Principal Software Engineer

At CEC Entertainment, we build careers around great food, family, and fun! Our purpose and our passion is to create the best place for kids and families to eat and play!

Job Description

At CEC Entertainment, we build careers around great food, family, and fun! Our purpose and our passion is to create the best place for kids and families to eat and play!

CEC Entertainment, the global leader in family entertainment and operator of Chuck E. Cheese and Peter Piper restaurants, is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to join our team. This position is based at our Corporate Support Center in Irving, TX

General Summary:

The Principal Software Engineer is responsible for leading a distributed team in the design, development, and implementation of business-critical software applications and integrations. You will work closely with cross-functional teams to deliver high quality solutions that align with our business objectives. The CEC Information technology portfolio is built on custom .NET applications running in Microsoft Azure and integrations with third-party SaaS solutions. Key systems include ecommerce, NCR Voyix Aloha point of sale platform, SEMNOX gaming system, and Workday.

The ideal candidate will possess strong technical development skills and the ability to communicate effectively with both developers and business leaders to align technical strategies with organizational priorities. This position offers some work-from-home (WFH) flexibility.

Major Responsibilities:

• Develops, delivers, and maintains software applications, systems, third-party integrations, and technology platforms based on business requirements.
• Establishes best practices to foster a high-performing software engineering environment, ensuring the production of secure, scalable, resilient, and efficient software.
• Collaborates with cross-functional teams to ensure code quality, testing, piloting, installation, and implementation are executed efficiently.
• Ensures the cost-effective use of resources, including employees, partners, vendors, and contractors, while maintaining focus on delivering quality solutions.
• Provides thought leadership and promotes technical and process innovation across teams and vendors.
• Promotes a mindset of continuous improvement and curiosity, driving speed to market at a lower cost.
• Contributes to talent development within the engineering team to align skills with strategic goals and operational needs.
• Sets and manages performance standards and ensures they are consistently met.
• Partners with internal and external stakeholders to drive business value and meet technology objectives.
• Participates in project discussions and helps ensure transparency in project delivery, coordinating with external technical resources when needed.
• Leads development teams in adopting CI/CD best practices (including automated testing), ensuring frequent and efficient production deployments through automated pipelines.

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Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Systems Engineering or relevant field of study, or equivalent work experience
• 10+ years of IT and business industry work experience
• Demonstrated ability to develop and lead high performance, globally distributed development teams
• Demonstrated continuous technical learning skills
• Demonstrated ability to build relationships across the organization with a sharp focus on the customer – both internal and external
• Strong communication and presentation skills
• Experience in a fast paced, Agile, continuous integration environment

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Physical Demands:

To perform the duties of this position, the incumbent must have the ability to sit, walk, stand, bend, twist, reach, and carry, lift, pull, push between 1 – 25 lbs. Incumbent must use a computer, with the repetitive movement of both hands. Incumbent must be able to work an 8-hour shift, with some overtime. Incumbent must also be available to travel to various locations by airplane or by operating a vehicle if needed. 

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions is included. 

The Company:

CEC Entertainment is the nationally recognized leader in family entertainment and dining with both its Chuck E. Chees