Principal Software Developer - Agile

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The RoleAspenTech is seeking an experienced and dynamic Principal Software Developer to join our Enterprise Operations Platform (EOP) organization. In this role, you will serve as a servant leader and coach for an Agile development team delivering next-generation industrial software solutions. The ATL ensures the team operates effectively within a Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) environment, fostering collaboration, continuous improvement, growth of Agile mindset, and alignment with business objectives.
You will guide the team through Agile ceremonies, remove impediments, and enable high-quality delivery of cloud-native solutions. This position combines leadership, technical expertise, and a passion for empowering teams to achieve strategic goals in a fast-paced, innovative environment.
As a member of the EOP development team, you’ll work on cutting‑edge industrial edge‑connectivity and distributed‑computing projects that surface data from the plant floor all the way to the cloud. The team focuses on building highly performant data services that securely move and manage massive volumes of information. You’ll help create solutions that configure, contextualize, analyze, and visualize data, making it easily accessible to a wide range of applications. The EOP platform supports multiple operating systems and serverless cloud‑native technology stacks, giving the team opportunities to work across a diverse set of modern technologies.

Your Impact

• Act as a servant leader and coach for the Agile team, ensuring adherence to and growth within SAFe principles and practices.
• Facilitate Agile ceremonies (PI Planning, Iteration Planning, Daily Stand-ups, Reviews, Retrospectives) and promote transparency across teams.
• Guide Product Owners and System Architects to refine high-level requirements into actionable user stories with clear acceptance criteria.
• Remove impediments and foster a culture of continuous improvement and ownership.
• Collaborate with Release Train Engineers (RTEs) and other ATLs to ensure alignment across Agile Release Trains.
• Support the team in delivering cloud-native development solutions, leveraging modern architectures and technologies.
• Mentor team members on Agile principals and best practices.
• Promote effective communication and collaboration across development, product, and operations teams.
• Stay current with industry trends in Agile frameworks, cloud-native technologies, and software engineering best practices.
• Participate in the teams’ deliverables as an individual contributor leading by example.

What You'll Need

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related technical field.
• 10+ years of software development experience, with at least 3+ years in an Agile leadership role (Scrum Master, ATL, or similar).
• Language requirement: French: A1 (advanced) and English level C1 (advanced), the position requires interactions with international clients
• Proven experience implementing SAFe or other scaled Agile frameworks.
• Strong understanding of cloud-native architectures, microservices, and container orchestration (Azure, Kubernetes, Docker).
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions) and Infrastructure-as-Code tools (Terraform, Helm).
• Working knowledge of programming languages such as Java, C#, Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, or C/C++.
• Experience with observability tools (OpenTelemetry), automated testing frameworks, and identity/access management (OAuth 2.0, RBAC).
• Excellent facilitation, conflict resolution, and servant leadership skills.
• Ability to work effectively in a dynamic environment with a high degree of change.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills to influence without authority.
• Passion for enabling teams to deliver high-quality, innovative solutions.
• SAFe Scrum Master certification preferred.
• Experience leading multiple Agile teams within a large-scale SAFe implementation preferred.
• Background in coaching Agile transformations and continuous improvement initiatives preferred.
• Advanced knowledge of DevOps practices and cloud security principles preferred.
• Strong technical background with ability to provide technical leadership and mentorship preferred.