Principal Staff Engineer — Remote, Scalable Systems

Pragmatike; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 200,000 - 350,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Full benefits package

Job summary

Pragmatike is recruiting a senior engineering architect to define architecture for complex, high-impact systems. You will lead company-critical initiatives, tackle scalability, reliability, and performance challenges, and set technical direction across multiple teams.

In this remote, US-based role, you will mentor senior and staff engineers, drive alignment with Product, and shape long-term architecture strategies. Join a fast-growing, ambitious tech company building robust platforms.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of engineering experience.
• Exceptional system design and architecture skills.
• Deep expertise in distributed systems or infrastructure.
• Track record of solving complex technical problems at scale.
• Strong technical leadership and communication.
• Ability to influence senior stakeholders across the organization.

Responsibilities

• Define architecture for complex, high-impact systems.
• Lead company-critical engineering initiatives.
• Solve novel scalability, reliability, and performance problems.
• Establish technical direction across multiple engineering teams.
• Influence technology strategy and long-term architecture.
• Mentor senior and staff-level engineers.
• Drive technical alignment across Product and Engineering.
• Turn emerging technical challenges into durable platform capabilities.

Skills

8+ years of engineering experience

System design and architecture

Distributed systems / infrastructure

Technical leadership and communication

Influence senior stakeholders

Tools

Kubernetes

Job description

Pragmatike is recruiting a senior engineering architect to define architecture for complex, high-impact systems. You will lead company-critical initiatives, tackle scalability, reliability, and performance challenges, and set technical direction across multiple teams.

In this remote, US-based role, you will mentor senior and staff engineers, drive alignment with Product, and shape long-term architecture strategies. Join a fast-growing, ambitious tech company building robust platforms.