Principal Software Engineer

PNC

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Work type: On-site
Location: Dallas, TXPittsburgh, PAStrongsville, OH
Salary: $106,000–$165,600 / yr
Posted: 30 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live yesterday
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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Below market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $194k

This role $136k

$87k most similar roles pay here $283k

This role pays less than 95% of similar roles. Most pay $169,550–$218,700 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $136k versus about $194k for comparable roles.

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About PNC

PNC is one of the largest diversified financial services institutions in the U.S., based in Pittsburgh, PA, it provides retail banking, corporate banking, and asset management.

PNC currently has 118 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $86,250–$172,500 across 62 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Principal Software Engineer

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As a Software Engineer Principal (JAVA/Spring Boot) within the Retail Tech Core Debit Product organization, you will provide technical leadership and architectural direction across critical software initiatives. You will be responsible for designing scalable systems, mentoring engineering teams, and driving best practices to align technology solutions with business strategy. Your daily work involves proposing, designing, and coding software solutions to address complex business needs while overseeing necessary technical and procedural documentation. The role requires expertise in Java, C#, Python, or Go, along with deep knowledge of system architecture, APIs, databases, data modeling, and cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP. You will solve cross-domain problems by applying modern engineering practices to advance business capabilities within the debit product space, ensuring robust software development throughout the entire lifecycle.

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Skills

Java Spring Boot Python Go C# AWS Azure GCP Distributed Systems Data Modeling Architecture Release Management UX) Design

What you'll do

Provide technical leadership and architectural direction across critical software initiatives.
Design and implement scalable, distributed systems using Java or other core programming languages.
Propose, design, and code software solutions to address complex business needs.
Mentor engineering teams and provide technical guidance to colleagues during solution development.
Align technology solutions with business strategy and innovation goals.
Oversee the creation of necessary technical and procedural documentation.
Solve complex, cross-domain problems using modern engineering principles and tools.
Manage risks associated with business objectives to ensure compliance with enterprise frameworks.

What we're looking for

A bachelor's degree or a comparable combination of education, job-specific certifications, and experience is required.
Candidates must have 5+ years of industry-relevant experience.
Proven experience designing and implementing large-scale, distributed systems is required.
Expertise in one or more core programming languages such as Java, C#, Python, or Go is required.
Strong knowledge of system architecture, APIs, databases, and data modeling is required.
Experience working with cloud platforms like AWS, Azure, or GCP is required.
Deep understanding of the software development lifecycle and modern engineering practices is required.
Preferred skills include application development, business management, customer solutions, design, and release management (preferred).

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