Principal Developer

Position summary:

Robots and Pencils LP has an opening available for a Principal Developer to design, program, and test software within a team of developers for the development of innovative solutions and products utilized by clients. Company headquartered in Cleveland, OH. Residence and remote work permitted from anywhere in the U.S. via telecommute.

Key Responsibilities:

• Author and maintain relevant documentation for developers, clients, and users to encourage innovation; Develop and refine prototypes to confirm requirements;


• Program according to project plans including versions and sprints;


• Test according to predetermined test plans;


• Drive release and post-release activities such as support, versioning, and maintenance;


• Collaborate with designers to create interfaces that conform to design guidelines;


• Build out mobile Application Programming Interface (APIs) and web applications for mobile and browser clients;


• Peer review other team members’ code, and learn and adapt code based on peer review;


• Support sales and project managers with technical insights, leading to the creation of budgets and schedules for projects;


• Seek ways to promote the company and increase market exposure while increasing credibility with team;


• Develop high quality deliverables while evaluating innovative approaches to accomplish objectives;


• Write and maintain code on internal products and external client projects;


• Work in tandem with other developers and the quality assurance team on bug fixes; and


• Support building reusable code and libraries for future use.

Required Skills & Qualifications:

Bachelor's Degree or Master’s Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Systems or a closely related field (foreign degree equiv. acceptable).

Required: 7 years of post-degree progressive experience as a Software Developer or closely related position or with Master’s, 5 years of experience as a Software Developer or closely related.

Also requires 7 years of experience (5 with Master’s) in each of the following: Designing and architecting software, including interactions with hardware, databases, browsers, file systems, and various infrastructure types; Applying systematic and disciplined approaches to software development, including requirements gathering, software design, testing, debugging, and maintenance; Data structures and algorithms; and Computer networks, protocols, network security, and internet data transmission.

Also requires 5 years of experience in each of the following: Writing, analyzing, and debugging code in various programming languages; Software privacy and security, including secure coding practices, threat avoidance, and threat mitigation; Computation theory, considering automation, human involvement, and ethical boundaries; and Teaching others about design's impact on comprehensibility, maintainability, performance, and availability in software development.

Experience may be gained concurrently. Salary: $155k - $230k.