See yourself at Radian? We see you here too.

At Radian, we see you. For the person you are and the potential you hold. That's why we've embraced a new way of working that lets our people across the country be themselves, be their best and be their boldest. Because when each of us is truly seen, each of us gives our best -and at Radian, we'll give you our best right back.

Studies have shown that job seekers may hesitate to apply for jobs unless they meet every single qualification listed. We strive to see the potential in each applicant, so if you're excited about this role but your experience or education level doesn't align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

See Yourself as a Senior Principal Engineer

Senior Principal Engineer is responsible for leading technical, business, and organizational projects, operating both independently and alongside teams to architect and implement sophisticated data pipelines, models, and operational systems. The Principal Software Engineer, outside of software engineering duties, is expected to manage software projects, collaborate, and make proposals across several teams regarding engineering work and help team members to make informed decisions in alignment with strategic plans, ensuring we remain on the cutting edge of technology. This role does not involve direct management responsibilities but requires a deep technical expertise and leadership to guide projects and mentor teams.

PRIMARY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Extension of the Principal Engineer responsibilities, the Senior Principal Engineer role has the equivalent decision making and judgment as a Vice President, Engineering.

• Drive innovation in our operational systems, improving automation, monitoring, and deployment processes to support our data science efforts.

• Represent Radian and its values in public communication in all aspects of our software development lifecycle and technical innovations.

• Interact with customers and other external stakeholders as a consultant and spokesperson for critical projects and aspects of our technical architecture.

• Provide mentorship for other areas of the business to help them grow in their technical responsibilities and to provide expert advice and solutions that enhance work functions.

• Advocate for improvements to product quality, security, and performance that impact all of Engineering at Radian.

• Solve technical problems of the highest scope and complexity for the entire organization. Serving as a subject matter expert in AWS and other cloud, advising on best practices for cloud infrastructure, services, and security related to MLOps and engineering.

• Advise on the architecture and deployment of machine learning models and deep learning systems that are integral to our products and services.

• Lead the design and construction of advanced data engineering pipelines, ensuring scalability, efficiency, and reliability.

• Independently evaluate, create and test ideas via POCs related to new product innovations and concepts

• Collaborate on database architecture and management, ensuring optimal performance, reliability, and access for data science applications.

• Research and implement cutting-edge AI, including Generative AI technologies and tools to maintain our homegenius leadership in the data science and technology sector.

• Promote a culture of technical excellence, pushing the boundaries of what is possible and fostering an environment of continuous learning and improvement.

• Drive operational efforts to manage expenses and optimize return on investments

• Exert significant influence on the overall objectives and long-range goals of Radian.

• Ensure that our standards for style, maintainability, and best practices are suitable for the unique problems of scale and diversity of use represented by the Radian products.

• Perform other duties as assigned or apparent.

QUALIFICATIONS

Basic Education and Prior Work-Related Experience:

• Degree Requirement: Bachelor's Degree or Equivalent Experience

• Work Experience: 15 or more years of prior work-related experience

Additional Qualifications:

• Extensive experience in a senior technical role within the technology field, preferably with a focus on data engineering, cloud operations, data science, machine learning, and artificial intelligence.

• Experience with multiple Large Language Models and embeddings in creating domain-adapted technologies.

• Demonstrated expertise in AWS, including but not limited to EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, and AWS SageMaker, or equivalent alternatives.

• Proficient in database management and architecture, with a solid understanding of both SQL and NoSQL databases.

• Expert knowledge of data engineering practices, tools, and frameworks (e.g., Apache Spark, Hadoop, Kafka).

• Strong foundation in IT infrastructure, networking, and security principles.

• Proven ability to architect and deploy scalable and robust systems supporting complex data science applications.

• Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to work independently as well as part of a team.

• Strong communication and leadership skills, with a track record of mentoring and guiding teams.

• Professional experience with Angular, React, ASP.NET or another modern JavaScript web framework (Vue, Ember, etc) OR nodeJS, Java, C#/.NET.

• Experience with writing automated tests (eg. Jest, Karma, Jasmine, Mocha, AVA, tape).

• Experience using Git in a professional, workplace environment.

• A solid understanding in core web and browser concepts (eg. how the browser parses and constructs a web page).

• Proficiency in the English language, both written and verbal, sufficient for success in a remote and largely asynchronous work environment.

• Demonstrated capacity to clearly and concisely communicate about complex technical, architectural, and/or organizational problems and propose thorough iterative solutions.

• Experience with performance and optimization problems and a demonstrated ability to both diagnose and prevent these problems.

• Comfort working in a highly agile, intensely iterative software development process.

• Share our values, and work in accordance with those values.

• Ability to thrive in a geographically distributed organization.

• Experience in a peak performance organization, preferably a tech startup.

Preferred Education Level: Master's Degree

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• Competitive Compensation:anticipated base salary from $151,170 to $248,355 based on skills and experience. This position is eligible to participate in an annual incentive program and a long-term incentive program.

• Rest and Relaxation.This role is eligible for 30 days of paid time off annually, which is prorated in the year of hire based on hire date. In addition, based on your hire date, you will be eligible for 9 paid holidays + 2 floating holiday in support of our DEI culture. Parental leave is also offered as an opportunity for all new parents to embrace this exciting change in their lives.

• Our Company Makes an Impact. We've been recognized by multiple organizations like Bloomberg's Gender-Equality Index,HousingWire's Tech 100, and The Forum of Executive Women's Champion of Board Diversity. Radian has also pledged to PwC's CEO Action for Diversity & Inclusion commitment.

• Comprehensive Health Benefits.Multiple medical plan choices, including HSA and FSA options, dental, vision, and basic life insurance.

• Prepare for your Future.401(k) with a top of market company match (did we mention the company match is immediately vested?!) and an opportunity to participate in Radian's Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP).

• Homebuyer Perks. Our Homebuyer Perks program helps employees navigate the home searching, buying, selling, and refinancing processes and provides valuable financial benefits to encourage, enable, and support home ownership.

• Additional Benefits. To learn more about our benefits offerings, visit our Benefits Page.

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The application period for the job is estimated to be 20 days from the job posting date. However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates.

See More About Radian

Radian is a fintech servicing the mortgage and real estate services industry. As a team, we pride ourselves on seeing the potential of every person, every idea and every day.

Seeing each other at Radian goes far beyond our open, flexible culture. It means seeing our people's potential - and creating inspiring career paths that help them get there. Or seeing new pathways and innovating for the future of our industry. It means seeing each other for all that we are. And it means seeing our purpose as one that extends beyond the bottom line - having an impact on communities across the country to help more people achieve the American Dream of homeownership.

We hope you'll see yourself at Radian. See more about us at Radian.com.

Defining Roles for Radian's Future

Understanding the qualities and characteristics that define a Leader and an Employee is important to building our future-fit workforce. Radian's future is only as bright as its people. For that reason, our People Plan includes profiles to support the qualities and characteristics that each Leader as well as each Employee should embody upon hire or via development.

EEO Statement

Radian complies with all applicable federal, state, and local laws prohibiting discrimination in employment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to gender, age, race, color, religious creed, marital status, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, ethnicity, ancestry, citizenship, genetic information, disability, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

Equal Opportunity Employer Details

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Accommodation

Whether you require an accommodation for the job application or interview process, Radian is dedicated to a barrier-free employment process and encourages a diverse workforce. If you have questions about the accommodation process, please e-mail careers@radian.com.