Principal Engineer

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

📋 Description

• Establish architectural standards and a target state for the engineering division.

• Lead extensive refactoring initiatives to create distinct domain ownership and team autonomy within a unified codebase.

• Transform unclear cross-team challenges into definitive direction, actionable plans, and delivered software.

• Guide technical decision-making through Architecture Decision Documents and collaborative discussions.

• Set benchmarks for AI-native engineering, encompassing agentic coding, accelerated reviews and tests, repo-native tooling, and MCP servers.

• Rapidly prototype, write production-quality code on critical paths, and review designs and pull requests across teams.

• Spearhead technical discovery, feasibility assessments, and sizing; balance engineering investments with costs and business impacts.

• Formulate testing strategies, observability protocols, and on-call health measures.

• Mentor Staff and Senior engineers into technical leaders and influence hiring and leveling processes.

• Collaborate with Principal Engineers and engineering leadership to establish organization-wide engineering standards.

⛳️ Requirements

• At least 12 years of experience delivering software in a production environment, including substantial time at the Staff level or higher.

• Proven experience in establishing architecture across several teams or an entire engineering organization, specifically in Ruby on Rails or a comparable open-source stack (Python, Go, TypeScript).

• Led at least one major refactoring or decomposition of a shared domain model, with the ability to discuss successes, challenges, and potential changes.

• Demonstrated capacity to make and take responsibility for high-stakes technical decisions amid ambiguity, and to unify engineers, Product, and leadership around these decisions transparently.

• Daily, hands-on experience with AI coding tools, accompanied by a well-defined perspective on their impact on architecture and engineering practices.

• Excellent written communication skills; you foster alignment through design documentation and decision records.

• Must reside in the U.S.

• Must possess legal authorization to work in the United States at the time of application and throughout the duration of employment.

• This role is not eligible for employer visa sponsorship.

🏝️ Benefits

• Medical, Dental, and Vision Coverage: Comprehensive plans with options for low-to-no-cost premiums.

• Employer HSA Contribution: Company-funded contributions to your Health Savings Account.

• 401(k) Retirement Plan.

• Equity Incentive Plan.

• Annual Company-Wide Bonus: Opportunity for up to 15% bonus based on company performance.

• Remote-First Culture: We are remote-first with a dedicated NYC office and reimbursement options for co-working spaces.

• Flexible Vacation Policy.

• Summer Fridays: 5 additional Fridays off during the summer (separate from PTO).

• Home Office and Wellness Stipend.

• Monthly Internet Stipend.

• Annual Learning and Development Stipend.