Platform Engineering Lead for AI-Driven Work Graph

United States Digital Space LLC; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 366,000 - 380,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Mental health benefits

Career coaching

Family building benefits

Retirement plans

In-office dining

Job summary

United States Digital Space LLC in New York is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to lead the platform engineering organization. You will own the architecture that our products and customers build on and drive long‑term initiatives across multiple teams.

You will mentor staff, set design standards, and collaborate with executives to translate technical strategy into business outcomes. This role offers an office‑centric hybrid schedule with in‑person collaboration as a core element.

Qualifications

• 12+ years building production software.
• Experience designing platform architectures for large organizations.
• Experience with distributed systems and enterprise data models.
• Experience leading replatforming or migrations without downtime.
• Ability to communicate technical concepts to executives and non‑technical stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Set technical direction for the company's platform, including Work Graph, APIs, and shared experiences.
• Lead cross‑org collaboration to drive high‑stakes, long‑term initiatives.
• Define platform design standards and reliability guarantees.
• Make build vs. buy decisions and manage vendor choices for platform stability.
• Shape R&D strategy with senior leadership on AI tools and platforms.
• Mentor and grow staff engineers to take on larger scopes.
• Represent the platform externally through talks and writings.

Skills

Distributed systems

Large data models

AI governance

Platform engineering

Replatforming

Staff mentoring

Multi-tenant SaaS

Security awareness

Data governance

Executive communication

Job description

United States Digital Space LLC in New York is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to lead the platform engineering organization. You will own the architecture that our products and customers build on and drive long‑term initiatives across multiple teams.

You will mentor staff, set design standards, and collaborate with executives to translate technical strategy into business outcomes. This role offers an office‑centric hybrid schedule with in‑person collaboration as a core element.