Principal Engineer - AI Products & Platform, Remote

As a Principal Software Engineer, you’ll be one of the most senior technical leaders shaping the future of our AI-powered product ecosystem: from architecting the foundations of next-generation agentic and AI-enabled experiences, to scaling our platform to millions of users worldwide. Reporting to our SVP of Engineering and collaborating closely with our Distinguished Engineer, you’ll set technical direction across a broad horizontal product space, guide dozens of engineering teams, and build systems from V0 through V2 that are both innovative and production-ready. This role blends high-level architectural influence with hands-on code contributions, tackling complex problems at scale and delivering capabilities that will define our company’s next chapter.

Primary Duties:

• Architect complex systems and make critical technical decisions.
• Solve challenging technical problems with innovative solutions.
• Mentor engineers and promote engineering excellence across teams.
• Align technical strategies with business goals through cross-functional collaboration.
• Contribute to technical roadmaps and strategic planning.
• Evaluate new technologies and lead innovation initiatives.

Minimum Qualifications:

• BS/BTech (or higher) in Computer Science, Engineering or a related field required]
• 10+ years of production-level experience as an engineer building highly scalable systems
• 6+ years of experience acting as a trusted technical decision-maker in a team setting, solving for short-term and long-term business value
• 4+ years of experience working with SQL or other database querying languages on large multi-table data sets
• Experience architecting, developing, and deploying large-scale distributed systems at scale
• Experience with cloud technologies, e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP
• Experience building continuous integration and continuous development (CI/CD) pipelines
• Strong familiarity with server-side web technologies (eg: Java, Python, Scala, C#, C++, Go)

Preferred Knowledge, Skills, and/or Abilities:

• 10+ years of engineering experience architecting and scaling reliable backend or platform systems for millions of users.
• Proven track record in V0, V1, and V2 architecture and delivery - guiding large teams (50+ engineers) across multiple product areas.
• Strong background in architecting or implementing AI-driven features - with the ability to translate AI capabilities into scalable, user-facing products
• Experience designing platform and API ecosystems that serve broad horizontal product spaces
• Deep hands-on expertise with cloud infrastructure (AWS preferred), event streaming (Kafka), and large-scale database systems
• Expertise in containerization/orchestration technologies (Docker, Kubernetes) and modern CI/CD pipelines
• Experience engineering systems for scalability, high availability, and security - with a focus on sensitive or regulated data
• Familiarity with database replication, sharding, and other techniques critical to distributed systems performance and resiliency
• Ability to lead and mentor senior engineering talent, shaping architecture decisions and technical direction across multiple teams
• Demonstrated success evaluating and adopting emerging technologies to drive company-wide technical strategies

Physical Requirements:

• Sitting for prolonged periods of time. Extensive use of computers and keyboard. Occasional walking and lifting may be required.