AI-First Principal Engineer & Platform Architect

TrulyHired; United States; On-site; USD 210,000 - 265,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Employer-m paid 401K matching

Paid Parental Leave

Stock options

Health + wellness reimbursements

PTO increases yearly

15 paid holidays

Remote work setup

Job summary

ParentSquare is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to serve as the technical authority across the engineering org. You will lead with urgency, drive AI-native practices, and shape how LLMs and AI agents accelerate development.

You will collaborate with execs and cross-functional teams to align tech with business value, mentor engineers, and own the platform architecture for scalable, secure solutions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS or related field is required or equivalent experience.
• Experience designing, evolving and maintaining large-scale services.
• Strong communication skills for non-technical stakeholders.
• Proven ability to lead tech direction across teams with Ruby, Python, JS/TS and PHP.

Responsibilities

• Partner with VP of Engineering and executives to turn goals into technical strategies.
• Define and drive AI development roadmap and practices across the org.
• Own architectural vision and scale, security, privacy, and uptime.
• Mentor Staff and Senior engineers and raise engineering standards.
• Be the technical voice in key client and partner conversations.

Skills

Multi-Paradigm Systems

Distributed Systems

AI Strategy

Executive Presence

Technical Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Job description

ParentSquare is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to serve as the technical authority across the engineering org. You will lead with urgency, drive AI-native practices, and shape how LLMs and AI agents accelerate development.

You will collaborate with execs and cross-functional teams to align tech with business value, mentor engineers, and own the platform architecture for scalable, secure solutions.