Senior Principal Software Engineer

TriNet is a leading provider of comprehensive human resources solutions for small to midsize businesses (SMBs). We enhance business productivity by enabling our clients to outsource their HR function to one strategic partner and allowing them to focus on operating and growing their core businesses. Our full-service HR solutions include features such as payroll processing, human capital consulting, employment law compliance and employee benefits, including health insurance, retirement plans and workers’ compensation insurance. 

TriNet has a nationwide presence and an experienced executive team. Our stock is publicly traded on the NYSE under the ticker symbol TNET. If you’re passionate about innovation and making an impact on the large SMB market, come join us as we power our clients’ business success with extraordinary HR.

Don't meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that many potential applicants discourage themselves from applying to jobs unless they meet every single requirement. TriNet always strives to hire the most qualified candidate for a particular role, ensuring we deliver outstanding results for our small and medium-size customers. So if you're excited about this role but your past experience doesn't align perfectly with every single qualification in the job description, nobody’s perfect – and we encourage you to apply. You may just be the right candidate for this or other roles. 

Position Summary:

The Senior Principal Engineer will be responsible for leading the design and architecture of our software applications across the enterprise, ensuring they are scalable, maintainable, and in line with industry best practices. This candidate must design and implement reusable services that are highly scalable, secure, performant, and low cost to maintain and operate.This role demands a deep understanding of software development principles, as well as the ability to collaborate with cross-functional cross domains teams to deliver high-quality solutions. 

Essential Functions:

• Architectural Leadership: Design and maintain the architecture of our software solutions across the enterprise, ensuring they are robust, scalable, and adaptable to evolving business needs and meet our functional and non-functional requirements
• Technical Guidance: Provide expert guidance to development teams across the enterprise, advising on best practices, code quality, and technology selection.
• Collaboration: Work closely with cross-functional teams, including product managers, subject matter experts within the lines of business, developers, and quality assurance, to align architectural decisions with business requirements. Drive cross domain E2E solutioning, Technical Design.
• Research and Innovation: Stay updated on emerging technologies and industry trends to identify opportunities for improvement and innovation within our software solutions.
• Quality Assurance: Ensure that the architectural choices result in high-quality, efficient, and maintainable code.
• Documentation: Create and maintain comprehensive documentation of the software architecture and design decisions. Drive current and strategic target state architecture models.

Education:

• Bachelor's Degree Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field or equivalent experience - required
• Master's Degree Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field - preferred

Work Experience:

• Typically 20+ years experience in solution development, business analysis, or application development.
• Experience developing architecture blueprints, strategies, and roadmaps
• Typically 8+ years providing architectural leadership within a domain per the key responsibilities.
• Experience developing, collaborating, and communicating strategies and programs across variety of technical and business audiences, including C-Level executives.

Skills:

• Knowledge of backend development (Java, Go and Python) as well as frontend web development languages (JavaScript, HTML and CSS).
• Experience with database technologies like MySQL, MongoDB and Oracle
• Proven success leading AI product development - including Generative AI and natural language processing
• Strong experience deploying AI/ML systems in production including LLMs, recommended systems and agentic systems
• Experience with cloud computing platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and containerization technologies
• (Docker, Kubernetes)
• Experience with DevOps Practices including CI/CD pipelines and security best practices
• Excellent understanding of application development methodologies and infrastructure and network architecture
• Knowledge of information principles and processes