Principal Staff Engineer - Web Platform
Core
Design, build, and maintain scalable features and services for a high-volume LAMP-based ecommerce platform, ensuring operational reliability and performance.
Role type
Principal Staff Engineer (Web Platform & Cloud Operations)
Builds
Scalable features and services for consumer ecommerce platforms
Domain
Ecommerce, Cloud Infrastructure, Web Platforms
Required skills
LAMP stack (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP), AWS services (EC2, RDS, S3, Lambda, CloudWatch), distributed web architectures, database performance tuning, CI/CD, observability, Git workflows, cross-cultural collaboration
Preferred skills
Mandarin communication skills
Technologies
AWS Lambda, CI/CD, CloudWatch, DevOps, EC2, Git, Linux, MySQL, PHP, Slack
Responsibilities
Design and maintain scalable LAMP-based ecommerce features; serve as senior escalation point for complex production incidents; manage and optimize AWS infrastructure; monitor and improve application and infrastructure performance; coordinate with China-based engineering teams; mentor engineers and influence technical direction.
Seniority
Principal, hands-on IC with leadership
