Role Summary We are looking for a Principal Engineer to join our Architecture Engineering Services team. This is a hands‑on technical leadership role focused on evaluating, introducing, and operationalizing new technologies across our tax and accounting platform. You will build prototypes, define architectural standards, and guide engineering teams through adoption — bridging the gap between emerging technology and production-ready systems.

What You Bring

8+ years of software engineering experience, with a track record of operating at a senior or staff-level scope

Deep expertise in distributed systems, including event-driven and microservices architectures

Strong hands-on experience with Apache Kafka — topic design, partitioning strategies, consumer group management, and operational best practices

Production experience with Kubernetes — cluster management, Helm charts, service mesh, resource tuning, and troubleshooting

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