The Principal Software Engineer is a senior technical leader embedded in our agile development organization, driving the architecture and delivery of our next-gen compliance platform. This is a hands-on leadership role — you will own technical direction, mentor and lead a team of 3–4 developers, and contribute meaningfully at the individual contributor level. The ideal candidate brings 10+ years of full-stack experience, thrives in fast-paced and sometimes ambiguous environments, and has a track record of successfully leading distributed, multi-time zone teams.
Technical Leadership
- Architect, write, and maintain reusable, testable, and efficient code (Clean Code / SOLID principles).
- Design and implement low-latency, high-availability, and performant applications across the full stack.
- Lead front-end (Vue/Vuex) and back-end (.NET) development, setting patterns and standards for the team.
- Own SQL database architecture and query performance across your team’s domains.
- Drive adoption of microservice and micro front-end architecture best practices.
- Share in DevOps responsibilities and champion observability tooling and practices.
- Participate in and often facilitate agile (Scrum/Kanban) ceremonies for your team.
Team Leadership & People Development
- Lead, mentor, and grow a team of 3–4 developers, providing technical direction, code review, and career guidance.
- Navigate ambiguity and fast-changing priorities — helping your team stay focused and effective when requirements shift.
- Manage and coordinate across multiple time zones, ensuring remote team members are included, unblocked, and aligned.
- Build and sustain a strong remote team culture through intentional relationship-building, async communication practices, and virtual team rituals.
- Organize and run effective remote ceremonies — standups, retros, and planning sessions — that create genuine connection and accountability.
Organizational Influence
- Participate actively in this cross-team leadership forum where engineering leads share learnings, align on practices, and collectively influence engineering culture beyond their own teams.
- Bring insights from your team’s work and challenges to the broader group, and apply lessons from peers back to your team.
- Help identify and resolve systemic issues — tooling gaps, process bottlenecks, knowledge silos — that affect multiple teams.
Leadership & Collaboration
- Proven experience leading a team of developers in a remote or hybrid environment across multiple time zones
- Strong communication skills — comfortable with written documentation, structured async workflows, and remote-first practices
- Demonstrated success operating and delivering in fast-paced, ambiguous environments
- Experience facilitating cross-team engineering forums, communities of practice, or similar leadership collaboration
Technical Tools and Systems:
- Vue.js 2 or 3, Vuetify, Vuex, Webpack, Jest, Vitest , VS Code
- .NET Framework, .NET Core, .NET 7–8, C#
- REST API design and implementation
- Entity Framework (code first and database first)
- MSSQL, SQL Profiler, Query Tuning
- nUnit, Moq, Autofixture
- Visual Studio, Rider
- Github
- Sentry
- Azure, Azure DevOps CI/CD (required), Windows IIS, Linux Nginx Azure Cloud – App Services, VMs, Azure App Gateway
- Data Dog, New Relic, Log Rocket
About Fleetworthy
Fleetworthy offers the only complete technology suite for fleet readiness, uniting safety and compliance, toll management, and weigh station bypass solutions. We help fleets streamline operations, control costs, and operate with confidence.
Trusted by 75% of the top fleets in North America, Fleetworthy offers the most adopted toll management solution and largest weigh station bypass network. Going beyond regulatory requirements, our safety and compliance capabilities strengthen safety programs and enable proactive audit readiness. We support millions of vehicles and drivers and are recognized across the industry for innovation and leadership.
Fleetworthy is shaping the future of fleet readiness with AI-enabled, connected fleet technology that keeps drivers safe, fleets compliant, and operations running at peak efficiency. Learn more at fleetworthy.com.
Fleetworthy is committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive culture that is respectful and welcoming of individual differences. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion or belief (or lack thereof), sex, nationality, national or ethnic origin, civil status, age, citizenship status, sexual orientation, disability, genetic information, familial status, marital or registered civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity status, gender identity, gender reassignment, military or veteran status, or any other protected characteristic in accordance with applicable laws and regulations.