming experience in C/C++, Java, Python, JavaScript/Typescript.

Your Education

BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science or related field, and or relevant experience.

Required Skills