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Principal Java Developer Jobs in Texas, United States
160+ principal java developer jobs from 89 companies hiring in Texas, United States.
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Principal Java Developer II - Security - Elasticsearch
Canada or United States
$193k-$305k/yr RemoteFull Time
7+ YOEExtensive Java expertise, concurrency, distributed systems, and security leadership; RBAC/ABAC, OAuth 2.0, SAML experience.
Java, JVM, RBAC, ABAC, OAuth 2.0, SAML, TLS, Cryptography
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Principal Software Engineer (Java, Cloud Modernization)
Dallas or Tampa
HybridFull Time
8+ YOEMinimum 8-10 years of backend Java experience; Bachelor's degree preferred or equivalent.
Java, Spring Boot, AWS, Unix, Linux, PostgreSQL, Aurora, Docker, Kubernetes, Kafka, CI/CD
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Principal Engineer
Westlake, Texas, United States
OnsiteFull Time
8+ YOE8+ years software development; relational database design; enterprise web apps; Java; Spring Cloud; data warehousing; SQL/no-SQL.
Java, Spring Cloud, SQL, NoSQL, Data warehousing, AI/ML
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Principal Engineer
Plano, Texas, United States
OnsiteFull Time
12+ YOE12+ years software development; Java, Spring Boot; NodeJS; REST APIs; cloud-native, AWS; microservices; CI/CD; databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL, Document DB); Kubernetes; monitoring tools; strong collaboration.
Java, Spring Boot, NodeJS, REST API, AWS, PostgreSQL, MySQL, DocumentDB, Kafka, Kubernetes, Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, CloudWatch, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, CI/CD, DevOps tooling
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Software Engineer Principal (JAVA/Spring Boot)
Dallas or Pittsburgh or Strongsville
$106k-$166k/yr HybridFull Time
5+ YOESenior software engineer with Java/Spring Boot experience, distributed systems, cloud platforms, APIs/databases, SDLC.
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Principal Software Engineer/Developer
Westlake, Texas, United States
HybridFull Time
5+ YOEFive years of experience as Principal Software Engineer/Developer in financial services; strong Java/Spring Boot; cloud and data platforms; CI/CD.
Java, Spring Boot, Dropwizard, IntelliJ IDEA, Postman, GitHub, Confluent, Kafka, Kafka Connect, Splunk, AWS Lambda, API Gateway, Amazon S3, Amazon RDS, CloudFormation, Jenkins, UDeploy, Git, SQL, Snowflake
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Software Engineer, Principal
Dallas, Texas, United States
HybridFull Time
Senior principal software engineer with cloud-native platform experience; proficient in Java, C#, or Python; design-scale cloud systems; experience with AWS/Azure/GCP; microservices, CI/CD, Kubernetes; cross-team influence.
Java, C#, Python, AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, Kubernetes, Docker, CI/CD, DevOps, Microservices, APIs
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Principal Engineer
United States
RemoteFull Time
12+ YOE12+ years designing high-scale, cloud-native distributed systems; expert in Java or Go; AWS (Lambda, EKS, DynamoDB, Kafka); AI-native workflows; API design; data processing; IaC; leadership across teams.
Java, Go, AWS, Lambda, EKS, DynamoDB, Kafka, Terraform, Kubernetes, GitHub Copilot, Anthropic Claude, LLMs, CI/CD tooling
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Principal Software Development Engineer
United States
$144k-$288k/yr RemoteFull Time
10+ YOE10+ years software engineering; 5+ years in principal/staff/architecture role; frontend (Angular/React) and backend (Java, Spring Boot); AWS cloud; CI/CD; HIPAA compliance.
AWS, Java, Spring Boot, Angular, React, GitHub Actions, OpenAPI/Swagger, MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, DynamoDB, Kafka, REST APIs, API design, Terraform
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Principal Software Engineer
Austin, Texas, United States
$186k-$233k/yr OnsiteFull Time
12+ YOE12-15+ years software development; Python, Java, Next.js, TypeScript; SQL (MySQL/PostgreSQL); AWS services; IaC; Kafka; strong problem-solving and communication.
Python, Java, TypeScript, Next.js, React, AWS, Lambda, RDS, DynamoDB, S3, Glue, Kafka, SQL, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Infrastructure as Code
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Principal Software Engineer
United States
RemoteFull Time
10+ YOE10+ years full-stack web development; expertise in React/Next.js, Java (Spring Boot/Restlet), Scala, MongoDB; e-commerce platforms; cloud (AWS); architecture and leadership.
React, Next.js, Java, Scala, MongoDB, AWS
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RIS Principal Software Engineer
College Station, Texas, United States
$98k/yr HybridFull Time
7+ YOELead large, complex RIS software projects; architecture, development, mentoring; strong Java stack and DevOps experience.
Java, Spring Boot, Angular, PL/SQL, Kubernetes, Oracle ADF, Jenkins
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Principal Software Engineer
Columbus or Chadds Ford or Plano or Draper or New York or Wilmington
$184k-$492k/yr HybridFull Time
15+ YOE15+ years in software development across full stack, frontend and backend; BS in CS or related field; strong Agile/DevOps focus; experience with Java, JavaScript, AWS, Azure, React, Angular, Flutter; leadership experience.
Agile Methodology, DevOps, Java, JavaScript, Microsoft Azure Functions, Microsoft Azure SQL, Full Stack Development, Amazon Web Services (AWS), React.js, Angular, Flutter
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Principal Engineer - AI Focus
Blue Bell or Irving or Boca Raton
$119k-$221k/yr OnsiteFull Time
15+ YOE15+ years software development; 3+ years AI/ML production; deep learning, computer vision, data pipelines; cloud and GPU optimization; multiple languages (Java, Rust, Python, C++); ML frameworks (PyTorch, TensorFlow, Keras, scikit-learn, OpenCV).
PyTorch, TensorFlow, Keras, scikit-learn, OpenCV, AWS, GCP, Azure, Docker, Kubernetes, Java, Rust, Python, C++
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Principal Engineer
Denver or United States
RemoteFull Time
8+ YOE8+ years of software engineering; 3+ years in Staff/Principal/Architect; cloud-native, AWS serverless; mentoring; multi-language proficiency; observability and design docs.
AWS, Lambda, EventBridge, DynamoDB, StepFunctions, ECS, RDS, API Gateway, S3, CloudWatch, Aurora, Auth0, LangChain, Playwright, PHP, Python, Java, TypeScript
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RIS Principal Software Engineer
College Station, Texas, United States
$98k/yr HybridFull Time
7+ YOELead large RIS components, mentor engineers, develop full-stack RIS apps using Spring Boot, Angular, Java, PL/SQL; 7+ years Java/PL-SQL, Kubernetes, Oracle ADF; Jenkins experience; leadership.
Java, Spring Boot, Angular, PL/SQL, Kubernetes, Oracle ADF, Jenkins, Bitbucket, Podman, Relational databases
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Principal Applications Developer
Plano, Texas, United States
$158k-$237k/yr OnsiteFull Time
9+ YOEBachelor's in computer science plus 9+ years in software development and solution architecture.
Java, Spring Boot, Microservices, Docker, Kubernetes, Kafka, Jenkins, OpenShift, AKS, Cloud Technologies, GitHub Copilot, LangChain, LangGraph, Python, Agentic AI, LLM-based patterns
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Principal Software Engineer
Austin, Texas, United States
$220k-$270k/yr HybridFull Time
12+ YOE12+ years infra design, AI automation, backend (Java), frontend (Vue/React), cloud (AWS/GCP).
Java, Vue, React, AWS, GCP
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Principal Engineer, Product Software
Dallas or Redwood City
$177k-$319k/yr HybridFull Time
10+ YOE10+ years distributed systems experience; Bachelor’s in CS or Computer Engineering; expert Java and Go; strong networking, Kubernetes, observability, and AI/LLMOps experience.
Java, Go, Kubernetes, Jenkins, ArgoCD, gNMI, SNMP, MPLS, QoS, EVPN, VXLAN, ClickHouse, Prometheus, Thanos, InfluxDB, Flink, Kafka, LLM, Agent orchestration
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Principal Software Engineer
Portsmouth or Columbus or Boston or Indianapolis or Plano
HybridFull Time
8+ YOE8+ years in software engineering; Java/JVM with Spring Boot; cloud microservices; REST APIs; Kafka; databases; security and observability.
Java, Spring, Kubernetes, AWS, Kafka, Apigee X, MongoDB, DynamoDB, DocumentDB, OpenAPI, Swagger
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Principal Software Engineer
Portsmouth or Columbus or Boston or Indianapolis or Plano
$120k-$225k/yr HybridFull Time
8+ YOE8+ years software engineering; Java/JVM with Spring Boot; cloud microservices; REST APIs; databases; Kafka; security and observability.
Java, Spring Boot, REST APIs, OpenAPI/Swagger, Kafka, MongoDB Atlas, DynamoDB, DocumentDB, Oracle, Apigee X, OAuth2, Kubernetes, Cloud Foundry, AWS
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Principal Software Engineer
United States
RemoteFull Time
15+ YOE15+ years of full-stack experience; cloud, Kubernetes, and AI; Java/Python/Go; strong problem-solving and leadership; Agile/DevOps.
Cloud computing, Kubernetes, Java, Python, Go, AI
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Principal Software Engineer
Austin, Texas, United States
RemoteFull Time
10+ YOE10+ years software/SaaS experience; architecting large-scale microservices; Python, Java, SQL; AWS; Docker/Kubernetes; API design.
Python, PostgreSQL, Nginx, Redis, JavaScript, CSS, HTML5, React, Node, Java, Spring Boot, AWS, Docker, Kubernetes
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Principal Software Engineer
United States
$150k-$226k/yr RemoteFull Time
12+ YOE12+ years of experience building highly scalable distributed backend services in Java; strong relational DB experience; cloud and DevOps tooling familiarity.
Java, MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQL, Elasticsearch, SOLR, AWS, Azure, GCP, Docker, CI/CD
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Principal Software Engineer
United States
$160k-$425k/yr RemoteFull Time
5+ YOE11+ years in software engineering with proven production coding in C/C++/C#/Java/JS/Go/Rust/Python; senior technical leadership.
C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, Go, Ruby, Rust, Python
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Principal Software Engineer - Integration
United States
$190k-$260k/yr RemoteFull Time
8+ YOEBachelor’s or Master’s in CS/Engineering; 8+ years backend software development; 3+ years in staff-level/tech lead; proficient in Python, Go, or Java; strong API, microservices, distributed systems; mentoring and strong communication.
Python, Go, Java, Kafka, RabbitMQ, Celery, Airflow, REST, GraphQL, OAuth, API Keys, Rate Limiting, Kubernetes, Helm, AWS, Azure, GCP, LLM APIs, MCP
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Principal Software Engineer
Redmond or Mountain View or Chicago or Austin or Houston or New York or Cambridge or Atlanta
$140k-$275k/yr OnsiteFull Time
6+ YOEBachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field with 6+ years of engineering experience; programming in C/C++/C#/Java/JavaScript/Python; equivalent experience accepted.
C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, Python
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Principal Engineer, Software
United States
RemoteFull Time
8+ YOE8+ years designing/architecting large-scale SaaS apps; Bachelor's in CS/Engineering or equivalent; strong Java/C# backend, React frontend; cloud and DevOps expertise; security, observability, and cross-team leadership.
Java, Spring Boot, Spring MVC, JPA/Hibernate, C#, .NET Core, JavaScript, TypeScript, React, Redis, Elasticsearch, MongoDB, PostgreSQL, MS SQL, Oracle, AWS, Azure, Kubernetes, EKS, AKS, Helm, GitOps, LLM, RAG, OpenTelemetry, Jaeger, Datadog, Grafana, Prometheus, OAuth, JWT, SOC 2, OWASP, CI/CD, Cloud, REST, GraphQL, Microservices, CQRS, Event-driven, SaaS
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Principal Software Engineer - Calypso
Iselin or Pittsburgh or Dallas or Phoenix
$128k-$191k/yr HybridFull Time
7+ YOE7+ years in Calypso/financial services; leadership; strong Java/J2EE, WebSphere, SpringBoot; experience with OTC derivatives; cloud and DevOps tooling; excellent communication.
Websphere, Java, SpringBoot, MQ, ETL, API development, UNIX, Oracle SQL, PostgreSQL, Linux, JavaScript, HTML, Python, Angular, Unix shell scripts, AWS, Bitbucket, Nexus, Jenkins, Terraform, NoSQL, Lucene, Memcache, RabbitMQ
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Principal Innovation Engineer
Minnetonka or Austin or Chicago or Dallas or Detroit or Atlanta or Houston or Akron or Birmingham or Charlotte or Indianapolis or Pittsburgh or Cincinnati or Cleveland
$102k-$208k/yr OnsiteFull Time
10+ YOEBachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field; 10+ years in software engineering and architecture; hands-on end-to-end development; experience with AI-enabled applications and API/integration patterns; ability to lead complex initiatives in fast-paced environment.
Java, Python, TypeScript, JavaScript, React, Next.js, APIs, Workflow automation, Cloud platforms, Vertex AI, Gemini
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SWE & App Arch Sr. Principal Engineer
Plano, Texas, United States
$140k-$235k/yr OnsiteFull Time
10+ YOE4+ Mgmt10+ years software development and engineering leadership; 4+ years managing teams; hands-on React/Node/Java stack; cloud/native architecture; strong CS fundamentals.
React.js, React Native, Node.js, Java, Spring/Spring Boot, Azure, RDBMS, NoSQL, Message Queues, Distributed Caching, Microservices
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Principal Product Software Engineer - AI
Coppell or Riverwoods or Kennesaw or Chicago or Austin or Wichita
$145k-$258k/yr HybridFull Time
9+ YOELead AI-powered software development; 9+ years software experience; Python/Java/C++; 3+ years with LLMs; Agile/XP; strong communication.
Python, Java, C++, LLMs, LangChain, LangGraph, Hugging Face, OpenAI APIs, GitHub Copilot, Prompt engineering, MLOps, Azure AI
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Principal Software Engineer
Boston or St. Louis or Cleveland or Philadelphia or Chicago or San Francisco or New York City or Kansas City or Atlanta or Minneapolis or Dallas or Richmond
$173k-$260k/yr OnsiteFull Time
8+ YOE8+ years Java development; 4+ years AWS cloud experience; cloud-first architecture; CI/CD, DevOps; serverless; strong communication.
Java, Spring, Terraform, NoSQL, RDS, Kafka, Python
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SWE & App Arch Sr. Principal Engineer
Plano, Texas, United States
$140k-$235k/yr OnsiteFull Time
10+ YOE4+ MgmtBachelor’s in CS/Engineering; 10+ years software development; 4+ years people management; React.js/React Native/Node.js; JavaScript/Java/Spring; Azure; microservices; cloud-native systems; strong English communication.
React.js, React Native, Node.js, JavaScript, Java, Spring, Spring Boot, Azure, Microservices, RDBMS, NoSQL, Distributed caching, Message queues, Cloud-native
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Principal Engineer
United States
$170k-$200k/yr RemoteFull Time
10+ YOE10+ years in full-stack development; 5+ years in enterprise SaaS architecture; 2+ years real-time voice; 2+ years AI production; cloud/Kubernetes experience; agile; REST microservices; data analytics experience preferred.
Java, Node.js, Vue, Kubernetes, Kafka, Redis, NoSQL, REST, Python, GCP, AI/ML tools
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Principal Software Engineer (AI) (US)
United States
RemoteFull Time
Lead technical execution for AI initiatives; expertise in Generative AI, Java/Spring, LLM Ops, architecture design, and mentoring engineers.
Java, Spring AI Core, LLMOps, Vector Database, CI/CD
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HPE Morpheus Enterprise - Principal Software Engineer
Ft. Collins or Durham or Houston
$152k-$349k/yr HybridFull Time
10+ YOE10+ years of backend software development experience; proficient in Java, Groovy, Ruby, or Python; Linux experience; RESTful APIs; SQL/NoSQL databases; CI/CD; virtualization; cloud (AWS/Azure/GCP); build tools (Maven/Gradle); Git; strong communication.
Java, Groovy, Ruby, Python, Linux, RESTful APIs, SQL, NoSQL, Maven, Gradle, Git, CI/CD, AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, virtualization
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Principal Data Engineer
United States
$170k-$195k/yr RemoteFull Time
5+ YOEBachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field and at least 5 years in software/app development, including 3+ years in data engineering; experience with Python, AWS S3/SQS/SNS, ETL, Scala, Java, Spark.
Python, Scala, pytest, Java, Spark, Jupyter Notebook, Talend, dbt Core, dbt Cloud, AWS, S3, SQS, SNS, EventBridge, GitHub Action workflows, Flask, ReactJS, Athena, Healthcare Provenance, Tower, Versa, Workplace, PyDeequ
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Principal Software Developer - AI Infra Compute
Austin or Nashville
$100k-$223k/yr OnsiteFull Time
6+ YOE6+ years in software engineering; distributed systems; strong programming skills (Java, Python, C/C++, Go); BS or MS in CS or related field.
Java, Python, C, C++, Go, Shell Scripting, Linux, Infiniband, RoCE, MySQL, Redis, Memcached
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HPE Morpheus Enterprise - Principal Software Engineer
Fort Collins or Durham or Houston
$152k-$349k/yr HybridFull Time
10+ YOESenior level backend software engineer with Java/Python-like languages, Linux, REST APIs, and cloud experience.
Java, Groovy, Ruby, Python, Linux, REST APIs, SQL, NoSQL, Virtualization, ITSM, CI/CD, Maven, Gradle, Git, Cloud (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud)
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