Principal Microservices Architect — Remote

Placements24; United States; Remote; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Remote work

Training budgets

Conferences attendance

Generous vacation

Job summary

Placements24 is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to lead backend and distributed systems in a remote-first environment. You will shape the technical direction, mentor engineers, and deliver scalable microservices with strong API definitions.

You will drive architectural decisions, collaborate with product teams, and champion quality, performance, and security across a globally distributed engineering organization.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree or equivalent experience in a relevant field.
• 10+ years building backend distributed systems and microservices.
• Deep experience with modern backend languages and cloud platforms.

Responsibilities

• Lead scalable microservices design and development.
• Architect robust APIs and integrations across services.
• Mentor engineers and drive technical standards.
• Collaborate with product teams to translate requirements into solutions.
• Conduct code reviews to ensure quality, performance and security.

Skills

Microservices architecture

Backend development

Distributed systems

Java

Python

Go

C#

Docker

Kubernetes

Cloud (AWS/Azure/GCP)

System design

Education

Master's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Terraform

AWS

Azure

GCP

Job description

Placements24 is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to lead backend and distributed systems in a remote-first environment. You will shape the technical direction, mentor engineers, and deliver scalable microservices with strong API definitions.

You will drive architectural decisions, collaborate with product teams, and champion quality, performance, and security across a globally distributed engineering organization.