Platform Architect & AI-Driven Lead Engineer

SkyWatch; Kitchener; Hybrid; CAD 195,000 - 235,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Hybrid work

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Job summary

SkyWatch is seeking a Principal Engineer to lead the technical direction of our commercial platform, directing the roadmap in collaboration with the Chief Product Officer. You will stay close to customers, design the architecture for ingestion, processing, identity, search, and AI agent infrastructure, and mentor a growing team of engineers.

You will drive an AI-native lifecycle, delivering fast, reliable software while balancing customer value and business goals.

Qualifications

• 10+ years building production software, including leadership on a platform team.
• Regular, direct work with customers and translating feedback into shipped product.
• Experience shipping APIs, developer experiences, and productized AI tools.

Responsibilities

• Stay close to customers and translate their feedback into roadmap priorities.
• Shorten the path from feedback to production and ship changes quickly.
• Own the architecture and set technical direction for the platform and data pipelines.
• Oversee AI-native development lifecycle, including agents that write and test code.
• Lead and mentor the platform and data engineering team with a strong emphasis on reliability.

Skills

Production software

Customer work

API design

LLM systems

AI tooling

Trade-offs

Cloud & APIs

Geospatial data

SaaS platforms

Job description

SkyWatch is seeking a Principal Engineer to lead the technical direction of our commercial platform, directing the roadmap in collaboration with the Chief Product Officer. You will stay close to customers, design the architecture for ingestion, processing, identity, search, and AI agent infrastructure, and mentor a growing team of engineers.

You will drive an AI-native lifecycle, delivering fast, reliable software while balancing customer value and business goals.