Principal Software Engineer

Job overview

The Principal Software Engineer at Cox Automotive is an onsite role based in McCordsville, IN, with a salary range of $163,400 - $272,300 per year. This role supports the deployment of enterprise AI capabilities on AWS Quick. This position is a hands-on technical leadership role responsible for the architecture and engineering direction of the AWS Quick platform and the internal AI Artifact Hub. The Principal Software Engineer will lead technical decisions, mentor engineers, and ensure the reliability and scalability of AI-enabled systems.

What you'll do

• Own end-to-end architecture for AWS Quick
• define Model Context Protocol (MCP) strategy
• own technical direction of AI Artifact Hub
• document major architecture decisions
• lead architecture and design reviews
• set production reliability standards
• lead incident response.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

full-time

day shift

mccordsville in

principal software engineer

aws

python

ai

platform architecture

leadership

distributed systems

$163.4k-$272.3k/yr

onsite

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Benefits & perks

• Flexible vacation policy
• seven paid holidays
• up to 160 hours of paid wellness time
• bereavement leave
• jury duty leave
• volunteer time off
• parental leave.

Why this role

Focus on AI platform architecture; requires deep AWS and Python expertise; emphasizes technical leadership and platform-as-a-product.

About the employer

Cox Automotive is hiring for this role. Industry: Computer Systems Design Services. Sector: 54.