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# Principal Software Engineer at Precisely US Jobs

- **Company:** Precisely US Jobs
- **Location:** United States
- **Posted:** 2026-09-29
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-17
- **Apply:** https://www.precisely.com/careers-and-culture/us-jobs/job/4738804005?gh_jid=4738804005

## Job description

At Precisely, we're not just building software — we're shaping the future of data integrity. As a global leader in data quality, data enrichment, and location intelligence, Precisely helps thousands of the world's most trusted brands make confident decisions with data they can rely on. We're an AI-first organization, which means artificial intelligence isn't a buzzword here — it's woven into how we build products, how we work, and how we think about solving complex problems for our customers. When you join Precisely, you join a team of curious, driven innovators who believe that better data makes the world run better. If you're ready to do meaningful work at the intersection of AI and data — and help define what's possible — we'd love for you to apply!

This position is 100% remote anywhere in the US

Overview: We are seeking an experienced Principal Software Engineer with a strong background in Node to lead and contribute to the development of cutting-edge software solutions. The ideal candidate will possess extensive experience in software development, architecture, and team leadership. As a Principal Software Engineer, you will play a critical role in designing, developing, and maintaining high-performance SaaS applications, while also mentoring and guiding a team of engineers.

What you will do:

- Design and architect scalable, robust, and high-performance Node-based applications.
- Ensure software solutions align with business objectives and meet performance, scalability, and reliability requirements.
- Leads architecture for all components in an investment segment. May focus on one component but must have expertise across all components.
- Responsible for design of systems in the investment segment.
- Actively supports Product Manager in the Product Planning, business performance of one or more products.
- Understand requirements that comes from stakeholders and helps turn them into consumable backlog items for the team.
- Write clear, compelling, and detailed (technical) user epics and stories with user acceptance criteria. Participate in story grooming exercises for crisp and unambiguous documentation and communication of features to be developed.
- Coordinate with appropriate architects to ensure tech decisions are made and implemented. Also Identifying business process improvements and opportunities for automation.

What we are looking for:

- 8-10+ years of experience in software engineering, with a strong focus on building data-intensive and scalable SaaS applications

- Expert-level experience with Node.js for backend application development and architecture is required. Experience with Java is a plus but not required.

- Bachelor’s Degree (or higher) in technical field.
- Track record of Designing and developing of data products or software products.
- Expertise in Node for backend development; familiarity with frontend scripting languages such as react will be a plus.
- Expertise with databases, particularly Mongo Atlas, and developing/consuming REST APIs.
- Exposure to cloud-native technologies including Docker, Kubernetes, Kafka, and microservices architecture is a must.
- Basic understanding of agile and scrum methodologies is a must.
- Experience of AWS/Azure/GCP, Redis, Security Domain, Datadog, Code fresh, hands on will be advantageous
- Working knowledge of data ETL will be preferred.
- Ability to communicate with various stakeholders at all levels of the organization.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Excellent interpersonal skills and active listener.
- Able to set and meet time-sensitive goals.
- Able to handle multiple tasks simultaneously and adapt to change while providing structure to operations and go-to-market teams.

AI Skills/Knowledge:

- Proficiency with AI-assisted coding tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Amazon CodeWhisperer) to accelerate development velocity
- Experience using AI-powered code review agents to improve code quality and reduce review cycles
- Ability to critically evaluate and validate AI-generated code for correctness, security, and maintainability
- Familiarity with LLM APIs or agentic workflows
- Comfortable incorporating generative AI tools into daily engineering workflows (debugging, documentation, test generation)

Preferred Skills:

- Experience on git hub spec driven development
- Understands concept of constitutions and skills and agents MD
- Hands-on experience building or architecting agentic workflows and multi-step AI pipelines
- Experience with prompt engineering and fine-tuning strategies for developer productivity use cases
- Familiarity with AI observability and evaluation frameworks (e.g., LangSmith, Weights & Biases)
- Exposure to Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) patterns and vector database integrations
- Experience leading or mentoring teams in adopting AI tooling and best practices
- Knowledge of responsible AI principles — bias detection, model safety, and governance at the enterprise

## #LI-ZB1

Application and Interview Impersonation Notice:  Impersonating another individual when applying for employment, and/or participating in an interview process to assist another individual in obtaining employment, with Precisely Software Incorporated (“Precisely”) is unlawful.  If Precisely identifies such fraudulent conduct, then as applicable and to the extent permitted by law, the application will be rejected, an offer (if made) will be rescinded, or the employment will be terminated, and legal action may be taken against the impersonators.

The personal data that you provide as a part of this job application will be handled in accordance with relevant laws. For more information about how Precisely handles the personal data of job applicants, please see the [Precisely Candidate Privacy Notice](https://www.precisely.com/legal/precisely-global-applicant-and-candidate-privacy-notice/)

## About Precisely US Jobs

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Precisely is the global leader in data integrity, providing software and services that ensure data accuracy, consistency, and context for enterprise decision-making.
- **Entity Type**: Private (owned by Clearlake Capital Group, acquired in 2021)
- **Headquarters**: Burlington, Massachusetts, United States
- **Founded**: 1968 (originally as Whitlow Computer Systems, rebranded to Syncsort in 1981, and to Precisely in 2020)
- **Founders**: Not publicly available (company evolved from Whitlow Computer Systems)

## Core Business
- **Primary industry/industries**: Data Integrity Software, Data Integration, Data Quality, Data Enrichment, Location Intelligence, Big Data
- **Target customers**: B2B, primarily large enterprises (serves 12,000+ customers in over 100 countries, including 99 of the Fortune 100)
- **Mission or purpose statement**: To help organisations make confident decisions through trusted data by unlocking the full potential of their data with scalable, accurate, and enriched solutions.

## Products & Services
- **Data Integration**: Solutions to connect, transform, and move data across cloud, on-premises, and hybrid environments (ETL, big data sorting).
- **Data Quality**: Tools to profile, cleanse, monitor, and govern data to ensure accuracy and consistency.
- **Data Enrichment**: Adding context and insight to data through third-party datasets and enrichment services.
- **Location Intelligence**: Geospatial data and analytics solutions for mapping, spatial analysis, and location-based insights.
- **Customer Engagement**: Solutions to help businesses understand and engage their customers through trusted data.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly disclosed (privately held; acquired by Clearlake Capital in 2021 for an undisclosed amount)
- **Key Metric**: Annual Revenue estimated at $525.0M (source: LinkedIn)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Clearlake Capital Group (owner); partners include major cloud platforms and technology vendors (e.g., AWS, IBM, SAP)
- **Growth Signals**: 2,800 total employees (Built In), 1,870 on LinkedIn (+0.6% yearly growth), 336,807 LinkedIn followers (+82.5% yearly growth), 84 active job postings (job postings up 265.2% year-over-year), ranked #22 on Fortune Best Workplaces in Technology™ 2025 (Large)

## Competitive Advantages
- **Market Leadership**: Trusted by 95 of the Fortune 100, with a 12,000+ customer base across 100+ countries.
- **Breadth of Portfolio**: Combines data integration, quality, enrichment, and location intelligence into a unified platform, offering end-to-end data integrity.
- **Legacy & Stability**: Founded in 1968, the company has deep expertise in mainframe and enterprise data management, with a strong history of innovation.
- **Proven Technology**: Core product (SyncSort) was the dominant sort program for IBM mainframes for decades, demonstrating long-standing technical credibility.

## Strategic Focus
- **Data Integrity Leadership**: Continuing to build out the data integrity platform, integrating AI and automation (e.g., AI Automation Engineer – Agentic AI roles) to help enterprises manage data at scale.
- **Cloud & Hybrid Expansion**: Delivering solutions across cloud and traditional platforms to meet diverse enterprise needs.
- **Growth Through Acquisitions**: Has grown through acquisitions (e.g., PlaceIQ, Winshuttle, Infogix) to expand capabilities in data enrichment and integration.
- **Talent Investment**: Significant increase in hiring (265% yearly growth in job postings) indicates aggressive expansion.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: 93% of employees say Precisely is a great place to work (vs. 57% at a typical US company), according to Great Place To Work®. Employees report high levels of trust, ethical management, and a welcoming environment.
- **Remote/Hybrid Policy**: Offers remote, hybrid, and on-site roles depending on position. Many engineering and sales roles are listed as remote.
- **Perks & Benefits**: Includes 401(K), disability insurance, life insurance, dental and health insurance, Flexible Spending Account (FSA), generous parental leave, family medical leave, legal assistance, and diversity-based Employee Resource Groups.
- **Diversity & Inclusion**: Offers customized development tracks and promotion policies; has DEI initiatives and Employee Resource Groups.
- **Engineering Culture**: Strong focus on technical excellence with roles in AI engineering, software development, data strategy, and infrastructure. Employees report high levels of responsibility and career growth opportunities.
- **Work-Life Balance**: 92% of employees say they are able to take time off when necessary.
- **Locations**: 7 offices globally: Burlington, MA (HQ); Belfast, Northern Ireland; Reading, England; Ottawa, Canada; Pune and Challaghatta, India; Rochester, MN, USA.

## Sources
1. [Precisely.com - Careers and Culture](https://www.precisely.com/careers-and-culture/)
2. [Built In - Precisely Careers, Perks + Culture](https://builtin.com/company/precisely)
3. [LinkedIn - Precisely Company Page](https://www.linkedin.com/company/preciselydata)
4. [Great Place To Work - Precisely](https://www.greatplacetowork.com/certified-company/7026068)
5. [Wikipedia - Precisely (company)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Precisely_(company))

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