Principal Backend Architect for AI-Driven Location Services

Cotality; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 134,000 - 188,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous PTO

Parental leave

Health plans

401(k) match

Job summary

Cotality is seeking a Principal Engineer to shape backend architecture for location-based platforms and to drive global engineering strategy. You will partner with product and enterprise stakeholders across multiple domains to align technical outcomes with business priorities and to influence a distributed workforce.

You will lead greenfield initiatives, including MCP server development for AI-enabled workflows, and guide cross-functional teams across US, Vietnam, India, and Mexico in a

Qualifications

• 10 years of professional software engineering experience with senior/principal-level leadership.
• Hands-on background in Python, Java, C, or .NET.
• Extensive experience designing, building, and operating large-scale distributed systems and geospatial APIs.
• Experience delivering cloud-native services on AWS, GCP, or Azure.

Responsibilities

• Own and evolve architecture of core Location Services and geospatial APIs.
• Architect and implement MCP servers for AI-driven access to location data.
• Define standards to consolidate address-standardization into scalable platforms.
• Mentor senior and mid-level engineers and guide cross-team technical directions.

Skills

Python

Java

C

.NET

Distributed systems

Geospatial APIs

AWS/GCP/Azure

Tools

AWS

GCP

Azure

GitHub Copilot

Job description

Cotality is seeking a Principal Engineer to shape backend architecture for location-based platforms and to drive global engineering strategy. You will partner with product and enterprise stakeholders across multiple domains to align technical outcomes with business priorities and to influence a distributed workforce.

You will lead greenfield initiatives, including MCP server development for AI-enabled workflows, and guide cross-functional teams across US, Vietnam, India, and Mexico in a