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Principal Software Engineer (Engineering Ops)

Stable Kernel
USAfull_timePosted 19 May 2026

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<h3>About the Company:</h3> <p>Stable Kernel is a technology services firm and custom software developer building scalable software solutions for cutting-edge, innovative enterprises to move their business forward. We are headquartered in Atlanta, GA.</p> <p>We’re a privately held, Great Place to Work Certified Company™ with a multi-award-winning culture and an impressive 10-plus-year trajectory of sustainable growth. At Stable Kernel, we support our employees in ways that help them do some of the best work of their lives.</p> <h3>&nbsp;</h3> <h3>About the Role:</h3> <p>As a Stable Kernel <strong>Principal Software Engineer</strong>, you play an essential role in setting our portfolio of world-class clients up for success through the development and delivery of their most innovative, transformational initiatives. You will collaborate daily with other engineers and product team members, make decisions that influence the path of a product roadmap, leverage software development best practices, and become a more well-rounded engineer as you learn new technologies. Your knowledgeable practice, reliability, and consultative nature make you an engineer that stakeholders and teammates trust.</p> <p>Principal Software Engineers may be classified as individual contributors or people managers with individual contributor responsibilities.</p> <h3>&nbsp;</h3> <h3>Core Responsibilities Include:</h3> <ul> <li><strong>Technical Impact:</strong>&nbsp;</li> <ul> <li>Designing and implementing exemplary solutions regarding scalability and cost-effectiveness by making trade-offs between opportunity and complexity.</li> <li>Setting standards for codebase health and promoting best practices throughout the organization.&nbsp;</li> </ul> <li><strong>Business Alignment:</strong>&nbsp;</li> <ul> <li>Clarifying strategic outcomes and influencing roadmaps and projects.</li> <li>Identifying, suggesting, and driving improvements in your customers' end-to-end experience.</li> <li>Aiding in estimating work for new business with more unknowns and coaching others in estimation best practices.&nbsp;</li> </ul> <li><strong>Interacting with Others:</strong>&nbsp;</li> <ul> <li>Coordinating across the entire company.</li> <li>Influencing the entire organization to make changes to support your work.</li> <li>Advising teams across the company.</li> </ul> <li><strong>Autonomy &amp; Ambiguity:</strong>&nbsp;</li> <ul> <li>Designing a long-term roadmap with no direction.&nbsp;</li> <li>Translating customer and business needs and strategic direction into projects and consiste

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