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Our Platform Team owns the core data pipeline infrastructure powering 500+ integrations - and we're now rebuilding how that work gets done, with AI at the center.\nWe're looking for a Principal Engineer who can set the technical direction for AI-assisted engineering across the Platform Team - someone who doesn't just use AI tools, but defines how they're used responsibly at scale.\nAbout the Role\nYou'll be the architectural voice on the Platform Team, shaping how we design, build, and evolve our core Python-based extraction and load infrastructure. More than that, you'll own the engineering practices shift: defining how agentic coding, AI-assisted development, and LLM tooling integrate into our delivery process without sacrificing reliability or maintainability. 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