Principal Software Engineer

What You Need To Know

Shape a remarkable future with us. Build a career working for an industry leader that truly invests in their people – and equips them with leading technology, continuous learning, and the ability to bring their best selves to work. As the premier wine and spirits distributor, Southern Glazer’s isn't just one of Forbes’ Top Private Companies; it's a family-owned business with deep roots dating back to 1933.

The reputation of Southern Glazer’s is well-established, and it's no surprise that we are regularly recognized for our culture. Southern Glazer’s has been recognized by Newsweek as one of America’s Greatest Workplaces for Inclusion and Diversity, as well as for Women and Parents and Families. These accolades speak volumes about our commitment to creating a supportive and inclusive culture of belonging for all employees.

As a full-time employee, you can choose from a wide-ranging menu of our Top Shelf Benefits, including comprehensive medical and prescription drug coverage, dental and vision plans, tax-saving Flexible Spending Accounts, disability coverage, life insurance plans, and a 401(k) plan. We also offer tuition assistance, a wellness program, parental leave, vacation accrual, paid sick leave, and more.

By joining Southern Glazer’s, you would be part of a team that values excellence, innovation, and community. This is more than just a job – it's an opportunity to build the future of beverage distribution and grow with a company that truly cares about its people.

Overview

The Principal Software Engineer is a member and technical leader of an agile-oriented cross-functional team that leverages software to solve real-world problems. Principal Software Engineers actively develop new software code and maintain existing code with a high degree of quality, leveraging strong software design principles, ingenuity, creativity, attention to detail, and analytical skills to devise unique and innovative software solutions—and coach others along the way. Principal Software Engineers work to determine the feasibility and efficacy of department requirements and product specifications, build and maintain automation test suites, and provide support to understand, debug, and resolve issues found by customers.

Primary Responsibilities

• Validate technical feasibility criteria and next steps and provide guidance based on architectural software requirements and strategy.
• Lead the design and development of the test automation framework and any in-house tools required.
• Ensure high-quality software deliverables by leveraging automation and tooling best practices.
• Review code for quality assurance and ensure engineering team is cognizant of QA best practices.
• Debug, troubleshoot, and isolate software problems.
• Offer strategic solutions, analysis, and advice regarding identified issues for future development.
• Review, oversee, and lead integration of solutions with other applications and platforms.
• Lead defining of development guidelines and standards.
• Monitor the stability and usability of the platforms across all environments.

Additional Primary Responsibilities

Minimum Qualifications

Physical Demands

EEO Statement

Southern Glazer's Wine and Spirits, an Affirmative Action / EEO employer, prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type and provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training. SGWS complies with all federal, state and local laws concerning consideration of a qualified applicant's arrest and / or criminal conviction records. Southern Glazer's Wine and Spirits provides competitive compensation based on estimated performance level consistent with the past relevant experience, knowledge, skills, abilities and education of employees. Unless otherwise expressly stated, any pay ranges posted here are estimates from outside of Southern Glazer's Wine and Spirits and do not reflect Southern Glazer's pay bands or ranges.