Principal Engineer

Veritone, Inc.; Irvine (CA); On-site; USD 200,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Incentive pay

Health benefits

Retirement plan

Life insurance

Paid time off

Parental leave

Job summary

Veritone, Inc. in Irvine, CA is seeking a Principal Engineer to provide technical leadership and architectural direction for its AI-powered SaaS platform.

You will drive scalable, secure, and high-performing software solutions while partnering with engineering, product, and executive leadership. You will mentor development teams, establish engineering best practices, and influence design decisions across multiple teams and business units.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of professional experience building high-performance, reliable systems in complex distributed environments.
• Proven track record delivering production-grade code with maintainable style and unit tests.
• Strong proficiency in JavaScript/Node.js and Go, plus React.js for front-end work.
• Experience designing scalable architectures and evaluating technologies across teams.

Responsibilities

• Own technical accountability for systems and products, including scalability and uptime.
• Drive innovation through proofs of concept and architecture improvements.
• Shape technical direction and ensure alignment with standards and scalability goals.
• Code and participate in high-impact reviews to maintain engineering excellence.
• Influence across teams and business units to propagate best practices.

Skills

Node.js

Go

React.js

JavaScript

GraphQL

Postgres

Elasticsearch

NSQ

Unit testing

Design patterns

Tools

ElasticSearch

NSQ

GraphQL

PostgreSQL

Job description

POSITION SUMMARY

The Principal Engineer will provide technical leadership and architectural direction for the company's AI-powered SaaS platform, driving the design and delivery of scalable, secure, and high-performing software solutions. Partner with engineering, product, and executive leadership to solve complex technical challenges, mentor development teams, and establish engineering best practices that support innovation and long-term business growth.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

1. Own technical accountability for systems and products, including scalability, resiliency, uptime, architectural decisions, and overall quality.
2. Drive innovation and improvement by conducting proofs of concept, championing engineering-led initiatives, and advocating for better architectures and technology choices.
3. Shape technical direction by leading and influencing design decisions across teams, ensuring alignment with standards, best practices, and long-term scalability.
4. Model technical excellence by delivering optimized, efficient, and refactorable software, while continuing to contribute through coding and high-impact reviews.
5. Influence beyond the team by championing technical themes across the company and guiding engineering practices in multiple teams and business units.

WHAT YOU'LL NEED

At least 10 years of professional experience building high-performance, reliable systems in a complex, multi-tiered and distributed environment. Design and implement services in a variety of programming languages including Nodejs, Golang Successful deployment of production code at scale. Proven track record of writing maintainable code which includes unit tests, readable code and decent implementations of design patterns. Expertise with learning new technologies and familiarity with our tech stack: JavaScript, Node.js, Go, React.js, ElasticSearch, NSQ, GraphQL and Postgres.

DISCLOSURE

Our company provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics. (Colorado & California Only*): The Annual salary listed for the position is a range of $200,000-$230,000. This base pay is for illustrative purposes only and will be determined based on skills and experience comparable to the job requirements.

This position may be eligible for additional compensation and benefits including but not limited to:

• incentive compensation
• health benefits
• retirement benefits
• life insurance
• paid time off
• parental leave and benefits
• other employee perks and benefits

*Note: Disclosure as required by sb19-085 (8-5-20) of the minimum salary compensation for this role when being hired in Colorado & California.

Veritone (NASDAQ: VERI) designs human-centered AI solutions. Serving customers in the talent acquisition, media, entertainment and public sector industries, Veritone's software and services empower individuals at the world's largest and most recognizable brands to run more efficiently, accelerate decision making and increase profitability. Veritone's leading enterprise AI platform, aiWARE, orchestrates an ever-growing ecosystem of machine learning models, transforming data sources into actionable intelligence. By blending human expertise with AI technology, Veritone advances human potential to help organizations solve problems and achieve more than ever before, enhancing lives everywhere. To learn more, visit Veritone.com.