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[Remote] Principal Consultant, Software Engineering
Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. MojoTech is hiring a Principal Consultant in Software Engineering to lead client engagements across architecture, delivery, and growth. The role combines hands-on technical leadership with client partnership, team leadership, and business development, with a focus on scalable software and AI-enabled systems.
Responsibilities
- Design and deliver scalable, maintainable systems across application, data, and AI layers
- Lead development of distributed, cloud-native applications integrating APIs, data platforms, and AI or ML components
- Design systems that incorporate real-time data, event-driven patterns, and intelligent services
- Implement LLM integrations, RAG patterns, and AI-enabled features in production systems
- Ensure systems meet expectations for performance, reliability, and security
- Guide teams toward practical use of modern patterns, including microservices, CI/CD, and DevOps
- Make clear, pragmatic decisions on architecture and trade-offs
- Work directly with client stakeholders to understand problems, define solutions, and align on outcomes
- Lead discovery efforts, technical assessments, and early-stage solution design
- Facilitate working sessions and architecture discussions with both technical and business audiences
- Translate business needs into clear, executable technical approaches
- Build strong relationships that position MojoTech as a trusted partner
- Partner with account and sales leads to shape and win new work
- Contribute to proposals, estimates, and solution approaches
- Help identify follow-on opportunities within existing engagements
- Clearly articulate the value of proposed solutions to client stakeholders
- Contribute to reusable approaches and offerings that improve how we sell and deliver
- Lead delivery across one or more engagements, ensuring work stays aligned to goals, timelines, and budget
- Set up lightweight governance, planning, and communication structures that keep teams moving
- Coordinate across engineering, design, product, and data disciplines
- Identify risks early and work with teams to address them
- Maintain a strong focus on delivering working software and measurable outcomes
- Mentor engineers and help grow technical leadership across teams
- Set a high standard for code quality, system design, and engineering practices
- Contribute to hiring and building a strong, senior team
- Help evolve internal practices, especially around AI-enabled systems and modern architectures
- Stay hands-on enough to maintain credibility and support the team when needed
Skills
- Strong problem-solving and analytical skills
- Deep architectural experience
- Product focused engineering experience
- Strength in Python, Typescript and adjacent technologies for building AI/ML applications
- 10+ years of experience leading and delivering software solutions
- Track record of client/stakeholder satisfaction
- Experience integrating data platforms, machine learning, or AI capabilities into applications
- Familiarity with data pipelines, streaming, and data modeling
- Experience working in consulting, agency, or client-service environments
- Exposure to mentoring junior engineers or technical leadership responsibilities
- Contributions to open-source projects, technical blogs, or conference presentations
Benefits
- Medical, Dental, FSA
- 401k with up to 4% match
- Trust-based time off
- Catered lunches when in office
- Time for self-directed, non-client work
- Dog-friendly offices
- Remote or in office (offices in Boulder, CO and Providence, RI); remote work is limited to candidates located in RI, CO, AZ, CT, FL, MA, MD, ME, MO, NC, NH, NJ, NV, NY, OR, PA, SC, TN or UT
- Paid conference attendance/yearly education stipend
- Generous family leave policy
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