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Principal Software Architect & Full-Stack Engineer Fully Remote | Full-Time We are seeking an outcome-driven engineer to lead the charge on a transformative greenfield project. We are looking beyond mere maintenance—you will be part of a team of visionaries driving the strategic redesign and modernization of several mission-critical legacy applications into a cutting-edge, future-proof fintech platform. This isn't just about writing code; it's about owning the solution, influencing architecture, and delivering tangible business value. What We Seek: The Profile We are a team of passionate, self-starting professionals who thrive in a collaborative, high-autonomy environment. The most successful candidates are intrinsically motivated, meticulous problem-solvers who embrace radical ownership and accountability. You are a high-caliber leader and engineer who is: • A Principal-Level Full-Stack Architect with 15+ years of dedicated, full-time experience in architecting and delivering large-scale Enterprise Software. • A strategic communicator who seamlessly translates high-level Product and Business objectives into robust, shippable software deliverables. • A proven champion of scalable and performant code, with clear examples of impact. • Decisive and knowledgeable, confidently defending preferred architectures, tools, and technical direction. • Obsessed with Code Quality: You treat ownership and accountability as core engineering tenets. • A lifelong learner, eager to aggressively adopt new technologies, standards, and cutting-edge techniques. • An effective technical leader who knows when to delegate, mentor, and guide the team to success. • Thrilled by tackling complex, "hard problems" and committed to expanding technical depth every single day. • An Outcome Committer: Your focus is on measurable value delivery and business results, not just task completion. Technical Mastery: The Stack Client-Side Expertise (Deep Dive Required): • Pioneering knowledge of Web Fundamentals: HTML, JavaScript, and CSS. • Fluency in CSS preprocessors: Sass, LESS, or PostCSS. • Mastery of TypeScript for large-scale application development. Server-Side Architecture (Architectural Command Essential): • Deep, practical command of modern API design, including principles, best practices, caching strategies, and resiliency. Expertise in RPC, REST, GraphQL, and the HTTP protocol. • Comprehensive understanding and hands-on experience with PAAS, IAAS, and SAAS solutions. • A track record of successfully overcoming significant scalability and server-side performance challenges. • Proven ability to design and develop horizontally scalable, resilient systems that perform flawlessly under load. • Data Integration Expertise: Extensive experience managing multi-hybrid, heterogeneous data landscapes—taking disparate data sources/formats and transforming them into usable, production-ready information. • The courage and knowledge to proactively identify, communicate, and mitigate cross-team technical risks, with a focus on web application security hardening and infrastructure optimization. • Proven success designing and working within service-oriented or microservice architectures. What You'll Be Doing: The Impact On our team of lead engineers, your role is expansive and critical to our mission. You will have the opportunity to define and deliver solutions, including: • Driving the holistic Solution Engineering process from concept to deployment. • Leading high-impact Solution Development and Delivery efforts. • Enjoying a truly refreshing work-life balance that values contribution over burnout. Preferred Advanced Knowledge & Experience: • AI/ML Integration: Working with intelligent agents, model integration, prompting, tooling, and workflow design. • Latest Angular development. • Enterprise Backend: Java, Spring Boot, Microservices, RESTful APIs. • Build Automation: Gradle and Maven. • Data Excellence: SQL (Optimization, Complex Queries, Database Design). • ORM: Hibernate / JPA. • Data Science/Scripting: Working knowledge of Python. • DevOps/CI/CD: GitLab CI/CD, Jenkins. • Cloud Services: AWS ECS, Batch, and CloudFormation. • Workflow/Batch Processing: Apache Airflow (Pipelines/Orchestration) and Spring Batch. • Version Control: Mastery of Git and advanced collaborative workflows. • Legacy Data: Oracle SQL, PL/SQL. Leadership & Ethos The ideal candidate must possess an engaging, professional presence, charismatic leadership skills, and the perfect balance of being open to new ideas while maintaining strong, well-reasoned technical opinions. Job Type: Full-time Pay: $180,000.00 - $200,000.00 per year Benefits: • 401(k) • 401(k) matching • Dental insurance • Flexible spending account • Health insurance • Life insurance • Paid time off • Vision insurance Location: • United States (Required) Work Location: Remote