Principal Engineer

5 months ago

USA (city not specified)Staff+

Base Salary

$210k - $314k/yr

Responsibilities

Design and architect secure, scalable, distributed full-stack cloud services processing petabytes of data weekly.
Define organization-wide technical vision, architecture, platform strategy, data strategy, and engineering standards.
Resolve complex cross-organizational technical problems through collaboration and hands-on implementation.
Establish and drive adoption of standards for scalability, reliability, maintainability, security, testability, flexibility, and observability.
Influence engineering execution, company strategy, executive product and platform decisions, and engineering culture.
Lead the evolution of Enrichment from batch-oriented pipelines to streaming-first, continuously processing workflows handling 1K to 1B+ files.
Design, implement, review, operate, and provide on-call support for production software and end-to-end systems.
Lead AI-assisted and agentic engineering adoption by establishing tooling, best practices, guardrails, and development standards.
Mentor engineers and influence senior and executive stakeholders.

12+ years of experience designing, building, and operating complex cloud-native distributed systems.
Recognized authority in architecture and distributed systems with experience defining organization-wide technical standards.
Deep involvement in security, compliance, reliability, performance, and observability strategy for systems under strict SLOs.
Experience with high-throughput data processing and transformation at scale, including batch pipelines, streaming systems, or both.
Experience with durable workflow and orchestration engines such as Temporal, event-driven architectures, and container-based compute such as Kubernetes.
Ability to align technical vision with company-level strategy and influence senior and executive stakeholders.
Exceptional mentorship, communication, strategic thinking, and technical leadership skills.
Preferred experience guiding enterprise UI/UX, system architecture, or data architecture.
Preferred background in legal technology, AI-enabled platforms, or regulated domains.
Preferred external thought leadership or industry contribution.
Familiarity with GitHub Copilot, Cursor, or Claude Code.
Hands-on experience with streaming or continuous data-processing systems such as Event Hub, Kafka, Apache Spark, or similar frameworks.
Demonstrated leadership adopting agentic and AI-assisted engineering workflows and establishing team guardrails.

Remote/hybrid work arrangement.
Competitive base salary, annual performance bonus, long-term incentives, and equity program.
Health and retirement programs.
Wellness resources and discretionary time off.
Parental leave for primary and secondary caregivers.
Two annual company breaks.
Home office stipend.
Volunteer opportunities and company-sponsored charitable programs.