Principal Architect

We are looking for a high-impact Architect to join our engineering leadership team. In this role, you will define and drive the long-term backend architecture that powers our core product experiences. You’ll work closely with founders, product managers, and engineering leaders to ensure our backend systems can support rapid product innovation while scaling reliably and securely.

You won’t just design services — you’ll shape how we build products : creating frameworks, patterns, and decisions that empower engineers to move fast without compromising on robustness. We’re looking for someone with 10+ years of experience in building and scaling backend systems for high-growth products, with the ability to operate as a force multiplier across multiple product teams.

On the Job

• Define and evolve the backend architecture to support product growth — APIs, services, data models, and integrations.
• Partner with Product and Engineering leads to translate user and business goals into scalable, reliable backend systems.
• Own architecture for major product initiatives : payments, onboarding, user engagement, growth, and monetization.
• Establish frameworks and reusable patterns that improve developer velocity, product experimentation, and feature rollout.
• Evaluate trade-offs across speed, cost, security, and user experience when making system design decisions.
• Mentor and guide senior engineers — building strong architectural thinking and decision-making across the org.
• Collaborate with infra, data, and security teams to ensure backend systems remain compliant, observable, and cost-efficient.
• Stay ahead of emerging technologies, patterns, and practices relevant to backend and product engineering.
• Be a strong voice in product architecture decisions : build-vs-integrate, synchronous-vs-asynchronous, schema-vs-event driven, etc.

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Why join us?

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