Principal Architect

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Take charge of the implementation of the Executive Team's technical strategy, transforming high-level objectives into actionable milestones and scalable design systems.

• Lead by example by actively creating prototypes, core libraries, and foundational projects that establish the benchmark for the rest of the team.

• Establish and uphold technical standards, ensuring that each design decision addresses failure modes, scalability, and performance within our production environment.

• Conduct a thorough design review process that emphasizes backward compatibility and robust verification for our data-intensive systems.

• Advance our microservices (Node.js/EKS/AWS) with a focus on minimizing technical debt and enhancing system efficiency as we scale.

• Collaborate with Product and Engineering to ensure requirements are clearly defined and that the final product aligns with the original vision.

• Master the data lifecycle, from IoT ingestion to storage and processing, laying the groundwork that our teams will eventually manage.

• Get hands-on to implement standards for observability and monitoring, ensuring our platform achieves the highest possible uptime.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 12 years of professional experience in software engineering.

• At least 4 years in an architectural leadership role (Principal Engineer, Staff Engineer, or equivalent) where you were responsible for technical standards and design quality across multiple engineering teams.

• Proven experience in translating high-level ideas into well-documented patterns and designs that teams can implement autonomously—not just creating systems yourself, but empowering others to build them effectively.

• Extensive knowledge of distributed systems and microservices architecture, including managing and evolving a sophisticated microservices environment (not just greenfield design).

• Strong practical experience with JavaScript and Node.js in service-oriented architectures.

• Significant experience in data architecture, including designing systems that manage high-volume, real-time data (e.g., IoT or event-driven systems), and making tradeoffs regarding storage, processing, and access patterns.

• Experience in enhancing system reliability and performance at scale, particularly in terms of observability, monitoring, and fault tolerance.

• Proven ability to influence across teams, fostering alignment without solely relying on authority.

• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in computer science or a related field, or equivalent industry experience.

🏝️ Benefits

• Full-time opportunity.

• Location: Remote - nationwide.

• Travel is required, 8 - 10%.

• Opportunities for growth and personal development within a highly dynamic team.

• Comprehensive, low-cost benefit packages available.

• Benefit coverage begins on the first day of employment.

• Paid Time Off and Volunteer Time Off provided.

• 401k matching offered.

• Dependent Care assistance available.

• Employee referral bonuses offered.