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Software Engineer Principal

PNC
United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 26 Feb 2026

About the role

Position Overview

At PNC, our people are our greatest differentiator and competitive advantage in the markets we serve. We are all united in delivering the best experience for our customers. We work together each day to foster an inclusive workplace culture where all of our employees feel respected, valued and have an opportunity to contribute to the company’s success. As a Software Engineer Principal within PNC's Lending Tech organization, you will be based in Austin, TX, Dallas, TX, Pittsburgh, PA or Phoenix, AZ.

Preferred Skills:
• BPMN model tool like JBPM or CAMUNDA
• JSON schema, XSD, XML and web services (RESTful and SOAP)
• Experience with building swagger for APIs.
• Experience with writing test cases using SOAPUI and Postman.
• Experience building Data factory pipelines.


Job Description
• Leads the analytics processes across multiple functions or business units leveraging an array of complex analytical tools to create data driven solutions. Serves as mentor to more junior employees.
• Define, develop, and maintain API for decision services.
• Work with business and technology teams to define signature for API using Swagger open API spec.
• Improve query performances with Hadoop and optimize for data visualization.
• Establish data feature stores from both structured and unstructured and expose them as API.
• Determining the optimal analytic approach and supporting development, implementation, and enhancements.
• Conceptualizing, developing and continuously optimizing analytical solution for operations and executive management to enable data driven decision making.
• Analyze results and make recommendations for key business partners and senior management or communicate conclusions from complex analytical solutions to a wide range of audiences.

PNC is an in-office company that fosters a supportive culture where employees can thrive and achieve balance. We encourage candidates to connect with their recruiter and hiring manager to understand workplace expectations and ensure the role aligns with their goals.

 

PNC will not provide sponsorship for employment visas or participate in STEM OPT for this position.

Job Description

  • Aligns business strategy with software solutions.
  • Proposes, designs & codes software solutions to address complex business needs. Oversees technical and procedural documentation required.
  • Leads complex problem solving.
  • Provides technical guidance and support to colleagues and solution development.
  • Displays an innovative approach to apply modern principles, methodologies and tools to advance business initiatives and capabilities.

PNC Employees take pride in our reputation and to continue building upon that we expect our employees to be:

  • Customer Focused - Knowledgeable of the values and practices that align customer needs and satisfaction as primary considerations in all business decisions and able to leverage that information in creating customized customer solutions.
  • Managing Risk - Assessing and effectively managing all of the risks associated with their business objectives and activities to ensure they adhere to and support PNC's Enterprise Risk Management Framework.

Qualifications

Successful candidates must demonstrate appropriate knowledge, skills, and abilities for a role. Listed below are skills, competencies, work experience, education, and required certifications/licensures needed to be successful in this position.

Preferred Skills

Application Development, Business Management, Customer Solutions, Design, Group Problem Solving, JSON, Process Improvements, Release Management, RESTful APIs, Software Solutions, Swagger (Software), User Experience (UX) Design, XSD

Competencies

Application Design, Architecture, Packaged Application Integration, Product and V

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