Principal Software Engineer

Job Description
Intellibus is building a strategic transformation partnership with a $7B+ U.
S. grocery retailer, starting with a focused engagement and with the potential to grow into a $20–30M+ annual relationship over the next several years. /n /n Hybrid role based in or near Phoenix, AZ (client HQ proximity required) /n /n We are seeking a senior leader who can help us incubate, lead, and grow this relationship — combining deep retail/grocery context with executive-level client leadership and technology transformation experience. /n /n We are looking for a Staff Software Engineer to drive technology-led transformation across complex retail and omnichannel environments. /n This individual will combine strong software engineering and architectural expertise with a deep understanding of retail business processes, digital commerce, and AI-driven innovation. /n /n The ideal candidate is a hands-on technical leader who can work closely with business stakeholders, product teams, and engineering organizations to identify opportunities, define scalable solutions, and translate business challenges into measurable technology outcomes. /n /n This role requires engineering excellence, consulting capabilities, retail domain knowledge, and the ability to influence technical and business decisions across multiple teams. /n /n

Key Responsibilities
/n Technical Leadership & Architecture: /n /n
- Lead the architecture, design, and development of scalable, resilient, and high-performance enterprise applications. /n
- Define architectural patterns, engineering standards, and best practices across distributed systems and microservices. /n
- Design and implement robust APIs and integrations across enterprise platforms using REST and GraphQL. /n
- Drive technical roadmaps, architecture reviews, technology evaluations, and build-versus-buy decisions. /n
- Identify opportunities to modernize legacy applications, simplify complex systems, and improve platform scalability. /n
- Mentor engineers and provide technical direction across multiple engineering teams. /n /n /n Retail & Omnichannel Transformation /n /n
- Partner with retail business and technology stakeholders to understand challenges across digital commerce, store operations, merchandising, inventory, and customer experience. /n
- Design technology solutions that enable seamless omnichannel experiences across digital and physical retail channels. /n
- Evaluate existing systems and workflows to identify opportunities for modernization, automation, and operational improvement. /n
- Integrate enterprise applications, APIs, data platforms, and digital customer-facing systems to support connected retail experiences. /n
- Translate retail business requirements into scalable technical architectures and implementation roadmaps. /n /n /n AI & Digital Transformation /n /n
- Identify opportunities to apply generative AI, machine learning, intelligent automation, and AI agents to retail business processes. /n
- Collaborate with AI and data teams to integrate intelligent capabilities into enterprise applications and workflows. /n
- Evaluate emerging AI technologies and assess their feasibility, scalability, security, and business value. /n
- Help define AI-enabled solutions for workflow automation, decision support, personalization, forecasting, and operational efficiency. /n
- Establish appropriate engineering practices for AI integration, governance, monitoring, and production readiness. /n /n /n Consulting & Stakeholder Engagement /n /n
- Work directly with business leaders, product managers, architects, and engineering teams to understand business objectives and technical constraints. /n
- Facilitate discovery sessions, assess existing workflows, and identify opportunities for technology-led transformation. /n
- Present architectural recommendations, technical trade-offs, and implementation strategies to technical and nontechnical stakeholders. /n
- Connect business priorities with engineering execution, ensuring solutions deliver measurable outcomes. /n
- Lead cross-functional problem-solving initiatives and influence decisions beyond individual project teams. /n /n /n Engineering Excellence & Delivery /n /n
- Develop and maintain high-quality software using modern programming languages, frameworks, and engineering practices. /n
- Improve system reliability, performance, observability, security, and maintainability. /n
- Drive automated testing, CI/CD practices, production monitoring, and incident management improvements. /n
- Ensure enterprise integrations follow appropriate security, authentication, authorization, and data protection standards. /n
- Take ownership of complex technical problems from discovery and design through implementation and production support. /n /n /n Required Qualifications /n /n
- 10+ years of experience in software engineering, application architecture, or enterprise technology, with demonstrated Staff-