Principal Engineer - Infrastructure

Principal Engineer – Infrastructure

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field of study.
At least 15 years of hands-on coding experience in building internal platforms/tools to support developer experience and operational best practices.
At least 5 years of experience in cloud platforms—GCP preferred, AWS acceptable; cloud engineering background required.

Lead the transformation from monolith to scalable microservices (API/Platform focus).
Drive initiatives to continually improve reliability, with a deep understanding of the implications of each “9.”
Architect systems and write code that enables application teams to adopt best practices by default—not by instruction.
Integrate and unify diverse infrastructure components into a cohesive, scalable platform within a massive tech stack.
Design observability, reliability, and CI/CD frameworks to support growth and operational excellence at scale.
Collaborate cross-functionally with product, application, and integration teams to align infrastructure direction with business goals.
Provide technical leadership to shift the team from reactive support to a proactive, strategic function.
Mentor and guide a team of 6 engineers while shaping the direction of infrastructure engineering.

Proven experience scaling infrastructure in environments with many thousands of nodes.
Track record of leading architectural shifts from monolithic systems to microservices in large-scale environments.
Deep knowledge of reliability engineering and high-availability systems; able to articulate the impact of increasing the number of 9s.
Strong understanding of first-party infrastructure integration and unifying disparate systems.
Familiarity with observability, CI/CD tooling, and infrastructure automation.
Experience at large-scale tech companies (Google, Meta, Amazon, etc.) or equivalent environments highly preferred.
Strong cross-functional collaboration skills and the ability to drive infrastructure alignment across engineering orgs.