Principal Software Engineer - remote opportunity

Description/Responsibilities

This role is a hands-on Principal Software Engineer embedded in a small, cross-functional squad focused on testing new business strategies.

The Principal Software Engineer will drive both technical execution and day-to-day squad leadership, partnering closely with Product and Delivery. While not a formal people manager, this role functions as the de facto technical leader for the squad, ensuring high-quality delivery and alignment with broader Product Engineering standards.

This is a build-first role — writing code daily, shipping quickly, and enabling the team to experiment, learn, and iterate at speed without creating long-term technical debt.

Hands-On Engineering (~60–70%)* Design, build, and ship full-stack features * Develop modern, responsive UIs * Build APIs and services on AWS serverless architecture * Define infrastructure using IaC * Lead by example in code quality

Technical Leadership & Delivery (~30–40%)* Lead a small squad through rapid experimentation * Translate business ideas into execution quickly * Own delivery and remove blockers * Align with Product and Delivery * Ensure alignment to engineering standards * Balance speed, scalability, and maintainability

Innovation & Experimentation* Enable fast iteration and testing of ideas * Leverage feature flags for safe experimentation * Encourage rapid prototyping * Manage technical debt proactively

Qualifications: * 5-7+ years of software engineering * Strong TypeScript / Node / frontend skills * Experience with AWS serverless * Leadership through execution * Ability to align business and tech * Strong communication skills

How This Role Fits* Reports to Sr Manager, Delivery * Technical leader within squad * Aligned to Jira, SDLC and platform standards * High autonomy within guardrails

How We Work* Small teams, rapid iteration * Continuous deployment * Feature flags and incremental rollout * Separation of experimentatio