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Principal Software Engineer


Job Location:

Phoenix, NM - USA

Monthly Salary: Not provided by the employer
Posted: 16 September 2026 (3 hours ago)
Application Deadline: 14 December 2026
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Department:

Engineering

Job Summary

Description

Citizens Financial Group Inc. (CFG) seeks a Principal Software Engineer for its Phoenix Arizona location.

Responsibilities:

Lead the end-to-end design of observability solutions that encompasses the hosting infra applications network databases etc.
Evaluate emerging products by conducting research and proof of concepts and provide strategic recommendations for adoption.
Guide solution architect and technical team in implementing architecture blueprints and roadmaps.
Architect and lead the engineering teams to implement the Observability pipelines and unified observability solutions using cutting edge commercial and open source tools products and in-house applications/services.
Architect and implement AIOps based solutions to drive enterprise initiative of reducing MTTR(Mean Time To Resolve) and MTTD(Mean Time To Detect) in order to avoid brand impact due to system outages.
Planning and executing highly parallel distributed object storage transformations and migrations.
Lead vendor governance and performance management ensuring external technology partners deliver scalable secure and cost-effective solutions aligned with business objectives.
Lead collaborative projects with small software engineering teams.
Develop automation processes and tools designed to make services simpler and more robust.
Advise management on service onboarding strategies and execution.
Serve as a key liaison between various stakeholders including executive leadership Cloud Engineering and SRE teams and platform teams.
Build and lead high-performing multicultural team across geographies fostering collaboration and inclusive leadership.
Lead and manage a team of professionals providing direction support and performance feedback to ensure individual and team success.
Coach and manage team members supporting career development and skill-building.

Qualifications:

Requires a Bachelors degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Engineering or related field and 7 years of progressive post-baccalaureate experience as Principal Software Engineer Application Architect Technical Architect Consultant Computer System Engineer or a related position developing and designing software solutions.

Must have 7 years of experience with:

Implementing mainframe modernization initiatives using distributed architectures tailored for large scale and high performance;
Conceiving and crafting core banking solutions for financial institutions;
Utilization of Microservices Architecture to facilitate the development of loosely coupled independently deployable services including related patterns CQRS Event Sourcing and Domain Driven Design (DDD) for building scalable and resilient systems;
Working with container technologies including Docker and container orchestration platforms including Kubernetes openshift and Rancher enabling efficient management of containerized applications;
Designing and implementing distributed architectures spanning multiple middleware layers; and
Utilizing advanced analytics profiling and monitoring tools including Java Mission Control(JMC) Java Flight Recorder(JFR) JProfiler and VisualVM to monitor analyze and troubleshoot application performance.

Must also have experience with:

Working with cloud platforms including Next-gen technology transformation using ROSA (Redhat Openshift Service on AWS) EKS (Elastic Kubernetes Service) and AWS platform & services to enable cloud compliant secure and highly available solutions;
Utilizing emerging programming languages and frameworks including Java Springboot JAX-RS Jersey Spring SOAP Apache Camel Spring Integration Spring batch Spring transaction Spring MVC and Spring WebFlux to build; and
Designing and implementing Machine Learning engines based on machine learning algorithms K-Means and T-Digest to identify and report data outliers.

Telecommuting permitted 1 day per week.

Worksite: 645 East Missouri Avenue Phoenix Arizona 85012 United States 40 hrs/wk. EO employer.

For summary of benefits and to apply visit our website at and apply online (Job ID: 49313) or email resume and cover letter to with subject line: 49313.

Direct applicants only.




Required Experience:

Staff IC


About Company

Equal Employment Opportunity Citizens, its parent, subsidiaries, and related companies (Citizens) provide equal employment and advancement opportunities to all colleagues and applicants for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, citizenship, physical or mental disability, ... View more

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