Principal Software Engineer

Overview Pattern is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to lead a small team of 1–2 senior engineers and collaborate with creative stakeholders. This is a hands-on technical leadership role focused on setting engineering direction, delivering with excellence, and building tools that infuse AI into creative workflows. Responsibilities Lead a high-autonomy engineering team delivering production-grade creative tools. Shape and communicate architectural vision while contributing hands-on code. Build systems with strong observability, testing, and maintainability. Iterate quickly with direct feedback from creatives, ensuring tools deliver real value. Foster a culture of collaboration, innovation, and knowledge sharing. Problem Spaces You May Work In Content Analysis & Insights — evaluating creative assets to identify performance drivers and improvement opportunities. AI-Augmented Content Creation — developing tools that help creatives brainstorm, prototype, and produce assets faster while preserving their style and intent. Workflow Automation for Creative Teams — integrating with design, video, and publishing pipelines to remove manual steps and accelerate iteration. Data-Driven Creative Testing — building systems that combine creative experimentation with analytics to guide decision-making. Leadership & Collaboration Provide technical leadership, mentoring, and code reviews for 1–2 senior engineers. Partner with creative stakeholders to translate needs into clear engineering initiatives. Own architectural decisions and ensure long-term maintainability and scalability. Set development priorities, balancing quick wins with foundational improvements. Champion AI integration where it drives meaningful creative impact. We hire for leadership and engineering excellence, not just specific tools. If you’re willing to adopt our stack, we want to talk—even if your background differs. Languages & Frameworks Python, FastAPI, React Cloud & Infrastructure: AWS Data: SQL What You’ll Do Lead a high-autonomy engineering team delivering production-grade creative tools. Shape and communicate architectural vision while contributing hands-on code. Build systems with strong observability, testing, and maintainability. Iterate quickly with direct feedback from creatives, ensuring tools deliver real value. Foster a culture of collaboration, innovation, and knowledge sharing. What We’re Looking For Significant experience (typically 7+ years) building and operating production software, with at least 2+ years in a technical leadership capacity. Proven ability to mentor engineers and lead small, high-performing teams. Strong technical skills across backend, frontend, and cloud systems. Track record of successful cross-functional collaboration, especially with creative or design-focused teams. Curiosity, adaptability, and sound judgment when integrating AI into workflows. Why Work at Pattern Pattern offers big opportunities to make a difference in the ecommerce industry. We are a company that evolves quickly, sets big goals, and values our Pattern community. We offer benefits that include: Unlimited PTO Paid Holidays Onsite Fitness Center Company Paid Life Insurance Casual Dress Code Competitive Pay Health, Vision, and Dental Insurance 401(k) match Pattern provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability, status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. Job Details Seniority level: Mid-Senior level Employment type: Full-time Job function: Engineering and Information Technology Industries: Technology, Information and Internet Referrals increase your chances of interviewing at Pattern. Get notified about new Staff Software Engineer jobs in Lehi, UT. #J-18808-Ljbffr