Principal Engineer

Key Responsibilities

Design and build large-scale, distributed backend systems that are highly scalable, reliable, and available. Own and drive architecture, system design, and key technical decisions across critical backend components. Work hands-on with complex production systems and critical services. Solve challenging problems involving concurrency, consistency, distributed processing, and asynchronous architectures .

Improve system performance, scalability, reliability, fault tolerance, and availability . Identify and resolve complex production issues through deep troubleshooting and root-cause analysis. Establish engineering standards, best practices, and technical guidelines across teams. Mentor Senior Engineers, Staff Engineers, and technical leads and influence engineering practices.

Collaborate with product and engineering leadership to translate business requirements into scalable technical solutions. Evaluate and implement AI-assisted development tools and AI/ML capabilities where they provide meaningful engineering or product value. Must-Have Technical Skills 12+ years of backend software engineering experience .

Strong hands-on expertise in Golang (Go) . Candidates with strong expertise in Java, Python, or C++ may also be considered. Deep understanding of: Distributed Systems Concurrency and Parallel Processing Consistency Models Asynchronous Architecture Fault Tolerance and High Availability Strong System Design and Software Architecture experience.

Proven experience designing and operating high-scale production systems . Strong experience with at least one major cloud platform: AWS GCP Azure Strong hands-on experience with Relational and NoSQL databases . Strong troubleshooting and debugging skills across performance, scalability, reliability, and production issues .

Previous experience in a Staff Engineer, Principal Engineer, Lead Architect, or equivalent technical leadership role . Excellent technical communication, stakeholder management, and mentoring skills.

Preferred Skills

/ Domain Experience Experience in FinTech, Payments, Banking, or Financial Platforms . Experience with Cryptocurrency, Stablecoins, Blockchain, or Web3 . Strong experience in Go performance tuning and production debugging . Exposure to AI/ML, Generative AI, or Agentic AI . Experience using AI-assisted software development tools and workflows .

Experience building high-throughput, low-latency, transaction-heavy systems.