Principal Engineer

The role

You will be a technical leader and architect driving the design, development, and scaling of core product capabilities for an AI-native orchestration platform. You will provide technical vision at the intersection of enterprise workflows, AI agents, and human-in-the-loop processes.

What you will do

• Lead the architectural design and delivery of scalable full-stack systems
• Define and evolve backend and front end services and architectures
• Drive the technical direction for frontend experiences
• Architect complex workflow and orchestration logic
• Oversee the integration of enterprise-scale systems and data sources
• Set the standard for production excellence through testing, CI/CD, and monitoring
• Partner with product, AI, and design leaders to translate requirements into roadmaps
• Mentor senior engineers, lead technical reviews, and elevate engineering culture

Required qualifications

• 10+ years of experience as a software engineer
• Proven track record of architecting and operating large-scale production applications
• Deep experience building and securing enterprise-grade applications
• Expert-level backend development skills (e.g., Python, Node.js/TypeScript)
• Experience designing distributed systems
• Advanced experience with modern frontend frameworks (e.g., React with TypeScript)
• Experience building complex, stateful web applications
• Mastery of API design and database modeling with relational databases (e.g., Postgres) at scale
• Strong track record of technical leadership, including mentoring engineers and driving architectural decisions
• Experience operating and optimizing mission-critical applications in cloud environments (AWS, Azure, or GCP)
• Exceptional ability to navigate ambiguity and take ownership of strategic technical initiatives

Nice to have

• Experience architecting AI-enabled enterprise products or ML-powered systems
• Expert-level knowledge of workflow orchestration, state machines, or event-driven architectures
• Experience with platform engineering, container orchestration (Kubernetes), and infrastructure-as-code (Terraform)
• Deep understanding of enterprise security and compliance requirements (SSO, RBAC, SOC2, etc.)
• Experience working in regulated or security-conscious environments
• Passion for fostering a culture of technical excellence and pragmatic innovation

Benefits

• Competitive compensation with equity
• Remote-friendly culture

About the company

Asteri is an AI-native Work Intelligence and Orchestration Platform that gives large enterprises the intelligence to understand how work is performed today and how it should be performed in the era of AI. Their platform orchestrates AI and human work with enterprise-grade governance, auditability, and measurement.