Senior Principal Platform Architect, Cloud SaaS Leader

PTC; Pacifica (CA); Hybrid; USD 164,000 - 226,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

ESPP

Commuter subsidy

Medical insurance

Dental and Vision insurance

Paid time off

401(k) with employer match

Job summary

PTC Arena in San Mateo, CA, is seeking a Senior Principal Engineer-Platform to shape the Arena SaaS platform's future architecture. You will lead cross-team initiatives, influence platform strategy, and drive modernization to improve scalability, reliability, and developer productivity.

This role requires hands-on technical leadership, mentoring, and collaboration with Engineering and Product leadership to translate business goals into scalable technical solutions.

Qualifications

• Ability to commute to the San Mateo office 3 days a week.
• Deep experience building and operating large-scale enterprise SaaS platforms.
• Expert-level software engineering skills, particularly in Java and modern backend architectures.
• Strong background in distributed systems, system design, APIs, scalability, security, and reliability.
• Proven track record leading architecture and technical strategy across multiple teams.
• Ability to influence organizational direction through technical leadership rather than formal authority.
• Excellent communication, mentoring, and decision-making skills.

Responsibilities

• Define and influence architecture across key areas of the Arena SaaS platform.
• Lead large-scale, complex initiatives spanning multiple engineering teams.
• Solve challenging problems involving distributed systems, scale, reliability, security, and platform evolution.
• Drive modernization efforts and improve engineering productivity through better platform capabilities and development practices.
• Mentor senior engineers and technical leaders.
• Partner closely with Engineering and Product leadership to turn business goals into scalable technical solutions.
• Evaluate emerging technologies, including AI-enabled engineering and product capabilities, where they create meaningful value.

Skills

Java

Distributed systems

System design

APIs

Leadership

Tools

Kubernetes

GitHub

GitHub Actions

AI-assisted development tools

Spring Boot

Spring Security

Python

Scala

Job description

PTC Arena in San Mateo, CA, is seeking a Senior Principal Engineer-Platform to shape the Arena SaaS platform's future architecture. You will lead cross-team initiatives, influence platform strategy, and drive modernization to improve scalability, reliability, and developer productivity.

This role requires hands-on technical leadership, mentoring, and collaboration with Engineering and Product leadership to translate business goals into scalable technical solutions.