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IS Technical Specialist/Back-end Tech Lead
Huntington National Bank
Austin, TX
Recruiting agencies must have a valid, written and fully executed Master Service Agreement and Statement of Work for consideration.
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Principal Core Infrastructure Engineer
Oracle
Austin, TX
- $114,600 to $234,600 USD / year
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) is hiring a Principal Core Infrastructure Engineer to join the Next Gen Network Observability team. Help build cloud-scale intelligence systems that enable…
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Principal Software Engineer - Simulation Data, Validation & Infrastructure
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…intelligent automation, and rigorous validation. This Principal Engineer role is a hands-on technical leadership position responsible for architecture, critical implementation, engineering…
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Principal Design Verification Engineer , Annapurna Labs
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Senior Cloud Engineer (Azure/Terraform)
ManpowerGroup
Plano, TX
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Principal Software Engineering
AT&T
Dallas, TX
- $174,100 to $261,100 USD / year
This position requires office presence of a minimum of 5 days per week and is only located in the location(s) posted
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Senior Full Stack Software Engineer
Eliassen Group
Westlake, TX
- $60 to $70 USD / hour
Our client is seeking a Senior Full Stack Software Engineer to join the Digital Experiences Technology division. You will architect, build, test, and deliver features that enhance digital…
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Senior Software Developer - Top SECRET - FULLY ONSITE
VISUAL SOFT, INC
Huntsville, AL
…maintain enterprise-grade, mission-critical applications using Java, microservices, Docker, and AWS in an Agile/Scrum…
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Principal Software Engineer (Remote)
8th Light
United States
…leader, often called upon to guide ambiguous initiatives and architect scalable solutions. You bring a blend of deep consulting acumen, technical expertise, and product thinking that drives…
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Architect - Remote
UnitedHealth Group
Fort Washington, PA
- $112,700 to $193,200 USD / year
area, you will be required to work in the office a minimum of four days per week
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Principal Platform Engineer, People Systems - G&A Solutions Engineering
Apple
Sunnyvale, CA
When you engineer for People Systems, your users are Apple’s most vital asset: its People. We are seeking a visionary Application Architect to shape the technical strategy for People…
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Senior Software Engineer, CAPE
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San Francisco, CA · Sunnyvale, CA
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Senior Product Operations Engineer, Space
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Costa Mesa, CA
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Senior DevOps Engineer, Space
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Costa Mesa, CA
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Plano, TX
Toyota Financial Services Enterprise Platforms team is seeking a highly motivated Senior Software Engineer to help our growing Enterprise platform needs. The Senior Java Developer will…
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Senior QA / Test Automation Engineer
Jobot
Gaithersburg, MD
- $150,000 USD / year
Modern Technology Stack: Work with AWS, Kubernetes, Java microservices, and cloud-native applications.
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Senior Mobile Engineer
Rain Technologies Inc.
New York, NY
- $195,000 to $215,000 USD / year
As a Senior Mobile Engineer, you will develop, test, and deploy Rain and our white label apps to thousands of users across the United States. You will communicate efficiently with Product…
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Engineering Team Lead, Data Engineer
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Draper, UT · UT
Write code, review code, and architect solutions. You understand the codebase deeply enough to make informed tradeoffs and unblock your team.
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Staff Software Engineer, Salesforce
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Denver, CO · Portland, OR · Seattle, WA
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Guidehouse
MCLEAN, VA
The Technical Lead / Solution Architect will provide technical leadership, solution architecture, and engineering direction for a large-scale agile software development and platform…
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McLean, VA · Richmond, VA
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Network / System Engineer III
Randstad USA
Plano, TX
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Experience with general programming languages Java/python etc
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Senior Engineer, Exposure & Vulnerability Management
Recursion
Remote, United States
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Senior Software Engineer, AI Security
Tanium
Addison, TX · Bellevue, WA · Durham, NC · Emeryville, CA
- $191,000 to $293,000 USD / year
Tanium is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to help build a new AI Security solution that enables the world's largest enterprises to secure AI agents and the endpoints they run on. In this…
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Staff Engineer
WEX Inc
Remote, United States
As a Staff Software Engineer, you will be the primary architect and execution lead for leading the platform changes for the Digital Credit Application.

8th Light

Principal Software Engineer (Remote)

United States

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Posting language: English
Posted: Nov 6, 2026

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Who We Are

At 8th Light, we bring life to the best ideas.

Founded in 2006 and headquartered in Chicago, we are a technology solutions consultancy that partners with organizations from early-stage startups to the world's largest companies. We take on hard software challenges and turn them into durable results. We build agentic products, the platforms they run on, and the engineering and design at every layer.

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.

Who You Are

You’ve shown long-term repeated success on a variety of projects, typically over the course of 10+ years. You are a trusted expert and leader, often called upon to guide ambiguous initiatives and architect scalable solutions. You bring a blend of deep consulting acumen, technical expertise, and product thinking that drives measurable and impactful outcomes. In your previous experience, you have:

Built and shipped production-grade platforms: the reusable foundations, tools, infrastructure, and workflows that help other teams shift faster and more reliably
Taken AI and agentic systems from prototype to production, with a strong understanding of infrastructure, authentication, and observability
Delivered on high-stakes consulting engagements across multiple language paradigms, stacks, ecosystems, 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: Java, C#/.NET, Python, TypeScript, JavaScript, React, Go, Ruby, Scala, R, Rust, and SQL
Actively experimented with AI development tools and translated that experimentation into faster, higher-quality delivery for your teams
A track record of understanding, assessing, and embracing new tooling and trends within the software industry
Built or integrated AI/ML features into products and systems, including recommendation engines, NLP, computer vision, predictive analytics, RAG pipelines, and agents
Successfully led modernization and replatforming efforts to align legacy systems with short and long-term business needs
Led and delivered solutions to architecture-level problems including scalability, security, reliability, performance, maintainability, and observability
Facilitated alignment across technical and non-technical stakeholders to move initiatives forward through ambiguity and complexity
Provided mentorship and team support at scale, while sharing knowledge and improving team practices
Collaboratively led stakeholders to balance technical considerations with product and user needs
Actively sought out and effectively given feedback

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
Driving platform engineering work at the client level, connecting long-term technical vision to what ships
Leading platform strategy and delivery across diverse platform types, connecting long-term vision to what ships
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
Partner with account teams on planning, opportunity identification, stakeholder relationships, and pre-sales scope shaping
Facilitating retrospectives, strategy sessions, and technical deep-dives to improve team and project outcomes
Identifying, mitigating, and resolving blockers to team progress
Contributing to 8th Light by serving as a mentor, leading or designing workshops internally or for clients, representing 8th Light in the tech community, or supporting our hiring processes
Demonstrating leadership in scalable system design, modular architecture, and platform- or product-oriented development
Bringing depth in testing strategies, observability, fault tolerance, and secure engineering practices
Applying architectural patterns to evaluate tradeoffs and drive clear, documented design rationale

Strongly Preferred Skills

We work across many areas, and encourage anyone with the experience listed above to apply. We would particularly like to encourage applicants with experience in the following areas:

Platform engineering: building reusable software foundations, internal developer platforms, and infrastructure that other teams build on
Data Engineering: including platforms like Databricks for data processing and analytics
Delivering production agentic systems, including RAG pipelines, vector search, and agentic frameworks such as LangChain, LlamaIndex, CrewAI, AutoGen, and n8n
DevSecOps & DevOps
MLOps
Infrastructure as Code

Building a truly diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace is an ongoing journey, and we’re excited to keep learning and growing together. We have a proud tradition of hiring talented colleagues with real-world career experiences.

How You’ll be Supported

At 8th Light, we believe our people are our greatest asset. Their growth, well-being, and success shape our future.

Our wellness package is designed with the Whole YOU in mind and includes:

A robust L&D program featuring unlimited access to thousands of books, courses, and expert-led training on the O'Reilly learning platform.
Annual financial stipend and time allotment for learning & development
Coworking support for our global team
Flexible PTO
12 weeks of new parent leave available for eligible employees

See our full list of Benefits.

A Note on Compensation

At 8th Light, we are committed to a compensation philosophy that is transparent, fair, and helps us attract and retain top talent in alignment with our company’s strategic growth goals and clients’ needs.

We benchmark our salaries using Geographic Structures to establish competitive pay ranges within the regions where 8th Lights live. Our pay ranges for our Principal Engineer position within our four US structures are as follows:

Structure 1 (Denver, Tampa Metro, Philadelphia Metro, Ohio, Wisconsin)
RANGE: $151,535-$189,418 USD
Structure 2 (Chicago Metro, Miami Metro, Philadelphia Metro, Raleigh Metro )
RANGE: $159,240-$199,050 USD
Structure 3 (Austin Metro, Boston Metro , DC Metro)
RANGE: $169,513-$211,892 USD
Structure 4 (Los Angeles, Seattle, New York City)
RANGE: $176,705- $220,881 USD

Reach out to recruiting@8thlight.com for more relevant information pertaining to your local market.

8th Light Hubs and Geographies

As a remote-first company, 8th Light's culture is rooted in strong connections that extend across our teams, regions, and beyond client work. We are a distributed team across the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom, with hubs in Chicago, London, Los Angeles, New York, and Seattle.

If you are hired into a hub, you will be a part of a team with regular rituals around co-working and community building. For team members outside of those cities, we offer access to coworking spaces to foster continued collaboration and connection across our global team.

In most cases, our consulting engagements do not require travel.

We hope to see you apply!

A Note on Your Privacy

At 8th Light, one of our core values is Honesty that builds trust - and that shapes how we approach hiring. We want you to have a clear picture of who we are, what we're looking for, and how we handle your information throughout the process.

Before submitting your application, please take a moment to review our Global Candidate Privacy Notice. By applying, you acknowledge that you've read it.

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