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Principal Software Engineer

Kion Group AG
Wauwatosa, WI Full Time
POSTED ON 6/19/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 7/17/2026
SR Software Engineer position with project lead experience.

We offer:

What We Offer:
  • Career Development
  • Competitive Compensation and Benefits
  • Pay Transparency
  • Global Opportunities

Learn More Here: Dematic provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.

The base pay range for this role is estimated to be $82,000 - $166,000 at the time of posting. Final compensation will be determined by various factors such as work location, education, experience, knowledge, and skills.

Tasks and Qualifications:

What You Will do in This Role:
  • Responsible for developing, upgrading, retrofitting, testing and integrating various software warehouse logistics solutions efficiently to implement the required software solutions.
  • Balance and work on multiple projects simultaneously
  • Diagnose customer issues on new and existing projects.
  • Assist in the development of solutions to upgrade existing systems.
  • Communicate with customers and external team members on project requirements and solutions.
  • Provide engineering support as required.
  • Resolve incompatibility issues with older software on new hardware.
  • Upgrade existing software to newer versions.
  • Collaborate with highly cross-functional, Agile teams to build out new customer features and functionality.
  • Improve internal processes to make code deployment easier, faster and more consistent.
  • Play a critical role in system design, architecture, and execution.
  • Travel across North America to customer sites to validate system functionality and testing (up to approximately 20%)

What We are Looking For:
  • BS in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related discipline
  • At least 15 years' experience in similar position in the industry
  • Working knowledge required in: Windows Server configurations, VMWare, HyperV, Java, database (ORACLE and MS SQL-Sever), Visual Basic, and C ; C#, Java Script
  • Excellent communication and customer service mindset
  • Organization, analytical, reasoning and problem solving.
  • Maintaining accurate and detailed records
  • Excellent team and communications skills
  • May provide technical assistance to support staff and other employees.
  • Passion for problem solving and executing with excellence.
  • Knowledge of industrial automation.

Salary : $82,000 - $166,000

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