Boeing Digital Services

Aerospace

PrincipalGreenfieldSoftwareDeveloper

$133–237k Richmond, British Columbia, Canada FULL TIME Remote Friendly
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The Brief

“Principal Greenfield Software Developer at Boeing Digital Services. Skills: Full-stack development, Cloud-native architecture, AI/ML integration, Team leadership. Own technical scope for product capability. Shape architecture”

What You'll Achieve.

Deliver product capability; Ensure quality delivery; Meet product needs

Industry & Context.

Aerospace
Problems you'll solve

Troubleshooting; Root cause analysis

Eligibility Requirements

Handle U.S. export-controlled data, Conflict of Interest assessment

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

7+ years professional software development, 7+ years full-stack development experience

Nice to Have

Proficiency in at least one modern programming language, Experience integrating AI/ML/LLM capabilities, Experience building AI/ML/LLM-powered features, Experience with modern cloud platforms, Experience designing scalable cloud-native applications, Hands-on CI/CD experience, Experience in complex enterprise environments, Experience making architecture tradeoff decisions, Ability to collaborate across teams, Ability to coach and uplift engineers, Software development in aerospace preferred

What You'll Do.

Own technical scope for product capability

Plan delivery with team

Build full-stack applications

Build frontend interfaces

Build backend services

Design event-driven architectures

Design microservices architectures

Integrate AI capabilities

Integrate ML capabilities

Integrate LLM capabilities

Implement CI/CD pipelines

Implement delivery automation

Make architecture decisions

Escalate architecture decisions

Identify technical risk

Surface technical risk

Demonstrate with stakeholders

Drive knowledge sharing

Serve as Builder Lead

Break down team tasks

Pair on hard problems

Guide AI assisted development

Drive AI assisted development

Serve as technical point of contact

Represent work clearly

Adapt quickly to change

Shift focus as required

Contribute technical documentation

Provide technical documentation

Architect production ML systems

Establish operational standards

Ship AI-powered features

Integrate AI-enabled features

Evaluate AI-enabled features

Monitor AI-enabled features

Maintain AI-enabled features

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Product teams; Design teams; Technical leads; Product Manager; Designer; Cross-functional teams; Operations teams; Platform teams; Infrastructure teams

Communication Scope

Technical documentation; Explain decisions

Process & Methodology

Agile, Scrum

Full Job Description

Principal Greenfield Software Developer **Company:** Boeing Vancouver **Who We Are** At Boeing Digital Services, we focus on practical innovation that drives tangible results for the aerospace industry. Our team leverages advanced technology and data analytics to develop solutions that enhance operational efficiency and meet the needs of our customers. We are dedicated to creating intuitive, scalable, and secure solutions that empower our customers, partners, and empowered team to succeed. Join us in creating the future of aviation technology, where your contributions will shape impactful solutions for airlines around the globe. **About the Role** **Boeing Vancouver** is seeking an **individual contributor** (IC) **Principal Developer (Builder)** who will own the end-to-end delivery of a product capability, helping design the solution and leading a small team of developers to build it. This role is a hybrid position (2-3 days per week) and can be worked out of our **Richmond, BC** office. You will work closely with Product, Design, and Technical Leads to understand the holistic vision and strategy of the product, and partner with a Product Manager and Designer to help execute the daily operations of your team. You will be accountable for the quality of what your team delivers, ensuring that it’s in line with the technical strategy. **_Position Responsibilities:_** _Technical Delivery and Oversight_ You'll own the technical scope for your product capability, shaping the architecture, driving implementation, and planning delivery with your team. That looks like: * Building full-stack, production-grade, cloud-native applications: frontend interfaces, backend services, APIs, and the integrations that connect them across complex enterprise environments. * Writing and reviewing code across multiple languages and paradigms. * Designing event-driven and microservices architectures that can scale, evolve, and be operated by teams beyond the ones that built them. * Integratin

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