Scale Architect & Technical Strategy Lead

Doist

San Francisco (CA)

On-site

USD 180,000 - 300,000

Full time

8 days ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Full benefit package
Competitive compensation

Job summary

Doist in San Francisco is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to provide technical leadership across core systems, focusing on architecture, strategy, and large-scale solutions.

Work on distributed services using TypeScript, Python, and Go; mentor engineers; drive long-term technical direction; collaborate with product and leadership. This on-site role requires strong communication and strategic thinking.

Qualifications

  • 8+ years of software engineering experience.
  • Exceptional system design and architecture skills.
  • Deep production experience with TypeScript, Python, Go, or similar.
  • Strong distributed systems knowledge.
  • Proven experience solving complex problems at scale.
  • Strong technical leadership without requiring direct management authority.
  • Excellent communication and judgment.
  • Willingness to work on-site in San Francisco.

Responsibilities

  • Define architecture for complex, high-scale systems.
  • Lead company-critical technical initiatives.
  • Design distributed services and platforms using TypeScript, Python, and Go.
  • Solve challenging scalability, reliability, and performance problems.
  • Establish engineering patterns and technical standards.
  • Influence architecture across multiple engineering teams.
  • Partner with Product and Engineering leadership.
  • Mentor Staff and Senior engineers.

Skills

Distributed systems
System design
TypeScript
Python
Go
Technical leadership
Communication

Job description

Doist in San Francisco is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to provide technical leadership across core systems, focusing on architecture, strategy, and large-scale solutions.

Work on distributed services using TypeScript, Python, and Go; mentor engineers; drive long-term technical direction; collaborate with product and leadership. This on-site role requires strong communication and strategic thinking.

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