Principal Member of Technical Staff

Role Description

Pragmatike is recruiting on behalf of a rapidly scaling technology company building sophisticated infrastructure and software systems. We are seeking a Principal Member of Technical Staff to provide technical leadership across the company's most important engineering challenges.

• Define architecture for complex, high-impact systems.
• Lead company-critical engineering initiatives.
• Solve novel scalability, reliability, and performance problems.
• Establish technical direction across multiple engineering teams.
• Influence technology strategy and long-term architecture.
• Mentor senior and staff-level engineers.
• Drive technical alignment across Product and Engineering.
• Turn emerging technical challenges into durable platform capabilities.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of engineering experience.
• Exceptional system design and architecture skills.
• Deep expertise in distributed systems or infrastructure.
• Track record of solving complex technical problems at scale.
• Strong technical leadership and communication.
• Ability to influence senior stakeholders across the organization.

Requirements

• Nice to Have:
• AI/ML infrastructure.
• Cloud-native architecture.
• Kubernetes and distributed compute.
• High-growth startup or scale-up experience.

Benefits

• Opportunity to work on complex systems, large-scale integrations, and real-world technical challenges.
• Collaborative, fast-moving environment where ownership is encouraged.
• Quick decision-making and meaningful influence on architecture, product direction, and engineering culture.
• Opportunity to tackle challenging backend problems and work with modern technologies.
• Grow alongside an ambitious team building for scale.
• Full benefit package and competitive compensation.