Senior Platform Engineer — AI-Powered SaaS (Remote)

Eliassen Group; Des Moines (IA); Remote; USD 124,000 - 138,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision

401k with match

Life insurance

Job summary

Eliassen Group is seeking a hands‑on Principal Engineer to shape the onboarding platform and contribute daily code in a remote, contract‑to‑hire role. You will drive architectural decisions, lead AI integration efforts, and partner with product, engineering, and sales to deliver scalable SaaS solutions.

You will join a team of about ten and influence the organization’s technology direction while operating in a modern cloud‑native environment.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of software engineering experience building and operating production SaaS platforms.
• Experience as a Staff, Principal, Lead Engineer, or similar technical leadership role.
• Strong architectural design experience within modern cloud‑native environments.
• Demonstrated ability to influence technical direction across teams and systems.
• Experience partnering with Product and business stakeholders to drive outcomes.
• Proven ability to balance technical excellence with business priorities.
• Core technologies: Go (Golang), React, PostgreSQL, Kubernetes, cloud‑native and distributed systems.
• Preferred: AI/LLM integration, OpenAI or Anthropic platforms, MCP concepts, agentic AI frameworks, vector databases and retrieval, enterprise AI security and governance, API platform design and integrations, Salesforce ecosystem integrations.
• Success profile: product‑thinking mindset focused on customer outcomes, ownership of ambiguous challenges, clear communication of technical tradeoffs, influence through expertise and execution, proactive risk identification, and comfort operating in fast‑moving environments.

Responsibilities

• Define and drive architectural direction across the platform.
• Make strategic technical decisions impacting scalability, reliability, security, and future product innovation.
• Guide platform evolution while balancing speed, simplicity, and long‑term maintainability.
• Identify technical risks before they become business problems.
• Write production code daily and contribute directly to feature development.
• Design, build, and support scalable SaaS applications.
• Lead implementation efforts for complex customer and platform initiatives.
• Participate in design reviews, code reviews, and provide technical mentorship.
• Help define and implement AI strategy and AI‑powered capabilities using modern LLM architectures.
• Develop proofs of concept for customer‑facing AI use cases.
• Architect solutions supporting customer‑managed AI, including BYOM and BYOK.
• Evaluate emerging technologies including MCP architectures, AI agents, orchestration frameworks, and enterprise AI infrastructure patterns.
• Operate as a Product Engineer and partner closely with Product Leadership, Engineering Leadership, Customer Success, and Sales.
• Engage with customers to understand onboarding challenges and build demonstrations and prototypes.
• Translate customer requirements into platform capabilities and support strategic initiatives.

Skills

Go

React

PostgreSQL

Kubernetes

AI/LLM integration

OpenAI

Anthropic platforms

MCP concepts

Vector databases

Enterprise AI security

API platform design

Tools

Cloud platforms

Job description

Eliassen Group is seeking a hands‑on Principal Engineer to shape the onboarding platform and contribute daily code in a remote, contract‑to‑hire role. You will drive architectural decisions, lead AI integration efforts, and partner with product, engineering, and sales to deliver scalable SaaS solutions.

You will join a team of about ten and influence the organization’s technology direction while operating in a modern cloud‑native environment.