Principal Engineer, AI-Enabled Cloud & Systems

maxar; Westminster (CO); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Vantor in Westminster, CO is seeking a Principal Engineer with deep systems engineering expertise to lead the design and delivery of complex software-intensive systems spanning cloud platforms, distributed systems, AI-enabled products, mission software, and large-scale operational environments.

This senior leadership role partners with engineering, product, and architecture leaders to define system behavior, establish technical direction, and ensure the software we build remains scalable,

Qualifications

• Systems thinking across software, data, and operations.
• Experience designing large distributed systems and APIs.
• Ability to lead multi-team technical initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Lead the technical design and delivery of complex, cross-domain software systems.
• Define system architecture, integration strategy, and technical direction across multiple engineering teams.
• Translate ambiguous customer, mission, and business problems into scalable technical solutions.
• Lead architecture trade studies and make critical technical decisions.
• Drive system decomposition, interface definition, and integration planning for large distributed systems.

Skills

Systems thinking

Software architecture

Technical leadership

Learning agility

Job description

Vantor in Westminster, CO is seeking a Principal Engineer with deep systems engineering expertise to lead the design and delivery of complex software-intensive systems spanning cloud platforms, distributed systems, AI-enabled products, mission software, and large-scale operational environments.

This senior leadership role partners with engineering, product, and architecture leaders to define system behavior, establish technical direction, and ensure the software we build remains scalable,