Principal Software Engineer (Corporate Systems)

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Studies have shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification.  We are an equal opportunity employer, and we are committed to building a diverse team that feels they are valued in the workplace.  So do you feel you do not meet every single requirement but still intrigued? We encourage you to still apply!  You can help make our company even better.  We do not discriminate based on race, color, national origin, sexual orientation, gender, age, mental or physical ability, or any way you represent yourself.  We strongly believe diversity makes for more successful teams. 

Why Protolabs? 

We are the leaders in digital manufacturing. We hire doers, makers, and creative thinkers who tackle our roles with an entrepreneurial spirit. Our culture is centered around meaningful work that brings new and innovative products to market at unprecedented speeds. We are a diverse team that comes from all walks of life and take pride in our team who is smart, genuine, humble, and passionate about what we do. It’s our people who fuel our creativity and make our culture feel like home. 

Join our team as a Principal Software Engineer (Corporate Systems)!

This is a fixed hybrid role on-site Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday at HQ in Maple Plain, MN

We are looking for a highly skilled Principal Software Engineer to join our Global Technology Services (GTS) team, where you will play a pivotal role in shaping the future of our finance and procurement platforms. This is an opportunity to make a meaningful impact at scale—designing and delivering modern, resilient applications that power critical business operations across the organization.

In this role, you will combine deep technical expertise with strong leadership, staying hands-on with development while guiding architecture, driving best practices, and influencing our long-term technology strategy. You’ll partner with cross-functional stakeholders to translate complex business needs into elegant, scalable solutions and help elevate the engineering team through mentorship and technical coaching.

This position is ideal for an experienced engineer who thrives at the intersection of innovation, leadership, and execution, and enjoys working in a fast-paced, collaborative environment where your ideas and contributions truly matter.

What You'll Do

• Design, develop, code, test, debug, implement, and document software applications 


• Guide team development efforts towards successful project delivery through Agile methodologies.


• Provide technical leadership to teammates through coaching and mentoring.


• Influence work direction that aligns with both engineer and company goals.


• Maintain high standards of software quality within the team by establishing good practices and habits.


• Identify and encourage areas for growth and improvement within the team.


• Collaborate with other software engineers, technical product managers, and data architects to plan, design, develop, test, and maintain business applications.


• Appropriately applying engineering principles and concepts to area of specialization.


• Demonstrate creativity and ingenuity in applying engineering principles and practices 


• Draw solutions from a wider range of experience 


• Define technical approaches to project and act as lead on some projects and guide lower-level developers.


• Participate in peer-reviews of solution designs and related code.


• Analyze and resolve technical and application problems.


• Assess opportunities for application and process improvement and prepare documentation of rationale to share with team members and other affected parties.


• Adhere to high-quality development principles while delivering solutions on-time and in-budget.


• Interview and onboard new team members.


• Provide feedback on team members’ performance.


• Stay current on new technologies; research and evaluate a variety of software products. 


• Perform additional tasks as assigned. 

What It Takes

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field or comparable professional experience in these fields 


• 10+ years of professional software development experience 


• Experience mentoring engineers of varying experience levels from intern to senior 


• Experience providing work direction to others by aligning tasks to skillsets and company objectives 


• Experience working with engineers to estimate tasks, plan projects, and schedule releases 


• Experience with software development focused on Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) 


• Experience with Microsoft AX and Dynamics 365 ERP ecosystems 


• Knowledge of software design principles and patterns with experience coaching others in their use 


• Internally motivated, able to work proficiently both independently and in a team environment


• Strong communication skills with both internal team members and external business stakeholders


• Strong initiative to find ways to improve solutions, systems, and processes


• Ability to be or become the technical expert for multiple projects 


• Ability to successfully work under minimal supervision 

What Makes You Standout

• Strong experience and understanding of Agile methodologies 


• Experience with continuous integration and deployment strategies 


• Experience with software best practices like code reviews, issue tracking systems, and version control systems with experience teaching developers to use them 


• Expertise in automated testing, coupled with the ability to lead, coach, and influence teams to embed testing best practices into the development lifecycle 


• Proven ability to keep up to date with advancements in your development domain 


• History of expanding your skills in technical leadership 

What's In It For You?

• We offer a competitive salary and annual bonus opportunity


• In addition, we offer amazing benefits including but not limited to:
  
  
  
  • Health Insurance: Traditional OR High Deductible plan
  
  
  • Flexible Spending Accounts
  
  
  • Health Savings Account (including employer contributions)
  
  
  • Dental and Vision
  
  
  • Basic and Supplemental Life Insurance
  
  
  • Short-Term and Long-Term Disability
  
  


• Paid caregiver leave


• You will receive PTO + Holiday Pay + Wellness Hours + Volunteer Hours


• 401k with company match and immediate vest


• Employee Stock Purchase Program at a 15% discounted rate


• Matching grants through Protolabs foundation


• And More!

$131,500 - $175,400 a year

Proto Labs maintains ITAR-compliant operations in all of our United States based facilities. Due to ITAR regulations, this role is only open to U.S. Citizens, lawful permanent residents (green card holders) or foreign nationals granted refugee or asylee status. Individuals with temporary visas (e.g. E, F-1, H-1, H-2, L, B, J, TN or OPT) are not eligible for hire in this role.

Proto Labs, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer

Physical Demands:

While performing the essential duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use a computer keyboard, monitor and mouse, telephone and printer; reach with hands, and arms, talk, see and hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, stoop or kneel and must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.

Work Environment:

Indoors (A/C); nonsmoking; the majority of this job function is performed in an office setting requiring normal safety precautions. However, there may be job duties that require the employee to spend time in the manufacturing areas exposed to machinery and noise; eye protection occasionally required. Occasionally works in outside weather conditions. Occasionally works near moving mechanical parts and in high, precarious places and is occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, risk of electrical shock and vibration. The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet to moderate.