Principal Software Engineer (Remote)

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8thlightrebuild · Chicago, IL

Full-timeOn-site4w ago

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About the role

At 8th Light, we bring life to the best ideas. Founded in 2006 and headquartered in Chicago, we are a technology solutions provider that partners with organizations to solve meaningful challenges and drive sustainable growth. From early-stage startups to global enterprises, we work across industries to optimize our clients' digital products through product strategy innovation, experiential design, AI solutions, and deep engineering expertise. Our commitment to quality means we deliver solutions we're truly proud of, while our curiosity sparks innovation and breakthrough thinking. 8th Lights thrive in an environment that champions continuous education, fueling our growth through mentorship and hands-on work. We foster an open, collaborative culture grounded in honesty that builds trust, and believe true success is measured by the outcomes we create for our clients. If this kind of work and our kind of people energizes you, you've found the right place.

Requirements

Demonstrated long-term success on high-stakes consulting engagements across multiple language paradigms, stacks, ecosystems, technical environments, and client industries

Built high-quality, maintainable software collaboratively, incrementally, and through an approach tailored towards the unique needs of the clients you've served

Led the development and delivery of production-grade software using a variety of languages and frameworks, including but not limited to: Python, Java, JavaScript, TypeScript, React, Ruby, Scala, R, SQL, and Go

Evaluated and strategically applied AI-assistive development tools to accelerate delivery and improve quality

A track record of understanding, assessing, and embracing new tooling and trends within the software industry

Experience building or integrating AI/ML-powered features into products or systems (e.g., recommendation engines, NLP models, computer vision, predictive analytics)

Used context-appropriate automated testing to inform software design choices and catch bugs

Successfully led modernization efforts to align legacy systems with short and long-term business needs

Remedied architecture-level concerns such as scalability, security, reliability, and performance

Facilitated alignment and collaboration across technical and non-technical stakeholders to move initiatives forward in the face of ambiguity and complexity while balancing technical considerations with product and user needs

Provided mentorship and team support at scale, while sharing knowledge and improving team practices

Actively sought out and effectively given feedback

Collaboratively led stakeholders to balance technical considerations with product and user needs

What You'll Do At 8th Light

As a go-to technologist and strategist within 8th Light, you'll work with a variety of clients, typically one to two in a year, while continuing to deepen your and our collective domain expertise over the course of your career with us. You'll be responsible for:

Rapidly building trust with clients, demonstrating technical expertise and understanding of their domain and objectives

Guiding technical direction, solving complex problems, and demonstrating best practices while remaining deeply engaged within the codebase

Working pragmatically to balance technology choices while delivering high-quality work within deadlines

Advising clients on architecture, scalability and platform evolution, connecting technical decisions to product and business outcomes

Collaborating on systems that involve the full ML lifecycle from data ingestion and preprocessing, to model deployment, integration, and performance monitoring

Driving innovation by proactively surfacing new technical approaches and product solutions

Leading or initiating formal feedback conversations with teams and clients via retrospectives

Clearly articulating and documenting outcomes and driving forward action items

Contributing to the health of your team and 8th Light's culture by modeling our Values

Designing and managing high-level technical roadmaps for large engagements

Building your network and maintaining relationships with clients and other industry leaders within your domain

Coaching client engineering teams, transferring knowledge and leveling up practices

Influencing client CTOs and executive decisions. Planning and execute technical work that involves stakeholders outside of project boundaries such as across a client's technical organization

Participating in account planning; opportunity identification.

Facilitating retrospectives, strategy sessions, and technical

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