Principal Software Engineer

Job overview

The Principal Software Engineer role is hybrid in San Francisco, CA, with core in-office days Monday through Thursday. The annual salary range is $190,000–$240,000. The engineer builds secure, compliant platform products for Highnote, an embedded finance and card platform company.

What you'll do

• Build secure and compliant platform products
• write high-quality, robustly tested code, primarily in Java
• understand customer problems and develop solutions
• document work
• collaborate across company domains to strengthen the platform. The role seeks experience with Java 11 or later, JPA, SQL, unit and integration testing, and AI-powered development tools.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

principal software engineer

java

jpa

sql

ai development tools

payments platform

embedded finance

hybrid

san francisco ca

highnote

$190k–$240k annually

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Benefits & perks

• Flexible paid time off
• healthcare coverage
• 401(k)
• paid parental leave
• equity
• home-office stipend and internet reimbursement.

Why this role

Hybrid arrangement with Monday–Thursday core office days; benefits include flexible paid time off, healthcare coverage, 401(k), paid parental leave, equity, and home-office and internet support.

About the employer

Highnote is hiring for this role. Industry: Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services. Sector: 51.