Principal Platform Engineer
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Stitch FixRetail Technology
Remote, USAFull-TimePrincipal
Salary$125,300 — $209,000 USD
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Job Details
- Experience
- 5+ years
- Required Skills
- PythonRubyRustMicroservicesDistributed Systems
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
- 5+ years of experience designing, building, and operating complex production systems in platform, infrastructure, backend, or developer tooling environments.
- Deep experience with distributed architectures, microservices, APIs, and cloud infrastructure.
- Proficiency in languages such as Ruby/Rails, Python, or Rust.
- Hands-on experience using and implementing modern AI-assisted engineering workflows (e.g., AI agents, LLM integrations).
- Proven experience leading complex technical projects end-to-end and influencing cross-functional teams.
- Ability to communicate tradeoffs clearly and mentor other engineers.
- Ability to sit for extended periods and use standard office equipment.
Responsibilities
- Own the end-to-end technical delivery of platform initiatives from discovery and design through implementation, rollout, and operational readiness.
- Design and build scalable, observable, and maintainable shared platform capabilities, APIs, gateways, and backend services.
- Evaluate and prototype emerging technologies, including AI agents and automated workflows, turning them into reusable platform tools.
- Lead technical design reviews and mentor engineers through code reviews and pairing to raise technical excellence.
- Eliminate manual work by delivering self-service tooling, automation, and continuous improvement across production systems.
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