Principal Software Developer (Backend Platform)

• You’d be joining our backend team within the Platform Engineering division
• We’re building an AI-native platform for our internal developers, over 150 of them, guided by a single question: does this shorten the time from idea to value, for the teams building on our platform and for the customers they ultimately serve?
• The smooth path is the safe, fast path, because the platform makes it the default. We build the route that maximizes AI acceleration
• You’ll set the technical direction for how backend services get built, shipped, and operated across the engineering org — not just for one team
• Shape the technical direction, governance and architecture of the backend platform
• Shape AI-native workflows into the platform itself, changing how the org builds services with developers and agents
• Proactively identify and drive resolution of cross-cutting technical challenges before they become delivery blockers, working across multiple engineering teams
• Define and evolve platform-wide standards, patterns, and abstractions adopted across teams
• Influence roadmap priorities by framing trade-offs, surfacing opportunities, and driving alignment across engineering, product, and analytics
• Drive adoption of changes across teams, not just their delivery
• Mentor and elevate senior engineers through complex problems and architectural decisions
• Navigate ambiguity and lead complex, multi-squad initiatives with minimal direction
• Participate in the on-call rotation

Benefits

• Flexible time off
• Training and development investments
• Competitive salary and equity opportunities
• Comprehensive healthcare coverage

• Experience navigating organizational complexity, aligning stakeholders and using data to demonstrate impact
• Demonstrated ability to frame ambiguous technical problems and drive them to resolution with minimal guidance
• Expert-level English, spoken and written — you’ll lead platform engineering managers across multiple teams and present technical priorities to executive stakeholders
• Deep expertise in distributed systems, demonstrated with experience making architectural decisions with long-term, cross-org, multi-year consequences
• Track record of cross-team impact: changing how multiple teams build, decide, or deliver
• Expert in Node.js, TypeScript, or similar languages, with a track record of setting standards others adopt
• Deep exposure across several of the platform’s key domains: cloud (AWS), IaC infrastructure (Terraform/Atmos), CI/CD, GraphQL federation, Event driven systems, APIs, and developer experience
• Strong technical judgment balanced with pragmatism: knows when to advocate for the right solution and when to move forward
• A strong AI-native mindset — you’ve brought AI-assisted workflows into a platform or org, not just your own workflow