We are looking for a Principal Engineer to lead large architecture initiatives. In this position, you will leverage your deep understanding of public facing APIs and backend microservices to ensure that client's API continues to lead the industry for search and recommendation of financial products, backed by well-designed architecture that enables maximum developer impact.

Day To Day

Lead complex initiatives like introducing API versioning with a framework for backwards compatibility

Make our API a breeze for partners to integrate with through well-designed interface and autogenerated SDKs

Identify and spearhead opportunities for design improvements in our infrastructure and services

Ensure systems are built to scale in a way that can handle growing traffic and new functionality

Make it easy for devs to deliver robust software by understanding our SDLC and making improvements

Review new architecture proposals across our teams by participating in our RFC process and design sessions

Mentor engineers directly and spread knowledge through things like interactive teaching sessions in a group setting

Analyze and debug complex system-level issues

Keep users and the product in mind while developing highly effective technical solutions

Recommend new technologies to improve developer impact, code quality, and our product offerings

Requirements

10+ years software engineer experience or a strong academic background in computer science

2+ years proven success as a principal or staff engineer, preferably in a high growth, tech start-up environment

Expertise in Scala, including libraries like Scalaz or Cats

Expertise in public-facing APIs and web application frameworks like Play

Deep knowledge of infrastructure built in the AWS ecosystem

Pragmatic approach to delivering results and achieving goals

Ability orchestrate complex changes across multiple teams and codebases

Meticulous attention to detail, in both your own work and when reviewing others'

Desire to teach and mentor engineers