Principal Engineer- Architecture Engineering

Role Summary We are looking for a Principal Engineer to join our Architecture Engineering Services team. This is a hands‑on technical leadership role focused on evaluating, introducing, and operationalizing new technologies across our tax and accounting platform. You will build prototypes, define architectural standards, and guide engineering teams through adoption — bridging the gap between emerging technology and production-ready systems.

What You Bring 8+ years of software engineering experience, with a track record of operating at a senior or staff-level scope Deep expertise in distributed systems, including event-driven and microservices architectures Strong hands-on experience with Apache Kafka — topic design, partitioning strategies, consumer group management, and operational best practices Production experience with Kubernetes — cluster management, Helm charts, service mesh, resource tuning, and troubleshooting Proficiency in Go for building performant backend services Working knowledge of frontend development — enough to build and iterate on internal tools and dashboards (e.g., React, TypeScript, or similar) Experience with containerization — Docker, multi-stage builds, image optimization, and container security fundamentals Cloud platform experience with Azure or AWS, including infrastructure-as-code (Terraform,Pulumi, or similar) Strong written and verbal communication skills — you can articulate complex technical decisions to both engineers and non-technical stakeholders A technology-forward mindset — you stay current with the ecosystem and have strong instincts for what’s worth adopting vs. what’s hype #J-18808-Ljbffr