Principal Engineer

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

Job summary

Veritone is seeking a Principal Engineer in Irvine, CA to provide technical leadership and architectural direction for our AI-powered SaaS platform. You will drive scalable, secure software designs, mentor teams, and establish engineering best practices to support long-term growth.

You will own technical accountability, lead architectural decisions, and shape direction across teams, while delivering high-quality, refactorable code and championing robust design patterns.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of professional experience building high-performance, reliable systems.
• Design and implement services in multiple languages including Node.js and Go.
• Successful deployment of production code at scale.
• Proven ability to write maintainable code with unit tests and good design patterns.
• Familiarity with JavaScript, Node.js, Go, React.js, Elasticsearch, NSQ, GraphQL and Postgres.

Responsibilities

• Own technical accountability for systems and products, including scalability and uptime.
• Drive innovation through proofs of concept and better architectures.
• Shape technical direction across teams to ensure long-term scalability.
• Deliver optimized, refactorable software while contributing through coding and reviews.
• Influence engineering practices company-wide across multiple teams and units.

Skills

Node.js

Go

JavaScript

React.js

Distributed systems

Unit testing

Architecture design

Tools

Elasticsearch

NSQ

GraphQL

Postgres

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.

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

• Own technical accountability for systems and products, including scalability, resiliency, uptime, architectural decisions, and overall quality.
• Drive innovation and improvement by conducting proofs of concept, championing engineering-led initiatives, and advocating for better architectures and technology choices.
• Shape technical direction by leading and influencing design decisions across teams, ensuring alignment with standards, best practices, and long-term scalability.
• Model technical excellence by delivering optimized, efficient, and refactorable software, while continuing to contribute through coding and high-impact reviews.
• 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; and 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.