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# Principal Software Engineer - Automation at Q2 Software

**Setup**
: Hybrid

**Location**
: Austin, Texas

**Type**
: Full-time

**Level**
: staff+

**Posted**
: Sep 17, 2026

## Description

Q2 is hiring a Principal Software Engineer to identify high-leverage problems, architect and build scalable observability, automation, and full-stack platforms, and enable other engineers. The role focuses on cloud and on-prem systems, AI-powered agents, secure self-service tools, CI/CD, infrastructure as code, monitoring, and incident response. It requires a bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience, 12–15 years of relevant experience, expertise in C#, Go, Python, distributed systems, databases, and cloud operations, and offers hybrid work opportunities.

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