Principal Engineer

The role

The Principal Engineer will design, implement, and own complex backend systems and large-scale data pipeline architectures. They will work across multiple platforms to deliver actionable insights and support data-driven features.

What you will do

• Design, implement, and own complex backend systems end-to-end.
• Design and operate large-scale data pipeline architectures and backend services using AWS technologies.
• Build and maintain backend APIs and distributed data workflows within a cloud-native architecture.
• Work across Node.js, Python, .NET, and SQL platforms.
• Translate product and business requirements into technical system designs.
• Implement AI-assisted development workflows, CI/CD pipelines, and automated testing.
• Design and implement reusable AI-assisted workflows, tools, and shared prompt libraries.
• Oversee technical output, delivery flow, and overall system-level effectiveness.
• Lead technical design and development and participate in design and code reviews.
• Collaborate with product managers, engineers, data scientists, and customer-facing teams.

Required qualifications

• Master's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science or a closely related field
• Three (3) years of experience in a related occupation designing, developing, testing, and implementing software and machine learning solutions in production environments

About the company

Amira Learning delivers reading and neuroscience with AI to accelerate literacy outcomes. The platform serves as an Intelligent Assistant for teachers and an AI Reading Tutor for students.