Platform Architect & Hands-on Tech Leader

长春市弘筑装饰工程有限公司; Cedar Park (TX); On-site; USD 190,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Terradepth is seeking a Lead Principal Software Engineer to drive the Absolute Ocean platform's evolution. The role blends hands-on development with architectural leadership, enabling scalable, secure software across cloud and on-prem environments.

You will mentor a growing engineering team, define technical strategy, and guide cross-functional collaboration with Product and Operations to meet ambitious business goals.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
• 10+ years of professional software engineering experience, ideally within high-growth SaaS environments.
• Strong full-stack or heavy backend/data expertise utilizing AWS, Python, Go, React, PostgreSQL, and Swagger/OpenAPI.
• Deep experience defining and building event-based microservice architectures within containerized environments (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Demonstrated experience as a technical lead, architect, or player-coach responsible for mentoring developers and driving core system designs.

Responsibilities

• Hands-On Execution across the full stack and data pipelines.
• Architect and drive the technical design of the end-to-end Absolute Ocean SaaS platform across clouds and on-premises.
• Lead robust test automation strategies and CI/CD workflows.
• Mentor and develop a world-class software engineering team.
• Lead integration of AI/ML and agentic systems to automate data processing and improve workflows.

Skills

AWS

Python

Go

React

PostgreSQL

Docker

Kubernetes

Swagger/OpenAPI

CI/CD

Mentoring

Architecture

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in CS/Engineering

Tools

CesiumJS

GDAL

ESRI

CARIS

EIVA

Job description

Terradepth is seeking a Lead Principal Software Engineer to drive the Absolute Ocean platform's evolution. The role blends hands-on development with architectural leadership, enabling scalable, secure software across cloud and on-prem environments.

You will mentor a growing engineering team, define technical strategy, and guide cross-functional collaboration with Product and Operations to meet ambitious business goals.