Remote Principal Software Engineer — Architecture & Delivery

BJAK; Manila; On-site; PHP 7,486,000 - 11,229,000; Full time

Job summary

KIRA builds technology products used by millions across Southeast Asia and beyond. This is a remote role with global teams; you will lead technical design and execution for major products, while staying hands-on with code and architecture decisions.

We seek a senior engineer with 7+ years of experience in software engineering, capable of mentoring teams and driving scalable systems. English is the main working language; expect a fast, distributed interview process and rapid offers for strong

Qualifications

• 7+ years of software engineering experience building and shipping production systems.
• Deep expertise in backend, frontend, distributed systems, APIs, databases or cloud infrastructure.
• Strong system design and architecture skills for complex or high-scale systems.
• Strong coding ability and willingness to remain hands-on.
• Track record of technically leading major engineering projects from design through production.

Responsibilities

• Owning technical design and execution for major products, systems and engineering initiatives.
• Designing scalable, reliable systems across backend, frontend, APIs, databases and infrastructure.
• Building alongside the team through coding, prototyping, code reviews, debugging and production problem-solving.
• Driving architecture decisions and trade-offs across speed, scalability, reliability, cost and maintainability.
• Turning ambiguous product problems into clear technical solutions and execution plans.
• Raising engineering quality through stronger system design, testing, security, observability and development practices.
• Leading technically critical initiatives and mentoring engineers across teams.

Skills

Software engineering

Backend

Frontend

APIs

Distributed systems

System design

Mentoring

Hands-on coding

Job description

KIRA builds technology products used by millions across Southeast Asia and beyond. This is a remote role with global teams; you will lead technical design and execution for major products, while staying hands-on with code and architecture decisions.

We seek a senior engineer with 7+ years of experience in software engineering, capable of mentoring teams and driving scalable systems. English is the main working language; expect a fast, distributed interview process and rapid offers for strong