Principal Engineer: Scale & Architecture Leadership

Worky; United States; On-site; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare

Flexible work environment

Home office allowance

Gym & leisure

Hardware provided

Social events

Courses for development

Volunteer day

Job summary

Grandstand is seeking a high-scope technical leader to shape the strategy and architecture behind our web and backend systems. You’ll design, build, and ship directly while guiding technical direction across teams, partnering with engineering, product, and leadership to move fast and stay ahead.

The role emphasizes hands-on execution, mentoring engineers, and delivering scalable APIs, data pipelines, and low-latency services in Python and Go.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of Python/Go experience.
• Able to move fast and experiment with new technologies.
• Strong system design judgment and ability to influence direction.
• Able to adapt in a dynamic environment with priorities re-evaluated every 2 weeks.

Responsibilities

• Set technical direction and architecture across the full stack (Python, Go).
• Identify system evolution needs to support scale and drive changes end to end.
• Build APIs and services for data-heavy, high-scale workloads.
• Lead by example through code reviews and documentation.

Skills

Python/Go

System design

Engineering leadership

Rapid experimentation

Tools

Redis

Typescript

Job description

Grandstand is seeking a high-scope technical leader to shape the strategy and architecture behind our web and backend systems. You’ll design, build, and ship directly while guiding technical direction across teams, partnering with engineering, product, and leadership to move fast and stay ahead.

The role emphasizes hands-on execution, mentoring engineers, and delivering scalable APIs, data pipelines, and low-latency services in Python and Go.