Software Engineering Sr Principal Engineer

Overview

Senior Principal Engineer provides senior technical and people leadership for one or more engineering domains within Digital Product Applications (DPA). This role owns delivery outcomes at scale, leads multiple teams or managers, and remains technically credible through hands‑on engineering involvement, particularly on complex, high‑impact initiatives.

• Demonstrates hands‑on expertise in modern software engineering, maintaining deep technical credibility through active participation in design, architecture, and selective coding on complex or critical initiatives
• Leads by example by engaging in architecture reviews, design reviews, and code reviews, ensuring adherence to enterprise engineering standards and best practices
• Partners with Tech Leads and Architects to solve the hardest technical problems, unblock teams, and guide key technical decisions rather than remaining purely managerial
• Brings deep understanding of data structures, algorithms, object‑oriented design, and architecture patterns to influence high‑quality system design at scale

Responsibilities

Core Responsibilities:

Engineering & Technical Leadership

• Provide technical direction across multiple teams or platforms
• Guide architecture decisions for cloud‑native, distributed, and high‑throughput systems
• Ensure engineering rigor across SDLC using metrics‑backed decision making

People & Org Leadership

• Lead and develop engineering managers and senior engineers
• Build scalable team models, talent pipelines, and succession plans
• Foster a strong engineering culture focused on quality and accountability

Delivery & Operational Ownership

• Own delivery commitments, risk management, and escalation for major initiatives
• Ensure reliability, availability, and security of production platforms
• Drive continuous improvement across performance, stability, and cost

Responsibilities:

• Create the vision and guide a team of engineers to build and support digital products and services Software Engineering across S&T core priorities  

• Drive partnerships with User Experience, Product Management, IT, Data & Analytics, Emerging Tech, Innovation, and Process Engineering teams to deliver the Digital Products portfolio  

• Develop software development strategy utilizing industry standards. Create roadmap and timing of implementation of the roadmap based on business requirements and strategy.  

• Lead multi-discipline, high-performance work teams distributed across remote locations effectively. Build, manage, develop, and mentor a team of engineers.   

• Develop and expand engineering capabilities through a customer obsessed, services-driven digital solutions platform that leverages data and AI to deliver automated and personalized experiences  

• Manage and appropriately escalate delivery impediments, risks, issues, and changes tied to the engineering initiatives to the stakeholders  

• Interact with key business partners to recommend solutions that best meet the strategic needs of the business  

Compensation and Benefits:

• The expected compensation range for this position is between $140,100 - $234,850.
• Location, confirmed job-related skills, experience, and education will be considered in setting actual starting salary. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range during the hiring process.
• Bonus based on performance and eligibility target payout is 15% of annual salary paid out annually.
• Paid time off subject to eligibility, including paid parental leave, vacation, sick, and bereavement.
• In addition to salary, PepsiCo offers a comprehensive benefits package to support our employees and their families, subject to elections and eligibility: Medical, Dental, Vision, Disability, Health, and Dependent Care Reimbursement Accounts, Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Insurance (Accident, Group Legal, Life), Defined Contribution Retirement Plan.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:  

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (Master’s or PhD preferred).
• 10+ years of relevant software development and engineering management experience.
• 4+ years of people management experience, with 2+ years managing multiple managers/teams.
• Hands-on expertise in React.js, React Native, and Node.js development.
• Knowledge of react native mobile development in IOS will be a plus.
• Full stack engineering experience with Proficiency in JavaScript, Java, Spring/Spring Boot, messaging etc. 
• Deep knowledge of data structures, algorithms,