Principal Software Engineer

Taxwell is a leading digital tax filing platform formed from the combination of Drake Software® and TaxAct®. They are seeking a Principal Software Engineer to drive critical initiatives in authentication and customer experience, influencing engineering teams and working closely with cross-functional partners.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the architecture, design, and delivery of core platform components spanning authentication and all stages of the customer experience
• Drive technical strategy and implementation of scalable backend services, customer-facing systems, and shared infrastructure
• Influence the direction of three engineering teams by tackling complex, cross-functional challenges with technical authority—not people management
• Write production code regularly, prototype solutions, and contribute to modernizing legacy systems
• Champion engineering quality, performance, and long-term maintainability across backend services and front-end UI's
• Help integrate AI-powered development tools (e.g., Claude, Cursor, LangGraph) into our workflows to accelerate development
• Work closely with product, design, QA, DevOps, and security to shape solutions that balance technical rigor with business needs

Requirements:

• 9+ years of software engineering experience, with a proven record of building scalable, production-grade backend systems
• Strong experience with .NET/C#, Java, Go, or Ruby. Prior .NET experience is not required, but you should be comfortable learning and contributing within a .NET-based environment
• Also experienced in modern frontend frameworks such as Vue.js, React, or Angular
• Comfortable designing and maintaining large-scale web applications, APIs, and platform services
• Proficient with AWS services, infrastructure-as-code, and containerized environments (Docker, Kubernetes)
• Hands-on builder who thrives in ambiguous environments, writes clean and reliable code, and enjoys mentoring others
• Clear communicator who collaborates well across engineering, product, and design teams
• Self-motivated, curious, and passionate about using technology to solve meaningful problems
• Experience working in authentication, identity, or onboarding domains
• Familiarity with AI-assisted development tools or agent-based workflows
• Background in regulated industries such as tax, fintech, or healthcare