Principal Software Engineer

About the role

Skillable is a remote-first training technology company hiring a Principal Software Engineer to own cross-cutting architecture, technical roadmap, and quality. The AI-first team expects engineers to direct agentic coding tools, build reusable agent scaffolding and MCP integrations, review AI-generated code, and ensure testing and verification. The role develops APIs, databases, UIs, and libraries in C#/.NET or TypeScript/JavaScript. Requirements include 15+ years of software development, 10+ years of .NET/C# plus JavaScript or TypeScript, one year of leadership, hands-on AI-agent delegation, a…

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience
• 15+ years of professional software development experience in an agile product team
• 10+ years with .NET Framework and C# plus TypeScript or JavaScript
• At least 1 year leading a team or cross-functional projects
• Hands-on experience delegating implementation work to AI agents and reviewing/verifying results
• Regular use of GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, or similar AI coding agents
• Strong system design, debugging, and code review fundamentals
• Experience with MSSQL and Entity Framework
• Experience with cloud-native applications
• Remote residence must be in one of the states listed by Skillable; New York and Texas are included

What you'll do

• Own cross-cutting architecture and the team's technical roadmap
• Lead design and implementation planning for complex features
• Direct AI agents through feature development and verify generated code
• Build project context, custom agents, MCP integrations, agent workflows, and automated quality checks
• Drive automated testing and release verification
• Develop APIs, databases, UIs, design systems, and libraries in C# or JavaScript/TypeScript
• Mentor developers and lead cross-functional collaboration
• Participate in on-call rotation

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