Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Prodege, LLC is a cutting-edge marketing and consumer insights platform that helps brands and agencies uncover business insights and drive customer engagement. They are seeking a Principal Engineer to define and drive high-leverage architecture for Scala/Java systems, focusing on improving platform reliability and developer velocity while mentoring engineering teams.
Responsibilities
- Own Technical Strategy and Architecture for a Core Domain
- Drive Cross-Team Delivery of High-Impact Initiatives
- Raise Reliability, Resiliency, and Performance at Scale
- Standardize Platform Patterns, Tooling, and Engineering Excellence
- Strengthen Security, Governance, and Operational Maturity
- Mentor and Multiply Engineering Effectiveness Across the Org
- Cross-Functional Collaboration
Skills
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience
- Ten or more (10+) years of software engineering experience with significant backend/distributed systems ownership
- Deep expertise building large-scale systems using Scala and Java (service architecture, runtime behavior, performance tuning)
- Deep experience leading the design and scaling of AI-enabled systems across teams—e.g., defining architecture for LLM/ML platform integration, evaluation and quality frameworks, safety/guardrails, and reliability/cost controls—plus a track record of guiding standards and patterns that enable multiple teams to deliver AI features predictably in production
- Demonstrated ability to lead multi-team technical initiatives and influence roadmap decisions through strong technical judgment
- Strong track record of operational ownership for critical systems (incident management, postmortems, reliability improvements)
- Deep production experience in Scala and Java for high-scale backend systems
- Proven architecture leadership across multiple services/systems and teams
- Expertise in distributed systems, reliability engineering, and performance optimization
- Strong operational ownership: observability, incident response, postmortems, and long-term remediation
- Ability to influence without authority through technical clarity, collaboration, and strong communication
- Must be able to accommodate occasional international travel (approximately 5%–10%) in support of the role
- Experience with large-scale streaming/event systems and data pipelines
- Experience building internal platforms or shared frameworks used by multiple teams
- Experience with Kubernetes, service meshes, and cloud cost/performance optimization
- Background in ad-tech, offer/rewards ecosystems, fraud/risk systems, or experimentation at scale
Benefits
- Medical
- Dental
- Vision
- STD
- LTD
- Basic life insurance
- Flexible PTO
- Paid sick leave prorated based on hire date
- Eight paid holidays throughout the calendar year
- Option to purchase shares of Company stock commensurate with their position, which vests over four years
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