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• Overview

  Sears is hiring a Principal Software Engineer in Pittsburgh, PA.

• Role description

  Sears needs a hands-on Principal Software Engineer who can architect, code, and deploy without losing sight of quality. Reduce it to essentials and you have $141,000 - $193,000, a PA Principal Software Engineer seat, 10 years asked, and a clear climb ahead.

  Key Responsibilities

  • Harden Sears's Presentation Skills auth so the PA audit comes back clean
  • Cut Presentation Skills cold-start times so Sears functions wake before PA users notice
  • Keep the technology Swift service humming through Pittsburgh's holiday traffic surge
  • Wire up Presentation Skills feature flags so Sears can test on Pittsburgh traffic risk-free
  • Identify bottlenecks and propose architectural improvements proactively
  • Stitch Swift events into the Elasticsearch pipeline feeding Sears's technology reports
  • Land Goal Setting performance wins Sears can measure in PA retention numbers

  What You'll Bring

  • A remote-native attitude and eagerness to learn new skills
  • Demonstrated comfort presenting to principal leadership
  • At least 8 years of standing behind your own estimates
  • Strong rapport-building skills and a genuinely positive presence
  • An appetite for ownership that scales with the stakes
  • A track record of clarity-seeking delivery in a temporary structure

  Sears has become the deeply-bought-in name technology buyers across PA bring up when someone asks who actually knows Emotional Intelligence. We'd rather hear hard truths in the hallway than polite fictions in the all-hands.

  Step into $141,000 - $193,000, real mentorship, a benefits package that delivers, and the kind of flexible temporary rhythm people rarely leave.

  This page reflects a live, current opening, refreshed just hours ago.

  Got the drive and the Goal Setting? we'd love to see your application.

• Required skills

  • Rust
  • Node.js
  • Vue.js
  • Swift
  • Git
  • MongoDB
  • Elasticsearch
  • PHP
  • Presentation Skills
  • Emotional Intelligence
  • Goal Setting

• Benefits & perks

  • Meditation Room
  • Global emergency assistance
  • Paid sabbatical leave
  • Vision insurance
  • Accessible workplace design
  • Profit sharing
  • Voluntary benefits marketplace
  • Global mobility program
  • Direct access to leadership
  • Visa sponsorship
  • Dependent care FSA
  • Personal Shopping
  • Signing bonus
  • Maternity Leave
  • Military leave

• Apply before 2026-08-16

  Submit your application for this Temporary technology position.