Senior Principal Software Engineer

• →Create and maintain the automation solution architecture that demonstrates key capabilities and value that customers require today and may well require tomorrow 

• →Direct requirements and backlog maintenance to ensure alignment with key vision and product direction. 

• →Evaluates and recommend key function and value streams necessary to address future vision-based use cases that will allow us to achieve: 

• →Competitive differentiation 

• →Market leading (e.g. Gartner Magic Quadrant) 

• →Full function vs. niche alignment based on strategy dictates 

• →Build vs. Buy recommendations 

• →Lead and advise on technical debt assessment and resolution 

• →Explore and advocate for automation integration opportunities across Rocket and our Partner ecosystems. 

• 10+ years of professional software engineering/technical product experience, including at least 5 years in a principal or senior technical leadership role.
• Deep knowledge of automation technologies and workload orchestration.
• Proven experience architecting scalable, resilient platforms for hybrid cloud and mainframe environments.
• Strong proficiency in z Assembler (HLASM), system diagnostics, and the z/OS architecture as well as modern programming languages (e.g., Java, Python, Go, or similar) and API design.
• Familiarity with observability platforms, security best practices, and performance optimization.
• Demonstrated ability to define technical vision and roadmap for enterprise-scale solutions.
• Experience acting as a player-coach, mentoring global engineering teams while contributing technically.
• Strong collaboration skills with cross-functional teams (Product Management, Sales, Customer Engineering).
• Expertise in enterprise workload automation, batch processing, and integration with business process workflows.
• Understanding of AI/ML integration for predictive and generative automation use cases.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills for engaging with customers and executive stakeholders.
• Ability to work in a global, distributed development environment.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field

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