Principal Engineer, Web

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Requirements:

• 10+ years of software development in web development.
• Experience with architecting and designing highly available/fault-tolerant, transaction processing systems.
• Strong leadership experience and effective communication skills.
• Mindset focused on seizing opportunities and prioritization.
• Adaptability to a fast-moving environment and a growth mindset.
• Deep understanding of web and network stack optimization.
• Experience in performance monitoring of end-to-end customer experiences.
• Experience integrating 3rd party APIs (REST, OAuth, JSONP).
• Experience with developing and deploying AWS tools and systems.
• BS/MS in Computer Science or Engineering, or equivalent experience.

Responsibilities:

• You'll be responsible for the technical direction, strategy and health of our web platforms.
• You'll ensure that our technology can deliver on the business/product requirements necessary to make LTK successful at a rapid pace and scale.
• This means working with other leads to set and execute a long-term strategy for web, aligning the strategy with other clients where applicable, and lead communications with leadership around our status.
• Develop strong partnerships with product teams to understand, and proactively address, future technology needs and current developer pain points.
• Champion and drive large-scale, cross-functional initiatives that improve the web platform.
• Act as the ultimate 'customer representative' for web engineers, prioritizing projects that ensure high-quality features.
• Scale your leadership through mentorship, best practices, processes, training, and tools.
• Ensure solid technical plans are in place for projects via direct review or delegation.
• Be the technical point of contact for decisions that impact the whole web platform and for cross-functional partners.