Full Stack Principal Engineer

Full Stack Principal Engineer

📍 Houston, TX (Northwest Houston Area)

🏢 Fully Onsite

💰 $130,000 – $140,000 Base Salary

🕒 Full-Time | 5–8 Years Experience

About the Opportunity

We are partnering with an established and growing organization in the food service industry seeking a Full Stack Principal Engineer to lead the design, development, and modernization of mission-critical business applications.

This is a highly visible role that combines hands-on software engineering with technical leadership, allowing you to shape architecture decisions, establish development standards, mentor engineers, and deliver scalable enterprise solutions that directly impact business operations.

You'll work across a portfolio of internally developed applications supporting both customer-facing and operational business functions while helping drive modernization initiatives throughout the organization.

What You'll Be Doing

Technical Leadership & Development

• Design, develop, and maintain enterprise web applications using modern Microsoft technologies.
• Lead architecture discussions and drive best practices across development teams.
• Build scalable front-end and back-end solutions utilizing modern development patterns.
• Conduct code reviews and mentor fellow developers.
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex application and system issues.

Architecture & Governance

• Establish software development standards, governance frameworks, and development best practices.
• Drive SDLC and change management processes across application teams.
• Collaborate with technology leadership to align solutions with enterprise architecture, security, and compliance requirements.
• Improve development workflows through automation, CI/CD, and DevOps methodologies.

Business & Stakeholder Collaboration

• Partner with business teams to translate requirements into technical solutions.
• Work closely with infrastructure, architecture, and security teams to deliver reliable and scalable applications.
• Serve as a trusted technical advisor, communicating technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Innovation & Modernization

• Modernize legacy applications and improve overall platform performance.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and recommend new solutions.
• Champion DevOps, automation, monitoring, and continuous improvement initiatives.

Required Technical Skills

Core Technologies

• C#
• .NET / .NET Core
• SQL Server
• Angular
• JavaScript / TypeScript
• Entity Framework
• Azure Data Lake

Architecture & Development Practices

• Clean Architecture
• Domain-Driven Design (DDD)
• Microservices Architecture
• Object-Oriented Programming (OOP)
• CI/CD and DevOps Practices

Cloud Technologies

Experience with Microsoft Azure services such as:

• Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
• Azure Functions
• App Services
• Data Lake
• Data Factory
• Logic Apps

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.
• 5+ years of professional .NET development experience.
• Proven experience building scalable, high-performance enterprise applications.
• Strong understanding of application architecture, software design principles, and cloud-native development.
• Experience with containerization and service-oriented architectures.
• Front-end development experience using Angular.
• Ability to balance technical leadership responsibilities with hands-on development work.
• Excellent problem-solving, communication, and collaboration skills.

Nice to Have

• AI/ML experience
• Experience mentoring development teams
• Experience leading modernization initiatives

Preferred Certifications

• Microsoft Certified: Azure Developer Associate
• Certified Software Development Professional (CSDP)
• Certified Solutions Architect
• Certified ScrumMaster (CSM)

Why Consider This Opportunity?

✅ Lead architectural decisions while remaining hands-on with development

✅ Build impactful enterprise systems that drive business operations

✅ Work with a modern Microsoft technology stack and cloud-native solutions

✅ Influence engineering standards, best practices, and application strategy

✅ Join a collaborative, innovation-focused technology team

✅ Grow your technical leadership career while mentoring other engineers

If you're passionate about full-stack development, cloud technologies, application modernization, and technical leadership, we'd love to connect.

“Benefit offerings include medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, additional voluntary benefits,

EAP program, commuter benefits, and 401K plan. Our program provides employees the flexibility to choose the type

of coverage that meets their individual needs. Available paid leave may include Paid Sick Leave, where required by

law; any other paid leave required by Federal, State, or local law; and Holiday pay upon meeting eligibility criteria.”

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