Top Principal Engineer Jobs in Boston, MA

Design, build, and evolve cloud-based platform software for personal lines insurance. Lead development using AWS, C#/.NET, Kafka, containers and Kubernetes, implement CI/CD with GitHub Actions, ensure observability and testing, mentor engineers, write technical documentation, and drive continual performance and quality improvements in an agile environment.

Lead technical design and implementation of front-office risk systems and small-scale applications. Build data-rich, AI-enabled workflows, analytics, visualizations, and decision-ready reports while collaborating with risk analysts and investment teams. Serve as a hands-on architect and individual contributor to deliver robust, scalable tools for multi-asset risk analysis.

Design and build production-grade applications, tooling, and data pipelines to support portfolio construction, asset allocation analytics, and quantitative research. Convert AI prototypes into robust full‑stack solutions, contribute to shared quantitative libraries, and maintain dashboards and production systems to support investment decision‑making.

Technical lead embedded with investment teams to design, prototype, and productionize AI-enabled full‑stack applications for fixed income and investment analytics. Build scalable systems, partner with analysts, write robust Python code, develop front-end visualizations, and integrate Bloomberg/financial data into production workflows.

This role involves designing and developing core modules for an enterprise-level clinical data platform, ensuring compliance with quality standards, and collaborating with teams for software development and testing.

Lead architecture, design, and delivery of PET product features; write production full‑stack code; champion testing, observability, CI/CD and operational readiness; mentor engineers and collaborate with product to shape technical roadmap.

Build, operate, and secure cloud-native and edge infrastructure including Kubernetes, artifact pipelines, application streaming, and air-gapped appliances. Partner with product, GRC, and mission owners to design, deploy, and harden systems, remediate vulnerabilities, support audits (IL5/IL6/JWICS), and ensure trusted artifact delivery across environments.

The Principal Engineer will lead enterprise scalability efforts, driving architectural changes, optimizing systems, and integrating AI for improved operational performance across multi-tenant SaaS platforms.

The Principal Consulting Engineer will design, deploy, and optimize VMware Cloud Foundation automation solutions, ensuring they meet customer requirements while leading engagements and providing technical expertise.

Lead high-leverage technical work across teams: define architecture and patterns, drive end-to-end delivery and operational excellence, ship AI-enabled systems, mentor engineers, set AI guardrails, and represent technical leadership internally and externally.

No specific responsibilities listed. Senior technical leadership role to develop and direct hedge fund and analytics technology platforms, collaborate with investment stakeholders, design and implement analytics systems, and mentor engineering staff.

Lead architecture and development of modern, secure web administration UIs for Imprivata's Identity Configuration Platform. Drive front-end standards, build React/TypeScript applications, integrate with identity protocols (OIDC, SAML, OAuth), mentor engineers, collaborate with product/UX/backend teams, and improve performance, reliability, and maintainability within an Agile environment.

The position involves reversing complex software/firmware, developing cybersecurity solutions, leading technical teams, and conducting vulnerability research, all while ensuring national security.

As a Senior Principal Engineer, you'll define and drive the technical strategy for customer experience platforms, lead architectural decisions, and mentor engineering teams to enhance customer and agent experiences.

Lead system architecture and engineering for advanced audio products, collaborating across teams to define technical strategies and ensure successful product development.

Provide hands-on technical leadership and architecture across the insurance platform. Design and implement scalable, reusable systems; influence senior leaders; mentor engineers; drive standards, DevOps/CI-CD improvements, vendor evaluations, and cross-team alignment to deliver enterprise-scale outcomes.

The Principal Engineer will lead electronic systems development for atomic clocks, mentor engineers, and collaborate across teams on design execution.

The Principal Engineer - Process will support manufacturing and development of the Chip Scale Atomic Clock, focusing on process optimization, materials analysis, and lean manufacturing methodologies.

Lead development, monitoring, and optimization of wafer fab processes (photo, etch, deposition, diffusion) to improve yield, cycle time, cost, and equipment reliability. Create/update process specs, qualify new equipment, apply SPC/DoE and Six Sigma, analyze data (Excel/JMP), present results, and lead cross-functional teams to resolve production issues.

The Engineering Director will lead and manage the cloud infrastructure and developer enablement, focusing on AI-native systems, team development, and security operations.

As a Senior+ Engineer, you will lead the design and architecture of impactful open-source projects while mentoring teams, coding, and engaging with the community.

Lead photolithography process engineering and team for wafer fabrication. Responsibilities include optimizing processes, troubleshooting, and collaborating on tech development.

The Principal Engineer for Customer Quality acts as the key customer contact for quality issues, addressing complaints, and driving continuous improvement. This role requires collaboration with multiple teams to establish quality standards and facilitate customer audits, while managing quality performance and supporting product lifecycle decisions.

Design, implement, and maintain DevSecOps features for cloud-native and on-prem database platforms. Collaborate with product and cross-functional teams, follow development workflows (source control, code reviews, CI/CD), write automated tests, and support security, configuration, monitoring, licensing, and upgrades across Kubernetes and traditional deployments.

Lead architecture and evolution of Kubernetes-based cloud and hybrid platforms. Design scalable, secure, multi-cluster platform capabilities, drive multi-year roadmaps, mentor senior engineers, lead incident response and platform transformations, and enable developer productivity across hundreds of teams.