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790+ principal java developer jobs from 280+ companies hiring in United States.
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Principal Java Developer
New York, New York, United States
$120k-$200k/yr HybridContract
10+ YOE10+ years in Java development; strong Core Java and SpringBoot; low-latency, high-throughput backend experience; OpenShift/Kubernetes, AWS, MongoDB; REST/microservices; collaborative, opinionated culture.
Java, MongoDB, Spring, OpenShift, Kubernetes, AWS, REST, Microservices
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Principal Java Engineer
Columbus, Ohio, United States
$159k-$254k/yr HybridFull Time
7+ YOE7+ years in engineering, Java/JEE, microservices, Spring, cloud-native apps on AWS/Azure/GCP; experience with high availability and large-scale modernization.
Java, Spring Framework, Microservices, REST APIs, AWS, Azure, GCP, Kubernetes, Service Mesh, Oracle, NoSQL, Cassandra
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Principal Java Software Engineer (on-site)
State College or Ft. Meade or Aurora
$108k-$205k/yr OnsiteFull Time
8+ YOEActive TS/SCI with Poly, U.S. citizenship, 8+ years STEM software development experience in Java on Linux, Agile/DevOps; security clearance required.
Java, Linux, JUnit, Perl, Python, Ansible, Jenkins, containers, Spring Framework, DevOps
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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 Java Engineer - Digital Assets (Blockchain)
Jersey City or Durham
$107k-$216k/yr HybridFull Time
8+ YOE8+ years in OO software development (Java); CS/related degree; blockchain knowledge; strong Java services and SQL; microservices, CI/CD; AWS/Docker; testing with JUnit; experience with asynchronous messaging (SQS/SNS) is a plus.
Java, SQL, JUnit, Jenkins, AWS, Docker, SQS, SNS
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Principal Developer - IT
Chicago, Illinois, United States
$141k-$183k/yr OnsiteFull Time
7+ YOELead hands-on principal developer with 7-10+ years in IT solutions architecture; strong experience in CDP, identity graphs, AWS, Java/Python/.NET; design scalable, data-driven platforms with privacy compliance.
AWS, Java, Python, .NET, CDP, Identity Graph, Neptune Graph DB, Gremlin, Cypher
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Principal Engineer - Java/AWS, Zelle
San Francisco or Scottsdale or Chicago or New York
$207k-$276k/yr HybridFull Time
15+ YOEFifteen+ years in software design/development; FinTech experience; leadership; expert in Java, AWS, REST, microservices, CI/CD, and cloud.
Java, REST, Spring, Kafka, Oracle PL/SQL, JavaScript, JQuery, AngularJS, AWS, Git, Jenkins, Maven, Terraform
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Principal Software Engineer (Java Spring)
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
$170k/yr HybridFull Time
10+ YOE10+ years backend development; trusted consultant to stakeholders; CS degree or relevant experience.
Java, Kotlin, Spring, Spring Boot, OpenAPI/Swagger, Redis, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Kafka, RabbitMQ, SQS, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Docker, Kubernetes, Git, Datadog, Splunk, New Relic, OpenTelemetry, JUnit, Mockito
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Principal Java Cloud Engineer (R-19113)
Jacksonville, Florida, United States
OnsiteFull Time
12+ YOESenior backend engineer with 12+ years Java, Spring, microservices; 3+ years UI; cloud (AWS/GCP); SaaS multitenant; strong CS fundamentals; English proficiency.
Java, Spring, REST, Microservices, AWS, GCP, SQL, UI development
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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
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
OnsiteFull Time
7+ YOE7+ years software development, 5+ years in senior Java with FIX, distributed systems, agile, microservices, strong communication.
Java, FIX, Spring, JPA/Hibernate, SQL, PL/SQL, JMS, REST, WebSockets, Kafka, Redis, QuickFIX/J, Microservice/SOA, OpenShift, Kubernetes, ReactJS, AngularJS, NodeJS, NoSQL, Big Data
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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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Senior Principal Engineer - Software
El Segundo or San Diego
$177k-$266k/yr OnsiteFull Time
8+ YOESenior Principal engineer with 8+ years in STEM; top secret/SCI clearance; Java/Spring/NiFi; cloud and observability proficiency.
Java, Java 21+, Spring, Spring Boot, NiFi, Prometheus, Grafana, MongoDB, Elasticsearch, Docker, ActiveMQ, JMS, Protobuf, JAXB/Jackson, WebSockets, Angular, React, Vue.js, Linux, AWS SDK v2, Web services
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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 Java Full Stack Engineer
Remote, Remote, United States
RemoteFull Time
12+ YOE5+ MgmtSenior-level engineer to define platform strategy, lead large teams, and deliver scalable distributed services.
Java, JEE, Spring, SQL, NoSQL, AngularJS, ReactJS, Azure, AWS
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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
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
HybridFull Time
10+ YOE10+ years software engineering; principal/staff level; distributed systems; cloud-native; Java/C#/Python/Go; AWS; SQL Server; financial systems knowledge; strong communication.
Java, C#, Python, Go, ReactJS, SQL Server, AWS
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Principal Cloud Developer
Fort Collins, Colorado, United States
$152k-$349k/yr HybridFull Time
10+ YOESenior cloud developer with 10+ years experience in Python/Java/Golang/JavaScript; strong design and leadership skills; cloud security knowledge.
Python, Java, Golang, JavaScript
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Principal Software Developer- C/C++ , Java, Distributed System
Redwood City or United States
$100k-$223k/yr OnsiteFull Time
6+ YOEBS/MS/PhD in Computer Science; 6-10+ years experience; expert in C/C++, Java; Linux; distributed systems; strong problem solving and debugging skills.
C/C++, Java, Linux OS, Parallel Programming, Distributed System
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Principal Engineer
Lehi, Utah, United States
HybridFull Time
12+ YOE12+ years software engineering with leadership scope; cross-team initiatives; distributed systems; messaging infrastructure; cloud (GCP/AWS); Go/Python/Java/C# backend; Kafka or similar.
Kafka, Google Pub/Sub, PostgreSQL, Vitess, Spanner, Bigtable, Redis, Kubernetes, infrastructure-as-code, Go, Python, Java, C#
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Principal Developer
Rosslyn, Virginia, United States
OnsiteFull Time
12+ YOE12+ years in software development/enterprise architecture; degree in CS/IT; Python/Java/C#; Agile/Scrum/SAFe; leadership and mentorship.
Python, Java, C#, Agile, Scrum, SAFe
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Principal Engineer
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
OnsiteFull Time
7+ YOE7+ years in software development with 5+ years in a Senior Java role; strong FIX protocol experience; distributed systems; Java ecosystem expertise.
Java, Spring, JPA/Hibernate, SQL, PL/SQL, FIX 4.4, FIX 5.x, Microservice/SOA, JMS, REST, WebSockets, Kafka, Redis, QuickFIX/J
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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 Developer
Rosslyn, Virginia, United States
OnsiteFull Time
12+ YOELeadership in design and development of enterprise software; 12+ years experience; Python/Java/C#; Agile/SAFe; cloud familiarity; mentoring; strong communication.
Python, Java, C#, Agile, SAFe, Cloud platforms
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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
Bellevue, Washington, United States
$189k-$283k/yr HybridFull Time
8+ YOE8+ years software development; Bachelor's in Computer Science or related; cloud experience; distributed systems; Java, Python, or Go; CI/CD and DevOps.
Java, Python, Go, Cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP), CI/CD, DevOps, Microservices, Security, HIPAA/GDPR compliance
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Principal Engineer - Software
Chandler, Arizona, United States
$75k-$232k/yr OnsiteFull Time
8+ YOE8+ years in design and development of complex websites using AEM 6.2+, Java, HTML/DHTML, XML, JavaScript; AEM components/CQ; Agile; strong communication.
AEM 6.2, Java, HTML, XML, JavaScript, Git, Azure, Jenkins, Maven, CQ, Apache Sling, OSGi, REST
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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 Engineer, Agentic AI
Santa Clara, California, United States
$128k-$261k/yr HybridFull Time
14+ YOE14+ years software development; scalable cloud services; Scala/Java; AWS; databases/OLTP/OLAP; Docker/Kubernetes; REST APIs; cloud-based AI services; strong analytical skills.
Docker, Kubernetes, AWS, SageMaker, Bedrock, Vector databases, Retrieval Augmented Generation, Scala, Java, REST APIs
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Principal Software Engineer
United States
$200k-$240k/yr HybridFull Time
10+ YOETen years of overall experience; at least five years as a Staff or Principal engineer at B2B SaaS startups; strong architecture, cloud, and leadership skills.
Java, Oracle, Postgres, AWS, GCP, Azure, React, Vue.js, Kubernetes, service mesh, CI/CD
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Principal Software Engineer
O'Fallon, Missouri, United States
$170k-$281k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Extensive hands-on software development, enterprise-scale architecture, Fraud Rule Engines, multiple languages, AI expertise, Java/Spring, AWS cloud, and large-scale migrations.
Java, Spring, AWS, PCF, Gen AI, LLMs, Relational databases, NoSQL databases
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Principal Software Engineer
Charlotte, North Carolina, United States
OnsiteFull Time
5+ YOE5+ years in software design/development; 4+ years Java/Spring; 3+ years NoSQL/SQL DBs; 3+ years microservices; 3+ years cloud/CI/CD
Java, Spring, MongoDB, SQL, Hibernate, JDBC, Gradle, Maven, Jenkins, GitHub, Camel, Fuse, IBM MQ, Kafka, OKTA, Ping
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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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Principal Software Engineer
Huntsville, Alabama, United States
OnsiteFull Time
5+ YOE5+ years in software development (BS in STEM) or 3+ with MS; strong C++/Java/Ada; willingness to learn Ada; in-person work; DoD Secret clearance; travel up to 10%.
C++, Java, Ada, Linux, MATLAB, Python, Jira, Confluence, Jenkins, Ansible, Git, GitLab
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Principal Software Engineer
Las Vegas or Reno
$135k-$169k/yr OnsiteFull Time
10+ YOEBachelor's in MIS/CS and 10 years of software design, development, integration or installation; advanced SDLC, .NET/C#, Java or Python; Oracle/SQL knowledge; strong communication and on-call readiness.
DotNet, Java, Python, Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server
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Principal Software Engineer
Woburn or Arlington
$220k-$250k/yr HybridFull Time
10+ YOE5+ MgmtBS in computer science or related field; 10+ years experience; 8+ years in C++ or Java; leadership of mid-size teams; strong algorithms and software development; ability to obtain security clearance.
C++, Java, Python, ROS, MAVLINK, Unreal Engine, TAK, JIRA, SonarQube, DevSecOps, CI/CD, Object-Oriented Programming
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Principal, Software Engineer
Sunnyvale, California, United States
$143k-$286k/yr OnsiteFull Time
5+ YOEBachelor's degree in CS/engineering with 5+ yrs software eng; strong distributed systems, microservices, Java; React/Redux; APIs/webhooks; cloud-native platforms; leadership.
Java, React, Redux, APIs, Webhooks, Microservices, Cloud
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Principal Software Engineer
Vancouver, Washington, United States
$164k-$257k/yr RemoteFull Time
10+ YOE10+ years software engineering; 5+ years data engineering; 3+ years senior/principal leadership; distributed systems, data pipelines, web crawling, and data extraction expertise.
Python, Java, Apache Kafka, GCP (BigQuery, GKE, Vertex AI), Snowflake, Starburst/Trino, Terraform, Scrapy, Proxy Management Systems, Kubernetes, Apache Airflow, Large-Scale ETL Pipelines, Apache Spark
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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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