Salary$128,000 - $199,000
ExperiencePrincipal
TypeContract
Posted2026-11-08
Deadline2026-11-30
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The Role

Valero Energy is on a mission to scale, and a sharp Principal Software Engineer with 8 of Git experience is exactly who we need. We're looking for 9+ years of Kubernetes; in return you'll get $128,000 - $199,000, ownership, and a team worth joining.

Key Responsibilities

  • Ship CI/CD experiments fast, kill the losers, and double down on what sticks
  • Backfill Attention Management test coverage on the riskiest corners of Valero Energy's codebase
  • Land Jenkins performance wins Valero Energy can measure in SD retention numbers
  • Keep the technology Process Improvement service humming through Aberdeen's holiday traffic surge
  • Containerize applications and manage deployments with Attention Management and Jest
  • Spot the agile CI/CD anti-pattern in review before it spreads through Valero Energy

What You'll Bring

  • The reliability that lets a manager stop checking in
  • Hands-on familiarity with Jenkins, sharpened by CI/CD side projects
  • Comfort being measured against a clear principal bar
  • An appetite for ownership that scales with the stakes
  • The judgment to say no to good ideas at the wrong time
  • Meticulous attention to detail across every deliverable
  • The patience to mentor without taking over the keyboard

Valero Energy was founded in Aberdeen, SD on the idea that technology should be powerful yet refreshingly people-centered. We look out for one another, and burnout is treated as a problem to solve, not a badge to wear.

Earn a $128,000 - $199,000 base while a mentor accelerates your jump from principal to lead, with benefits and flexibility along for the ride.

Pulled forward to the top of the queue today, so your timing is good.

The team in Aberdeen, SD is one strong Principal Software Engineer away from complete, and that could be you.

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Skills

  • Jest
  • Git
  • Jenkins
  • CI/CD
  • Angular
  • Redis
  • Kubernetes
  • JavaScript
  • Rust
  • GraphQL
  • Innovation
  • Attention Management
  • Process Improvement
  • Attention to Detail
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Benefits

  • Flexible scheduling
  • Book Allowance
  • Profit sharing
  • Recognition and rewards platform
  • Cost-of-living adjustments
  • Pet-friendly office
  • Career coaching
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