Principal Staff Engineer - Platforms

📋 Description Lead technical direction for a major platform area; align on target architecture, priorities. Unblock hard problems: deep dive on delivery, reliability and scaling; guide teams to solutions. Raise the bar on platform engineering with standards, guardrails and paved paths. Shape and steer the roadmap with engineering and product leadership; balance near-term and long-term health. Grow technical leadership: coach Staff/Senior Staff engineers across the Platforms space. Stay hands-on: lead design reviews, pair with teams on critical problems. 🎯 Requirements Strong experience designing, building and operating platforms or large-scale distributed systems end-to-end. Proven ability to shape and execute technical strategy and roadmaps across multiple teams. Demonstrated strength leading through influence: aligning stakeholders and driving decisions. Have led the technical direction for Engineering Platforms. Deep foundation in architecture, reliability, scalability, performance, observability and security. Experience improving developer experience via guardrails, self-service and paved paths. 🎁 Benefits Annual Performance Bonus Plan Flexible working: mix of office and work-from-home days Paid and unpaid leave including Personal Flexi Days and Volunteer Days Option to purchase additional leave