Principal Developer
Verisk Analytics
Principal Developer
Job Description
This role is responsible for setting technical direction, solving the most complex engineering challenges, and influencing engineering practices across teams. Principal Developers act as force multipliers, scaling their impact by mentoring others, improving architecture, and driving system-wide improvements.
This position is part of a team building large-scale web applications using React, TypeScript, GraphQL, .NET (C#), PostgreSQL, AWS, and related technologies. The ideal candidate will have deep expertise in these technologies and experience designing and delivering highly scalable, performant, and secure web applications.
Individuals in this role are expected to operate with minimal guidance, partnering closely with engineering leadership, product, UX, and cross-functional stakeholders. They combine strategic thinking with strong execution, working across team boundaries to deliver long-term business and technical value. Principal Developers must exhibit strong leadership, communication, and systems thinking.
This role serves as a technical anchor for the organization. Principal Developers may remain in this role long-term or pursue other paths, such as engineering management or technical fellow roles.
Responsibilities
Technical Leadership
- Drive long-term technical direction across teams or domains, aligning engineering efforts to business goals.
- Lead system design efforts for modern web applications, ensuring performance, scalability, maintainability, and security.
- Identify and prioritize technical risks and debt across systems, proposing and championing plans for resolution.
- Provide architecture oversight and direction for cross-team initiatives.
Execution & Delivery
- Lead the implementation of complex features or systems across multiple teams.
- Write high-quality, maintainable code in React, TypeScript, GraphQL, .NET (C#), and related technologies.
- Lead by example in code reviews, testing practices, and documentation.
- Collaborate on estimation and technical planning to ensure feasibility and clarity across stakeholders.
- Participate in the on-call rotation and provide guidance on incident response processes.
Influence & Collaboration
- Mentor senior and mid-level engineers, helping them grow technically and professionally.
- Actively contribute to improving engineering culture, tooling, and best practices.
- Partner with product, design, QA, and platform teams to deliver user-centric solutions.
- Serve as a trusted voice in cross-functional and strategic conversations.
Innovation & Learning
- Stay current with emerging technologies, industry trends, and tools relevant to web application development.
- Evaluate and introduce new practices, tools, and technologies that improve developer experience and product outcomes.
- Propose and drive proof-of-concept efforts or experiments to validate new approaches.
Qualifications
- Extensive experience designing and building complex, scalable systems across the full stack.
- Deep knowledge of software engineering principles, including architecture, design patterns, and best practices.
- Demonstrated ability to lead major technical initiatives across teams.
- Strong understanding of distributed systems, cloud infrastructure, and CI/CD pipelines.
- Track record of mentoring other engineers and fostering technical growth in teams.
- Excellent communication skills with both technical and non-technical audiences.
- Experience partnering with cross-functional stakeholders and influencing product or organizational strategy.
- High ownership mindset, with the ability to manage ambiguity and drive alignment independently.
- Proven ability to balance innovation with pragmatic delivery.
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About Us
For over 50 years, Verisk has been the leading data analytics and technology partner to the global insurance industry by delivering value to our clients through expertise and scale. We empower communities and businesses to make better decisions on risk, faster.
At Verisk, you'll have the chance to use your voice and build a rewarding career that's as unique as you are, with work flexibility and the support, coaching, and training you need to succeed.
For the eighth consecutive year, Verisk is proudly recognized as a Great Place to Work® for outstanding workplace culture in the US, fourth consecutive year in the UK, Spain, and India, and second consecutive year in Poland. We value learning, caring and results and make inclusivity and diversity a top priority. In addition to our Great Place to Work® Certification, we’ve been recognized by The Wall Street Journal as one of the Best-Managed Companies and by Forbes as a World’s Best Employer and Best Employer for Women, testaments to the value we place on workplace culture.
We’re 7,000 people strong. We relentlessly and ethically pursue innovation. And we are looking for people like you to help us translate big data into big ideas. Join us and create an exceptional experience for yourself and a better tomorrow for future generations.
Verisk Businesses
Underwriting Solutions — provides underwriting and rating solutions for auto and property, general liability, and excess and surplus to assess and price risk with speed and precision
Claims Solutions — supports end-to-end claims handling with analytic and automation tools that streamline workflow, improve claims management, and support better customer experiences
Property Estimating Solutions — offers property estimation software and tools for professionals in estimating all phases of building and repair to make day-to-day workflows the most efficient
Extreme Event Solutions — provides risk modeling solutions to help individuals, businesses, and society become more resilient to extreme events.
Specialty Business Solutions — provides an integrated suite of software for full end-to-end management of insurance and reinsurance business, helping companies manage their businesses through efficiency, flexibility, and data governance
Marketing Solutions — delivers data and insights to improve the reach, timing,relevance, and compliance of every consumer engagement
Life Insurance Solutions – offers end-to-end, data insight-driven core capabilities for carriers, distribution, and direct customers across the entire policy lifecycle of life and annuities for both individual and group.
Verisk Maplecroft — provides intelligence on sustainability, resilience, and ESG, helping people, business, and societies become stronger
Verisk Analytics is an equal opportunity employer.
All members of the Verisk Analytics family of companies are equal opportunity employers. We consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, citizenship, sex, gender identity and/or expression, sexual orientation, veteran's status, age or disability. Verisk’s minimum hiring age is 18 except in countries with a higher age limit subject to applicable law.
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Job Info
- Job Identification 2237
- Job Category Technical Product Development
- Posting Date 09/10/2025, 05:06 PM
- Job Schedule Full time
- Locations Lehi, UT, United States
- Work Arrangement Hybrid
- Minimum Salary 90,000
- Maximum Salary 160,000
- Division Property Estimating Solutions
- Legal Employer Xactware Solutions, Inc.
- Disclaimer Annualized base pay may vary depending on geographic location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience
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