[Hiring] Principal Software Development Engineer @Lumen Technologies

Role Description

This opportunity places a senior technical leader at the center of transforming how customers, partners, and teams connect in an AI-ready future. This leader will help with enterprise solutions, driving meaningful impact through bold thinking, technical excellence, and a commitment to delivering results.

As a Principal Software Development Engineer, this individual serves as a strategic force behind Salesforce innovation and MuleSoft-powered enterprise integrations. They influence how systems, people, and processes work together across the organization by translating complex business needs into scalable technology solutions.

This role plays a pivotal part in defining software architecture and advancing API-first connectivity across the enterprise. Through technical leadership, this individual:

• Designs and enables secure, reusable, and scalable integration patterns that connect Salesforce, internal platforms, and external partner ecosystems.
• Acts as the engineering authority for cross-system automation.
• Drives modern integration strategies spanning API design, orchestration, and event-driven architectures.

Success in this role comes from a combination of technical depth, strategic vision, and leadership through change. The ideal candidate brings experience delivering complex solutions in fast-paced environments, balancing multiple priorities while maintaining a focus on quality, scale, and execution.

Qualifications

• BS/BA or equivalent education and experience.
• Strong software development skills surrounding Salesforce.
• Strong hands-on experience designing and delivering integrations using MuleSoft.
• Experience working with cross-functional engineering teams in a complex environment.
• Excellent communication skills to include: verbal, written, and presentation.
• US Citizen or GC holder.

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience engineering SaaS / cloud-native / cloud-ready concepts, systems integration, APIs, network technology and operations, or automation architecture.
• Experience with MuleSoft Anypoint Platform, including API Manager, Runtime Manager, and CloudHub.
• Experience designing API-led connectivity (System, Process, and Experience APIs).
• Familiarity with tools like common IDEs, automated test suites, CI/CD Pipelines, IaC, Swagger/OpenAPI, BPMN, or UML for documenting system interactions.
• Experience with service orchestration platforms or workflow engines (e.g., Temporal, Camunda, Step Functions).
• Background in software development, systems engineering, technical architecture, or platform engineering.

Benefits

• Comprehensive package featuring a broad range of Health, Life, Voluntary Lifestyle benefits and other perks that enhance your physical, mental, emotional and financial wellbeing.
• Bonus structure (short-term incentives, long-term incentives and/or sales compensation).

Location

This is a work from home position within the US.