Principal Engineer, New Products

About this role: The Principal Engineer, New Products is a senior technical leadership role that owns the system design vision for a new business line. This person sets the architecture, translates business requirements into sound technical decisions, and pulls the pieces and teams together around one direction. They provide technical leadership to a contractor team of three from day one, with potential for 1-2 additional small teams over time, and work closely with Product, Engineering, Operations, and business leaders.

The role is hands-on and scales through process, automation, and AI-assisted development rather than headcount. It is internally facing and does not include external, commercial, or partner-facing work. This role requires balancing strategic thinking with pragmatic execution — helping teams solve complex challenges while maintaining a strong focus on quality, performance, on-time delivery, and long-term maintainability.

The ideal candidate is equally comfortable operating at a systems architecture level and rolling up their sleeves to move a critical initiative forward. They bring a builder's mindset, a bias toward action, and the interpersonal skills to work effectively across internal teams and stakeholders alike. They use AI coding agents such as Claude Code every day and look to scale through the process before adding people.