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Principal Software Engineer

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Strategic Advantage — Fullerton, CA
Type
Contract
Experience
Principal
Salary
$192,000 - $302,000
Posted
2026-11-02
Deadline
2026-12-09

Description

The Principal Software Engineer we're after in Fullerton thinks in Relationship Building, dreams in .NET Core, and argues about naming conventions for sport. This maker-minded role offers $192,000 - $302,000, full ownership of Express.js projects, and the support of a team that ships together.

Key Responsibilities

  • Work closely with data teams to surface insights from production systems
  • Decide when to buy Cypress versus build it for Strategic Advantage's Fullerton, CA stack
  • Track and report on key performance metrics for technology services
  • Keep Strategic Advantage's Terraform CI under ten minutes so Fullerton, CA engineers stay in flow
  • Untangle the Relationship Building dependency knots that have slowed Fullerton releases for months
  • Keep Strategic Advantage's Express.js dependencies patched before the CVEs become incidents
  • Refactor the technology module Strategic Advantage has been afraid to touch

What You'll Bring

  • Roughly 10+ years operating in a similar Principal Software Engineer position
  • Principal mastery of Redis, validated by people who'd hire you again
  • A writer's ear for tone in a high-stakes email
  • Professionalism, integrity, and discretion with sensitive information
  • Reliable, accountable, and committed to following through
  • A collaborator who makes the principal review feel less like an exam

Strategic Advantage is a growth-minded Fullerton, CA firm where Relationship Building isn't a department but the entire reason the lights stay on. We hire for character and fun-loving thinking, then trust the rest to follow.

We do not just dangle $192,000 - $302,000; we back it with mentorship, a real benefits suite, and schedules that bend around Fullerton, CA living.

Right this second, the Principal Software Engineer opening at Strategic Advantage is taking resumes.

Pair your GitLab CI with our JavaScript-heavy team and watch what Strategic Advantage can build.

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