Principal Software Engineer
Liberty Mutual
Software Engineering
Boston, MA, USA
USD 120k-225k / year
Principal Software Engineer
- ID
- 2026-75629
- Position Type
- Full-Time
- Job Grade
- 18
- Department
- 014I-00197 USRM - SC Products Tech
- Market
- Corporate Center
- Minimum Salary
- USD $120,000.00/Yr.
- Maximum Salary
- USD $225,000.00/Yr.
- Travel
- 10%
- Recruiter
- Damon Oliver
- Internal Application Deadline
- 04/28/2026
- Referral Bonus Eligible?
- No
Description
Hiring Manager: Michael Woodsmall
At Liberty Mutual, technology is not just a part of our business, it's what drives us forward. We deliver our customers peace of mind every day by helping them protect what they value most. Our passion for placing the customer at the center of everything we do drives a transformational shift at Liberty Mutual. Operating as an Agile team within a Fortune 100 company, we are on the front edge of an IT transformation for how people work and deliver solutions.
USRM Small Commercial (SC) Products is actively searching for a highly productive member of a remotely distributed, dynamic, and collaborative agile team to serve as a technical expert in analysis, design, coding, and testing innovative front-end UI and API programming for the eCLIQ 2.0 application. This position will support Products within Small Commercial Software Engineering.
Job Summary:
As a Principal Software Engineer, you will work collaboratively on a geographically diverse agile team to develop and enhance complex systems and/or software from user stories and technical/architectural specifications. You will analyze complex technical system problems and create innovative solutions that exceed customer expectations. You’ll be a technical leader shaping front-end and API architecture, accelerating delivery, and helping take the Worker’s Compensation line of business to production in the eCLIQ 2.0 system.
This is a demanding environment providing rapid delivery for our business partners. You will be working in a highly collaborative environment that values speed and quality, with a strong desire to drive change and foster a positive work environment as we continue our agile transformation journey. You will have the opportunity to help lead this change as we grow this culture, mindset, and capability.
What you’ll do:
- Lead end-to-end design and delivery of features for eCLIQ 2.0, working from user stories and architectural specs through coding, testing and deployment.
- Architect and implement modern front-end experiences (Angular/TypeScript) and robust backend services (Java, Spring Boot).
- Drive cloud-native designs and integrations across our preferred cloud platforms.
- Build and maintain automated test suites (unit, integration, system, regression) and champion testability.
- Improve speed-to-market by identifying and delivering pragmatic short-term solutions while building scalable, long-term architecture.
- Own and optimize CI/CD pipelines, development tooling and release practices.
- Apply AI/ML tools and practices where they add business value; be comfortable experimenting and iterating with new techniques.
- Mentor and grow junior engineers, foster healthy engineering practices, and collaborate closely with Product Owners, Scrum Masters and QA.
- Proactively identify technical debt and propose solutions to reduce risk and increase velocity.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s or master’s degree in a technical or business discipline, or equivalent experience.
- 5–7 years of professional software development experience (flexible for exceptional candidates).
- Strong expertise in front-end frameworks (Angular preferred; knowledge of React or Vue a plus) and TypeScript.
- Solid experience building backend services in Java (Spring Boot) and designing RESTful APIs.
- Practical cloud experience (AWS) and familiarity with cloud architecture patterns.
- Proven experience with automated testing strategies and CI/CD tooling.
- Comfortable with Agile practices (Scrum, Kanban) and collaborating on cross-functional teams.
- Excellent communicator, proactive problem-solver, and a collaborative leader who mentors others.
- Eagerness to learn and adopt innovative technologies and practices, including AI-assisted development.
Employees may apply for a new role after completing 12 months of employment in their current position.
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