About this opportunity
GE Aerospace lists this Principal - Software Engineer opportunity in workfromhome, Alaska. Review the employer’s description below for duties, qualifications and application requirements.
Job description
Job Description Summary
The Commercial Engine Services (CES) Business Intelligence (BI) team is building the next generation of analytics and AI-powered applications for supply chain and operations. We are looking for a Principal Software Engineer to design and build full-stack applications to turn operational data into AI-driven decision tools that predict, recommend, and act to drive business outcomes.
This is a hands-on, senior individual-contributor role: you'll shape our AI application strategy, build front-end and back-end services, embed AI features into production products, and create new products to solve our hardest problems. You'll partner with our BI developers and platform architect, and lead our junior software engineers to deliver high-quality solutions our business stakeholders can count on.
Job Description
Roles and Responsibilities:
Application Development & Delivery
Design, build, and maintain full-stack applications and services across the full software lifecycle: requirements, implementation, testing, documentation, and production support
Build responsive front ends and back-end services deployed to the cloud
Optimize application performance so applications and monitor applications for errors, latency, and usage; own alerting, incident response, and root-cause analysis
AI-Powered Features
Embed AI into applications with natural-language queries, predictive insights, recommendations, and conversational interfaces
Ground AI features in knowledge graphs and ontologies that model the domain and enable semantic search and reasoning over operational data
Build and expose reusable AI capabilities via MCP servers that applications and agents can call
Integrate machine-learning models and LLM APIs into production applications to enhance insights and decision-making
Build agentic workflows that trigger actions and update records, with human approval and audit logging
Partner with junior engineers to move models from experiment to reliable, production-grade features
Technical Standards & Code Quality
Set and enforce application coding standards, design patterns, and engineering best practices across the team
Serve as senior reviewer for application code correctness, performance, security, and maintainability
Establish CI/CD, automated testing, and version-control workflows for application development
Build reusable components, templates, and utilities that accelerate development across the team
Technical Leadership & Mentorship
Mentor and coach junior software engineers and BI developers
Translate ambiguous business problems into project plans and application work
Partner with BI leadership on the application roadmap and with stakeholders on requirements and priorities
Lead application projects of moderate to high complexity, guiding others and influencing technical direction
Required Qualifications:
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical field from an accredited university or college
Minimum of 8 years of hands-on experience building and shipping full-stack applications to production
Desired Characteristics:
Master's degree in a related field from an accredited university or college
Technical Expertise
Full-Stack Development: Strong across modern front-end and back-end technologies; builds and owns applications end to end
AI Integration: Experience embedding ML models, LLM APIs, and agentic workflows into production applications
MCP & Tool Interfaces: Builds MCP servers or equivalent tool interfaces that applications and agents call in production
Knowledge Graphs & Ontologies: Models domain knowledge as graphs and ontologies to ground AI, power semantic search, and enable reasoning over connected data
Cloud & Data Platforms: Familiar with cloud application hosting and modern data platforms (Databricks, AWS, Snowflake, or similar)
Engineering Fundamentals: Git, CI/CD, automated testing, code review, and secure-by-default practices
Domain & Problem-Solving
Breaks ambiguous business problems into clear, shippable increments and validates assumptions with users
Debugs across the stack—front end, API, database, and integrations
Weighs trade-offs (build vs. buy, batch vs. real-time, speed vs. reliability) with clear reasoning
Experience in supply chain, manufacturing, maintenance, or similar operational domains is a strong plus
Collaboration & Communication
Strong communication skills: Explains technical concepts and trade-offs to technical and non-technical audiences
Effective collaborator: Works seamlessly with BI developers, data and AI/ML engineers, and business stakeholders
Leads by influence: Drives technical direction through evidence and example rather than authority
Personal Attributes
Player-coach: Balances hands-on building with mentoring and code review; takes on the hardest problems
Quality-focused: Builds reliability, security, and testing in from the start
Ownership: Drives applications from design through deployment and continuous improvement
The base pay range for this position is $152,000-202,000. The specific pay offered may be influenced by a variety of factors, including the candidate’s experience, education, and skill set. This position is also eligible for an annual discretionary bonus based on a percentage of your base salary/ commission based on the plan. This posting is expected to close on October 2nd, 2026.
GE Aerospace offers comprehensive benefits and programs to support your health and, along with programs like HealthAhead, your physical, emotional, financial and social wellbeing. Healthcare benefits include medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage; access to a Health Coach from GE Aerospace; and the Employee Assistance Program, which provides 24/7 confidential assessment, counseling and referral services. Retirement benefits include the GE Aerospace Retirement Savings Plan, a 401(k) savings plan with company matching contributions and company retirement contributions, as well as access to Fidelity resources and planning consultants. Other benefits include tuition assistance, adoption assistance, paid parental leave, disability insurance, life insurance, and paid time-off for vacation or illness.
GE Aerospace (General Electric Company or the Company) and its affiliates each sponsor certain employee benefit plans or programs (i.e., is a “Sponsor”). Each Sponsor reserves the right to terminate, amend, suspend, replace or modify its benefit plans and programs at any time and for any reason, in its sole discretion. No individual has a vested right to any benefit under a Sponsor’s welfare benefit plan or program. This document does not create a contract of employment with any individual.
This role will require in-person attendance for New Hire Orientation on Day 1.
Additional Information
GE Aerospace offers a great work environment, professional development, challenging careers, and competitive compensation. GE Aerospace is an Equal Opportunity Employer ( . Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.
GE Aerospace will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the United States for this opening. Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen (as applicable). Employees may also be subject to random and reasonable-suspicion drug and alcohol testing.
Relocation Assistance Provided: No
#LI-Remote - This is a remote position
GE Aerospace is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.
#J-18808-Ljbffr
Worksite address
workfromhome, AK, 99507, US
Who can apply
Review the original listing for work authorization, qualifications and employer requirements.