The opportunity timeline

• Overview

  Community Impact Foundation is hiring a Principal Software Engineer in Elk Grove, CA.

• Role description

  The Principal Software Engineer we hire will help scale our infrastructure from thousands to millions of concurrent users. Sized right for 8 years of Microsoft Azure, this CA role pays $173,000 - $248,000 and opens a path you actually want to walk.

  Key Responsibilities

  • Own a technology service end to end, from Microsoft Azure schema to on-call rotation
  • Architect fault-tolerant distributed systems leveraging React and Microsoft Azure
  • Decide when to buy Redis versus build it for Community Impact Foundation's Elk Grove, CA stack
  • Configure and manage infrastructure as code across staging and production
  • Lead React design reviews that catch the costly mistakes before Elk Grove, CA builds them
  • Ship Ruby experiments fast, kill the losers, and double down on what sticks
  • Mentor newer principal hires on how Community Impact Foundation actually wires Redis together

  What You'll Bring

  • Comfort with temporary arrangements and the rhythms of a community-minded workplace
  • Judgment seasoned by at least 10 years of real consequences
  • Knowledge of CA-specific regulations relevant to technology work
  • A communication style that translates jargon back into plain English
  • A growth mindset that treats feedback as fuel, not threat
  • The patience to mentor without taking over the keyboard

  Community Impact Foundation is a playfully-serious Elk Grove, CA firm where Project Management isn't a department but the entire reason the lights stay on. Kindness and high standards live together comfortably on this experiment-friendly Elk Grove team.

  The Principal Software Engineer role earns $173,000 - $248,000 and opens doors to cross-functional projects that accelerate your Ruby and React growth.

  Interviews for Elk Grove, CA candidates are being booked throughout the month.

  We read every application that lands, so make yours count and tell us why Principal Software Engineer is your fit.

• Required skills

  • Redis
  • Swift
  • Ruby
  • Microsoft Azure
  • React
  • Project Management
  • Negotiation

• Benefits & perks

  • Paid volunteer days
  • Dental insurance
  • Legal insurance plan
  • Free laptop and tech setup
  • Four-day work week
  • Internal mobility opportunities
  • Sabbatical for long-tenured employees

• Apply before 2026-09-03

  Submit your application for this Temporary technology position.