Location: Remote- EU
Team: Engineering – Core Product Team
Salary: $140,000 USD
About Us
We’re a fast-growing SaaS e-commerce company powering mission-critical systems for thousands of businesses across diverse products. Our platform uses modern, scalable architecture to handle high volumes of data, flows, and transactions every day. We're a remote-first company with a product-led mindset and a culture built on trust, clarity, and continuous delivery.
The Role
We’re looking for a Principal Engineer to join one of our core engineering teams as a senior technical leader. In this role, you will deliver hands-on impact within a product-oriented team—while also helping shape standards, technical direction, and mentorship across the wider engineering org.
You’ll lead the architecture and delivery of critical features and systems that power the next generation of our platform. You’ll also influence and guide project teams across domains, unblock technical challenges, and foster clarity and alignment on decisions that scale.
This is a role for someone who loves solving deep technical challenges while inspiring and enabling other engineers to do their best work.
Core Responsibilities
Deliver high-impact features and systems within a core product team, owning architecture, code, and delivery end-to-end
Build and evolve backend services in Go, with performant REST APIs and asynchronous workflows
Architect scalable data models in Postgres, lead migrations, and optimize query and indexing strategies
Develop structured, reusable UI architectures and components in TypeScript with frameworks like Vue or React
Guide teams through complex architectural decisions, balancing delivery velocity with long-term platform health
Maintain and evolve cloud-native deployments with Docker, Kubernetes, and production-grade observability
Mentor engineers at all levels; share knowledge through code reviews, RFCs, and pairing
Champion engineering excellence, system reliability, and maintainability across squads
Collaborate closely with Product, Design, and Engineering leadership to align technical execution with user outcomes
What You Bring
8+ years in professional software development with recent experience at Staff/Principal level
Highly skilled in Go, distributed systems, and modern service design
Proficient in TypeScript and modern SPA frameworks (VueJs, React, etc.)
Expert-level experience building and scaling relational databases (Postgres preferred)
Proven ability to deliver complex features in production environments while upholding high engineering standards
Experience owning cloud-based systems with Kubernetes, Docker, CI/CD tooling
Skilled at simplifying complexity, enabling delivery, and mentoring others
Excellent communicator with strong product intuition and an ability to collaborate across disciplines
Thrives in ambiguity and can create clarity, structure, and confidence in others
Nice to Have
Familiarity with generative AI workflows, prompt engineering, or integrating LLM-based services
Experience evolving design systems or contributing to accessibility-first UI development
Python experience for automation or data workflows
Leadership experience in platform, infrastructure, or devtools engineering
Why Join Us
Deliver high-impact work within a core team while influencing architecture and standards across the org
Mentor and lead engineering peers in a high-trust, remote-first environment
Help shape the future of a platform used by thousands of real businesses
Be part of a scaling team with a strong culture of ownership, collaboration, and continuous improvement
Get full autonomy and ownership to drive both tactical delivery and strategic technical initiatives