Principal Engineer - FullStack Catalog
Location- Irvine, California
Key Responsibilities
" Define and own platform architecture and engineering strategy
" Lead large-scale platform modernization initiatives
" Build proofs of concept and contribute production-grade code
" Drive architecture reviews and engineering standards
" Resolve cross-team technical dependencies
Required Technical Skills
" Deep expertise in C#/.NET, Go, Java, or Python
" High-scale APIs and distributed systems
" Data modeling and event-driven architectures
" React or modern frontend frameworks
" Platform modernization and migration experience
Required Leadership Skills
" 12+ years of software engineering experience, with significant tenure at Staff/Principal level.
" Drive cross-team technical decisions, platform direction, and multi-team initiatives (architecture
alignment, trade-off resolution, execution).
" Define and scale AI-driven SDLC standards, including tools, guardrails, and automation patterns.
" Hands-on experience with AI-assisted development (e.g., Copilot, Claude Code, Cursor) to deliver
production systems; able to articulate workflow impact and guardrails.
" Strong experience designing and evolving large-scale distributed systems (APIs, data pipelines, event
driven systems, high-scale platforms).
" Proven cross-org leadership driving architecture, standards, and platform initiatives across multiple
teams.
" Elevate engineering quality through code reviews, architecture reviews, and mentoring senior
engineers.
" Strong engineering fundamentals in code quality, testing, CI/CD, and observability while maintaining
delivery velocity.
" Effective communicator with the ability to influence stakeholders and drive alignment without formal
authority.
" Experience collaborating across product, data, security, and infrastructure teams.
" Track record of documenting and scaling architectural decisions and organizational learnings.
" Experience working with distributed teams (US, China, LATAM).