Principal Software Engineer

NAVA Software solutions is looking for a Principal Software Engineer - Full Stack
Details:
Principal Software Engineer - Full Stack
Location: Spring TX - Hybrid (3-4 days/week onsite)
Duration: 12 months
Summary
This role is ideal for a software engineer with strong Java and JavaScript fundamentals (or deep C#/.NET experience and a demonstrated ability to transition to Java), and hands-on experience with React is preferred. The successful candidate will have a proven track record applying modern software engineering practices to build and modernize enterprise applications. They are passionate about continuous learning, embrace a growth mindset, and are eager to leverage AI-assisted development tools to accelerate delivery while maintaining high standards of code quality, security, and reliability.
Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain full stack applications using Java (Spring Boot), React, and related technologies

• Lead the modernization of legacy and monolithic applications into modular services and microservices, including API design, data migration strategies, and gradual decomposition of legacy codebases

• Build responsive, accessible, and performant React-based UIs with reusable components and maintainable state management.

• Develop secure, well-structured back-end services and REST APIs, ensuring robust authentication, authorization, and data protection

• Use AI coding assistants (e.g., GitHub Copilot, Cursor) to improve productivity, documentation quality, test coverage, and refactoring safety, while exercising judgment and code review discipline

• Champion engineering best practices including code reviews, automated testing, CI/CD, and observability

• Mentor junior developers and contribute to a culture of learning, experimentation, and continuous improvement

Required Experience & Skills

• 5-8 years of hands-on software development experience in modern tech stacks

• Strong proficiency with Java, Spring Boot, and REST API design. Experience with C# and .Net Core will be considered with exposure to Java

• Solid experience with React, and/or JavaScript; experience migrating from legacy front-end frameworks (e.g., AngularJS) to React is highly desirable.

• Experience with relational databases (e.g. Oracle, SQL Server, PostgreSQL) and query optimization.

• Experience with Cloud Development provisioning and configuring resources such as Functions, App Services and APIM in Azure Cloud or AWS equivalent.

• Previously implemented event-driven architecture

• Well versed in CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions etc.)

• Comfortable working in Agile teams and collaborating across product management, QA, and operations

• Accustomed to collaborating with architecture, security, and DevOps teams

• Strong communication skills and a growth mindset. actively seeks feedback, experiments with new tools and patterns, and shares learnings with the team

• Enthusiasm for using AI-based coding assistants responsibly to accelerate delivery, improve code quality, and support knowledge sharing

Nice to Have Experience

• Exposure to containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes, AKS)

• Familiar with concepts such as MCP servers, RAG applications and the use of Graph databases

• Exposure to observability and the use of open telemetry to instrument code

• Experience with infrastructure-as-code tools (e.g., Terraform)

• Experience modularizing or decomposing monolithic applications (even if partial or within specific domains/modules).