Senior Principal Engineer: Architect Cross‑Team Systems

Career Launch; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 200,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Career Launch in the San Francisco Bay Area is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to lead the design and delivery of reliable software systems for growing technology companies. The role requires senior-level ownership of architecture and cross-functional collaboration across product, data, design, and go-to-market teams.

Strong candidates will translate business goals into pragmatic engineering plans, drive high-impact programs, mentor peers, and raise engineering standards with disciplined

Qualifications

• A record of shipping and operating complex software in a senior engineering role.
• Strong system design, technical judgment, and written communication.
• Experience working across product and business functions in a fast-moving environment.
• Ability to lead ambiguous work from initial problem definition through production results.
• Experience coaching peers or leading technical programs without relying on formal authority.
• Authorization to work in the United States for the employer without misrepresenting work status.

Responsibilities

• Set architecture across teams and lead the hardest cross-cutting engineering programs.
• Own architecture and technical decisions for high-impact products and platform capabilities.
• Translate business and product goals into pragmatic engineering plans and milestones.
• Build, review, and improve production systems with attention to reliability, security, and performance.
• Raise engineering standards through design reviews, documentation, testing, and operational discipline.
• Mentor engineers and improve collaboration across product, data, design, and go-to-market teams.
• Use metrics and incident learning to prioritize technical investment and reduce recurring risk.

Skills

System design

Technical judgment

Written communication

Cross-functional collaboration

Mentoring

Leadership without authority

US work authorization

Job description

Career Launch in the San Francisco Bay Area is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to lead the design and delivery of reliable software systems for growing technology companies. The role requires senior-level ownership of architecture and cross-functional collaboration across product, data, design, and go-to-market teams.

Strong candidates will translate business goals into pragmatic engineering plans, drive high-impact programs, mentor peers, and raise engineering standards with disciplined