Senior Principal Backend Architect and Tech Leader

ITHAKA; United States; Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

ITHAKA is seeking a Technical Leader to define the multi-year backend roadmap for Books and royalty platforms and to guide architectural decisions across teams. You will drive reliability, observability, and scalable delivery using Java, Spring Boot, and modern data stores.

You will mentor engineers into technical leaders, champion AI-assisted development, and foster a culture of curiosity, ownership, and trusted collaboration across the US-based teams.

Qualifications

• Define multi-year backend roadmap for critical platforms.
• Strong leadership and mentoring experience in cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Define multi-year backend roadmap for Books and royalty platforms.
• Lead architectural decisions across teams and establish shared standards.

Skills

Leadership

Mentoring

Strategic thinking

Tools

Java

Spring Boot

MySQL

Redis

Event-driven architecture

Job description

ITHAKA is seeking a Technical Leader to define the multi-year backend roadmap for Books and royalty platforms and to guide architectural decisions across teams. You will drive reliability, observability, and scalable delivery using Java, Spring Boot, and modern data stores.

You will mentor engineers into technical leaders, champion AI-assisted development, and foster a culture of curiosity, ownership, and trusted collaboration across the US-based teams.