Senior Principal Product & Platform Engineer

KPMG LLP; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

KPMG LLP seeks a Senior Principal Product & Platform Engineer to join our Product organization in Chicago. You will shape platform architectures, advance AI-native prototyping, and guide product engineering decisions across teams.

You will influence architecture, security, and scalability while mentoring staff and partnering with product leadership to deliver enterprise-grade solutions. The role emphasizes strategic architectural leadership, reusable standards, and the ability to translate

Qualifications

• Minimum twelve years of recent engineering experience on a principal or distinguished individual contributor track.
• Bachelor's degree preferred; high school diploma/GED required or fifteen years of equivalent experience.
• Hands‑on development experience including prototyping framework for AI-native development cycle.
• Deep expertise integrating systems across platform architecture, APIs, data/identity models, AI/agent frameworks, security, scalability, reliability and debt.
• Ability to advise senior product, technology, and business leaders with a client-centric perspective and influence priorities.
• Authorized to work in the U.S. without visa sponsorship now or in the future.

Responsibilities

• Develop and evolve shared platform architecture frameworks and IT platforms aligning tech with business processes and data.
• Assess capabilities for architecture quality, reusability, security, debt, and cost for shared assets; advise build/buy/partner decisions.
• Develop and maintain reusable architecture standards and an AI-native prototyping framework for rapid idea-to-prototype delivery.
• Serve as senior technical voice within Product Management, linking evaluation, architecture, and long-term health.
• Create or guide prototypes for early ideas to test feasibility and avoid bespoke solutions.
• Guide architecture decisions, share leading practices, and coach professionals across product and engineering.
• Act with integrity and professionalism to uphold KPMG’s respectful work environment.

Job description

KPMG is currently seeking a Senior Principal Product & Platform Engineer to join our Product organization.

Responsibilities:

• Develop and evolve the shared platform architecture frameworks and IT platforms that align technology infrastructure with business processes and data including, integration patterns, data and identity models, AI or agent frameworks, and reference architectures product teams build against
• Assess existing capabilities for architecture quality, reusability, integration feasibility, security posture, technical debt, and cost to convert them to shared platform assets, while researching emerging technologies; provide technical input for build, buy, partner, or harvest decisions to product leaders
• Develop and maintain reusable architecture standards and an AI-native prototyping framework that enables teams to move rapidly from product ideas to working prototypes
• Serve as the senior technical voice embedded within Product Management, connecting product evaluation with architecture, engineering, security, integration, and long-term platform health
• Create or guide prototypes for early product ideas, partnering with product management and client-facing leaders, that test technical feasibility and prevent one-off bespoke solutions
• Serve as the senior technical authority within Product Management, guiding architecture decisions, sharing leading practices, and coaching professionals across product and engineering teams
• Act with integrity, professionalism, and personal responsibility to uphold KPMG’s respectful and courteous work environment

Qualifications:

• Minimum twelve years of recent engineering experience on a principal or distinguished individual contributor track
• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university is preferred; minimum of a high school diploma or GED is required; or a minimum fifteen years of equivalent professional experience is required
• Strong hands‑on development experience including authoring of the prototyping framework for the AI-native development cycle and delivery of Founder prototypes built from platform capabilities
• Deep expertise assessing and integrating existing systems across platform architecture, APIs, data and identity models, AI or agent frameworks, security, scalability, reliability, and technical debt, with experience creating reusable standards adopted across teams
• Ability to advise senior product, technology, and business leaders with a client‑centric perspective, influence organizational priorities, and coach professionals without direct people‑management responsibility
• Applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S. without the need for employment‑based visa sponsorship now or in the future; KPMG LLP will not sponsor applicants for U.S. work visa status for this opportunity (no sponsorship is available for H‑1B, L‑1, TN, O‑1, E‑3, H‑1B1, F‑1, J‑1, OPT, CPT or any other employment‑based visa)