Senior Principal Software Engineer Jobs in Tennessee

HireRight is the premier global background screening and workforce solutions provider. We bring clarity and confidence to vetting and hiring decisions through integrated, tailored solutions, driving a higher standard of accuracy in everything we do. Combining in-house talent, personalized services, and proprietary technology, we ensure the best candidate experience possible. PBSA accredited and based in Nashville, TN, we offer expertise from our regional centers across 200 countries and territories in The Americas, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. Our commitment to get it right every time, everywhere, makes us the trusted partner of businesses and organizations worldwide.

We are looking for a Senior Principal Software Engineer who wants to help transform an industry.

This is not just a feature delivery role. It is a chance to shape the future of background screening and workforce technology by building systems that are simpler, smarter, more reliable, and more human-centered.

We need someone who can operate across the stack and across altitudes:

• Deep in the code when needed
• Across systems when architecture matters
• Beside product when the problem needs shaping
• With teams when technical judgment needs to scale
• Ahead of the curve when technology changes what is possible

Our goal is bold: transform the industry.

That will require curiosity, technical depth, smart risk-taking, AI-enabled leverage, and a willingness to challenge how things have always been done.

If you are the kind of engineer who looks at complexity and says, "There has to be a simpler way," then helps build it we should talk.

How we work 

We value: 

• Curiosity: ask better questions 

• Simplicity: remove unnecessary complexity 

• Ownership: if we build it, we own it 

• Lean thinking: small batches, fast feedback, less waste 

• Craft: quality matters 

• Direct feedback: clarity is kindness 

• Smart risk: experiment responsibly 

• Data-informed decisions: use evidence without becoming trapped by it 

• Agentic leverage: use modern tools to increase impact 

• Continuous improvement: make the system better every cycle 

Hiring and workforce decisions affect companies, candidates, communities, and lives. The systems behind those decisions should be accurate, trustworthy, efficient, humane, and modern. 

We are looking for engineers who can dream recklessly, engineer responsibly, simplify relentlessly, and build what does not yet exist. 

If that sounds like you, we would love to meet you. 

• Design, build, and evolve full stack software systems used by customers, candidates, internal teams, and global operations
• Lead technical direction for complex initiatives across frontend, backend, data, APIs, and cloud infrastructure
• Partner with product, design, security, operations, and business stakeholders to solve high-value problems
• Turn ambiguous business and customer needs into clear technical approaches
• Build systems that are reliable, secure, observable, scalable, and maintainable
• Simplify complex workflows through thoughtful product and engineering design
• Mentor engineers through design reviews, code reviews, pairing, and technical coaching
• Help teams make strong technical decisions with incomplete information
• Identify and reduce technical debt, operational toil, and unnecessary system complexity
• Use AI and agentic tools responsibly to accelerate engineering work and improve team leverage
• Raise the bar for engineering craft, quality, and ownership

We typically look for 10 or more years of software engineering experience, with a meaningful portion of that spent working on complex, distributed, or large-scale systems. We care more about the depth and quality of that experience than the exact number of years. 

Our technology environment will evolve, and we care more about engineering fundamentals than a perfect keyword match. 

Relevant experience may include:

• Modern JavaScript / TypeScript
• React, Angular, Vue, or similar frontend frameworks
• js, Java, C#, Python, Go, or similar backend technologies
• REST, GraphQL, event-driven architectures, or service-oriented systems
• Relational and NoSQL databases
• Cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP
• CI/CD pipelines
• Containers and orchestration
• Observability tools
• Automated testing frameworks
• Secure software development practices
• AI coding assistants and agentic development tools

You do not need to have experience with our exact stack. You do need to be able to learn quickly, reason deeply, and build responsibly.  

In exchange for your expertise, HireRight offers an excellent employee benefit package which includes:

Medical Dental Vision Paid Life/AD&D Insurance Voluntary Life Insurance Short- & Long-Term Disability Flexible Spending Accounts 401K Generous Vacation and Sick Program 10 Paid Holidays Education Assistance Program Business Casual Attire Generous Referral Program Employee Discounts and Rewards And much more!

*All resumes are held in confidence. Only candidates whose profiles closely match requirements will be contacted during this search.HireRight, LLC is an Equal Opportunity EmployerMinorities / Females / Veterans / DisabilitiesHireRight does not accept unsolicited resumes through or from search firms or staffing agencies. All unsolicited resumes will be considered the property of HireRight and HireRight will not be obligated to pay a placement fee.