What’s Under the Hood
DriveTime Family of Brands is the largest privately owned used car sales finance & servicing company in the nation. Headquartered in Tempe, Arizona and Dallas, Texas, we create opportunities and improve the lives of our customers and our employees by placing a focus on putting the right customer, in the right vehicle, on the right terms and on their path to ownership.
The DriveTime Family of Brands spans across DriveTime, Bridgecrest and SilverRock. You can find us at the intersection of technology and innovation as we use our proprietary tools and over two decades of industry knowledge to redefine the process of purchasing, financing, and protecting your vehicle.
That’s Nice, But What’s the Job?
In short, as our Senior Principal Software Engineer, you are responsible to drive several exciting initiatives, help solve problems, no matter how big or small, work on business-critical projects built around cutting-edge technologies, and convey strategy and accuracy to our top-level decision-makers.
In long, our Senior Principal Software Engineer is responsible for:
- Leading the technical vision and execution of complex engineering initiatives, ensuring architectural integrity, long‑term scalability, and alignment with business strategy.
- Designing and evolving core systems by applying deep expertise in object‑oriented programming, API design, cloud-native patterns, and modern integration approaches across a diverse technology ecosystem.
- Serve as a hands-on technical advisor who can dive into intricate problems, untangle ambiguity, and deliver elegant, reliable solutions that raise the engineering bar.
- Act as a multiplier for the team — guiding engineers through design decisions, fostering strong engineering fundamentals, and encouraging experimentation, learning, and continuous improvement.
- Partner closely with product, architecture, data, and business stakeholders to translate strategic objectives into actionable technical plans, ensuring clarity, feasibility, and measurable outcomes.
- Champion engineering excellence through thoughtful code reviews, architectural reviews, and technical mentorship, helping teams recognize tradeoffs and make informed decisions.
- Influence engineering culture by modeling ownership, curiosity, and accountability — focusing on what matters most and moving initiatives forward with purpose and precision.
So What Kind of Folks Are We Looking for?
8+ years' experience in software engineering
Bachelors Degree in Information Technology or related field or equivelant experience
Ability to establish cross-functional, collaborative relationships with business and technology partner spanning product, architecture, and business stakeholders
Strong and solid engineering fundamentals; recognizes patterns come and go
Steward of navigating product and engineering tradeoffs within the teams
Communicates clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing
Data driven strategy is at the root of their approach to problem solving
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, regardless of technology
The Specifics.
OOL expertise (C#, Java, or Python)
API development and Design Patterns expertise (RESTful, GraphQL, Serverless)
Relational and non-relation database experience (Microsoft SQL, MongoDB, PostGres etc…)
Application Integration Expertise (internal and external)
AuthN/Z exposure (Okta, Auth0, Cognito, Firebase, etc…)
Front-end exposure (Modern Angular, React, or Vue)
Cloud exposure: Azure (preferred), AWS, or GCP
CDP (Segment (preferred) Tealium, mParticle, etc...) experience
CEP (Braze (preferred), HubSpot, Salesforce, Zoho) experience
Nice to Have:
Experience with low-code platforms such as Pega, Segment, Decisions etc...
So What About the Perks? Perks matter
- Work From Home. Feel free to rock the casual wear while still being camera ready. You will be working from your home office (in an approved city & state) and make sure you have a conducive and quiet workspace with no distractions and reliable and secure internet.
- Medical, dental, and vision, oh my! DriveTime Family of Brands covers a sizable amount of insurance premiums to ensure our employees receive top-tier healthcare coverage.
- But Wait, There’s More. 401(K), Company paid life insurance policy, short and long-term disability coverage to name a few.
- Growth Opportunities. You grow, I grow, we all grow! But seriously, DriveTime Family of Brands is committed to providing its employees with every opportunity to grow professionally with roughly over 1,000 employees promoted year over year.
- Tuition Reimbursement. We’re as passionate about your professional development as you are. With that, we’ll put our money where our mouth is.
- Wellness Program. Health is wealth! This program includes self-guided coaching and journeys, cash incentives and discounts on your medical premiums through engaging in fun activities!
- Gratitude is Green. We offer competitive pay across the organization, because, well… money matters!
- Paid Time Off. Not just lip service: we work hard, to play hard! Paid time off includes (for all full-time roles) wellness days, holidays, and good ole' fashioned YOU time! For our Part-timers, don't fear you get some time too...vacation time is available - the more you work, the more you earn!
Anything Else? Absolutely.
DriveTime Family of Brands is Great Place to Work Certified! And get this: 90% of our rockstar employees say they feel right at home here. We could spend a lot of time having you read about ALL our awards, but we’ll save time (and practice some humility) just naming a few others; Comparably Awards: Best Company for Diversity, Best Company Culture and Best Company Leadership, oh and don’t forget Phoenix Business Journal Healthiest Employers (okay, we’ll stop there)!
Hiring is contingent upon successful completion of our background and drug screening process. DriveTime is a drug-free, tobacco-free workplace and an Equal Opportunity Employer.
And when it comes to hiring, we don't just look for the right person for the job, we seek out the right person for DriveTime. Buckle up for plenty of opportunities to grow in a professional, fun, and high-energy environment!
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