Principal Engineer – LATAM

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

📋 Description

• Take full responsibility for the comprehensive architecture of the Terrific platform, encompassing backend, frontend, data, AI, and real-time systems.

• Promote engineering standards such as code quality, testing, observability, security, and operational excellence, raising the overall performance of the team.

• Guide and mentor engineers to enhance the technical capabilities within the organization.

• Design and implement new services and features from start to finish, ensuring high performance and responsiveness, from the database to the user interface.

• Develop rapid prototype features from A to Z.

• Personally address the most significant and high-stakes challenges, including live video reliability, real-time engagement, commerce integrations, and AI-driven experiences.

• Thoughtfully evolve our technology stack, which includes React, Angular, Node.js, TypeScript, GCP, Firebase, Firestore, Cloud Functions, BigQuery, and Pub/Sub.

• Architect systems for global, 24/7 live operation, focusing on uptime, latency, cost-efficiency, and graceful degradation during peak live events.

• Build for B2B2C scalability, creating systems that cater to enterprise clients (brands, retailers, broadcasters) and their consumer audiences across various regions and languages.

• Collaborate with Product and Data teams to establish experimentation infrastructure, enabling A/B testing and measurement of every significant change.

• Work alongside Product and Design teams from concept through launch, maintaining full ownership in a dynamic, collaborative environment.

• Represent engineering to strategic customers and partners on complex technical topics, translating customer needs into architectural decisions.

• Enhance the overall performance of the team through design reviews, technical writing, mentorship, and recruitment.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 10 years of hands-on software engineering experience, demonstrating a successful track record of leadership at the staff or principal level in high-scale products.

• Proficient in Node.js and TypeScript; substantial frontend experience with React and/or Angular is highly advantageous.

• Extensive experience in designing and managing distributed, real-time systems in production, operating 24/7 under load.

• Strong instincts in data engineering, including SQL/NoSQL, event-driven architectures, and analytical stores (BigQuery or similar).

• Practical experience in building or deploying AI/ML-powered features in production, such as personalization, recommendations, search, or generative AI.

• Familiarity with GCP services (Firebase, Cloud Functions, Firestore, Realtime Database, Pub/Sub) is a significant advantage.

• Experience with commerce platforms like Shopify or WooCommerce, and/or live video/streaming infrastructure is a plus.

• Excellent judgment regarding trade-offs between scope, speed, performance, and user experience, along with strong product intuition.

• Clear and composed communicator: adept at writing, providing thoughtful pushback, and enhancing the effectiveness of those around them.

🏝️ Benefits

• Principal-level ownership of the platform that shapes live, shoppable media.

• Access to real, global scale involving top brands, retailers, and broadcasters operating 24/7 across Latin America, Europe, and Israel.

• Work with a modern technology stack (Node.js, TypeScript, React, Angular, GCP, Firebase, BigQuery, Pub/Sub) while having the autonomy to evolve it.

• Join a close-knit, senior team where product, design, data, and engineering collaborate seamlessly to deliver results.