Lead Architect, New Products Platform

Wwshemi; United States; Remote; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

PetDesk is seeking a Principal Engineer, New Products to own the system design vision for a new business line. You will set architecture, translate business needs into technical decisions, and drive a hands-on, AI-enabled development approach with a small contractor team.

You will work across Product, Engineering, Operations, and leadership to deliver scalable, reliable solutions. The role emphasizes architecture-level impact, quality, performance, and long-term maintainability, with a builder

Qualifications

• 10+ years of software engineering experience, including leadership at Staff/Principal level.
• Hands-on C#/.NET and cloud-native development experience.
• Designed distributed systems, APIs, and third-party integrations at scale.
• Strong architecture skills: event-driven design and data modeling.
• Turns business requirements into clear system design and delivery plans.
• Leads cross-functional teams and contractors with influence, not authority.
• Daily hands-on use of AI coding agents to inform design and review processes.

Responsibilities

• Lead the technical vision, architecture, and long-term strategy for the platform.
• Design and evolve a platform supporting many third-party integrations with reliability and observability.
• Architect data pipelines, APIs, and services enabling seamless data exchange among clinics, owners, manufacturers, and partners.
• Translate business needs into scalable technical solutions aligned with product roadmap.
• Scale platforms and teams through processes, automation, and AI-assisted development.
• Oversee end-to-end technical execution, timelines, dependencies, and cross-functional coordination.
• Conduct architecture reviews and provide hands-on guidance across multiple teams.
• Set technical standards for contractors and potential future teams.
• Build hands-on daily with AI coding agents and set best practices for their use.

Skills

C#/.NET

Cloud-native development

Distributed systems design

Architectural leadership

AI-assisted development

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS or related field

Tools

Claude Code

Azure

Job description

PetDesk is seeking a Principal Engineer, New Products to own the system design vision for a new business line. You will set architecture, translate business needs into technical decisions, and drive a hands-on, AI-enabled development approach with a small contractor team.

You will work across Product, Engineering, Operations, and leadership to deliver scalable, reliable solutions. The role emphasizes architecture-level impact, quality, performance, and long-term maintainability, with a builder