Principal Fullstack Engineer

Jobtailor; Deutschland; Remote; EUR 120.000 - 190.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Jobtailor is recruiting a senior staff/principal engineer to own architecture and technical direction for core platform domains across product squads in Germany. You will shape design, coding, and reviews across Laravel, Next.js, and cloud environments.

You will lead technical discovery, define architectural principles, and champion CI/CD, observability, and production readiness while mentoring engineers and driving AI-ready multi-cloud initiatives.

Qualifikationen

• 8+ years in software engineering with senior/architect experience in SaaS.
• Expertise in Laravel 10+ and PHP 8+; RESTful APIs and SQL/databases.
• Strong React/Next.js frontend architectural skills.
• Experience with scalable cloud infrastructure (AWS; GCP).
• Familiarity with event-driven/modular architectures and Kubernetes.

Aufgaben

• Own architecture and technical direction for core platform domains.
• Spend 60–80% designing, coding, reviewing in Laravel, Next.js, cloud.
• Lead cross-team initiatives requiring architectural change.
• Define and evangelize architectural principles and standards.
• Champion CI/CD, testing, observability, and validation.
• Mentor senior and mid-level engineers through reviews and pairing.
• Evaluate emerging tech like Vertex AI and GenAI workflows.
• Collaborate with leadership on long-term architecture and execution.
• Drive platform scalability, reliability, and multi-cloud readiness.
• Represent engineering health in roadmap planning and estimates.

Kenntnisse

Backend Engineering with Laravel

Frontend Design with React/Next.js

Cloud Infrastructure (AWS, GCP)

CI/CD Pipeline Management

Architectural Leadership

Tools

Looker

BigQuery

GenAI Workflows

Copilot

Gemini

Message Queues

Design Systems

Asynchronous Workflows

Jobbeschreibung

• Own the architecture and technical direction for core platform domains used by both product squads
• Spend 60–80% of time designing, coding, reviewing, pairing, and debugging in Laravel, Next.js, and cloud environments
• Lead technical discovery and delivery of high-impact, cross-team initiatives requiring architectural change
• Define, document, and evangelize architectural principles, coding standards, and scalable, resilient, observable system patterns
• Champion shift-left testing, CI/CD improvements, production observability, test design, and validation
• Mentor senior and mid-level engineers through design reviews, pairing, and feedback
• Evaluate and prototype emerging technologies such as Vertex AI, GenAI workflows, and data pipelines
• Represent engineering health in roadmap planning, estimation, and trade-off decisions
• Work across both product squads on cross-cutting systems and difficult technical problems
• Partner with Engineering Leadership on long-term architecture and Tech Leads on execution and engineering practices
• Report to the Head of Engineering and lead through technical excellence, influence, and mentoring without direct people management
• Enable platform scalability and stability, align technical priorities, resolve system-level challenges, and support AI readiness and multi-cloud architecture

Requirements

• 8+ years in software engineering, including experience as a staff/principal engineer or architect in a SaaS company
• Deep expertise in backend engineering with Laravel (Laravel 10+ and PHP 8+) or similar languages, SQL/relational databases, caching, and RESTful APIs
• Strong frontend design and architectural experience with React/Next.js
• Experience working with scalable, secure cloud infrastructure (AWS required, & CGP)
• Familiarity with event-driven or modular architectures and containerized environments (e.g., EKS/Kubernetes)
• Deep understanding of software testing strategies and CI/CD pipelines
• Feature delivery velocity using Copilot, Gemini, test automation, and scaffolding
• Building AI-augmented product experiences, including LLM API usage and prompt design
• Coaching others on integrating GenAI into workflows
• Resilient and adaptable; proactive problem solver; clear communicator; product-minded; leads through influence; documentation-first thinker
• Lead by example in test strategy and validation
• Own test coverage, pipeline health, and regression control
• Nice-to-have experience with Looker, BigQuery, ML pipelines, distributed system performance tuning, Agent AI Architecture, data products, asynchronous workflows, message queues, design systems, frontend architecture, platform engineering, modular monoliths, and AI-driven tooling

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in backend engineering with Laravel and PHP, alongside strong frontend architectural skills in React/Next.js. Capable of leading technical direction, mentoring engineers, and driving scalable, resilient system designs in cloud environments.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• Backend Engineering with Laravel
• Frontend Design with React/Next.js
• Cloud Infrastructure (AWS, GCP)
• CI/CD Pipeline Management
• Architectural Leadership

ATS Optimization Keywords

Hard Skills

• Laravel 10+
• PHP 8+
• SQL/Relational Databases
• RESTful APIs
• Event-Driven Architectures
• Containerization (EKS/Kubernetes)
• Test Automation
• AI-Augmented Product Development
• Feature Delivery Velocity
• Scalable System Design

Soft Skills

• Proactive Problem Solver
• Clear Communicator
• Product-Minded
• Resilient and Adaptable
• Mentoring and Coaching

Industry Keywords

• SaaS
• Technical Direction
• Architectural Principles
• Scalable Systems
• Cross-Team Initiatives

Tools & Technologies

• AWS
• GCP
• Looker
• BigQuery
• GenAI Workflows
• Copilot
• Gemini
• Message Queues
• Design Systems
• Asynchronous Workflows