Principal Engineer - Commerce Hub
Core
Drive technical delivery strategy and architecture for a ground-up event-driven microservices payment processing platform on AWS.
Role type
Principal Engineer (Distributed Systems & Architecture)
Builds
High-volume global payment processing platform using Confluent Cloud, Aurora PostgreSQL, Kubernetes, and Java/Kotlin.
Domain
Fintech / Payments / Distributed Systems
Deliverable
production ML models | product features
Required skills
Distributed systems architecture, Event-driven design (Kafka), Domain-Driven Design, Resilience patterns, AI-assisted engineering, Technical strategy, Coaching/Influence, Iterative delivery (Vertical slicing)
Preferred skills
Payments domain knowledge, Confluent Cloud, AWS, Kubernetes, GitLab CI, Observability (Dynatrace)
Technologies
Confluent Cloud, Aurora PostgreSQL, Kubernetes, Java, Kotlin, Spring Boot, Kafka, GitLab CI, Dynatrace
Responsibilities
Own technical delivery strategy and sequencing, Shape cross-cutting architecture patterns, Drive architecture decisions toward delivery, Establish engineering practices (TDD, CI/CD), Coach engineers and architects, Apply domain-driven design, Define testing strategy for event-driven systems
Seniority
Principal, hands-on IC with strategic influence
