Principal Platform Systems Engineer

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Principal Engineer at WISEcode developing AI-driven personalized nutrition solutions. Leading the design of scalable data systems and influencing architectural standards for platform integrity.

Responsibilities:

  • Translate product ideas, domain concepts, and company vision into durable data models, computation layers, and system contracts that preserve meaning as the platform grows.
  • Design and evolve foundational data systems end-to-end and hand them off once patterns are established, documented, and safely extensible by other teams.
  • Guide teams through decisions on data modeling, schema evolution, performance tradeoffs, correctness, observability, AI integration, and scale.
  • Influence without authority - shaping engineering culture, mentoring senior engineers, and raising the organizational bar through architectural clarity and principled decision-making.
  • Partner closely with product, CTO, AI/ML, and engineering teams to shape roadmap feasibility and long-term platform direction.

Requirements:

  • BSCS or equivalent engineering degree
  • 12+ years of strong professional development experience
  • Demonstrated ownership of large-scale data platforms or systems whose architecture, performance, and evolution you were personally responsible for over time
  • Deep expertise with Postgres, data modeling, schema design, query optimization, and data-intensive systems
  • Experience designing and evolving distributed systems and computation pipelines beyond their original requirements
  • Track record of technical leadership, mentoring, and cross-team influence as an individual contributor
  • Ability to operate independently, set direction, and drive execution in ambiguous or under-specified contexts
  • Broad systems thinking with depth in data, computation, and platform architecture
  • Experience supporting AI or ML systems through data design, quality, and infrastructure (direct model training experience not required)
  • Startup mind - adaptability, urgency, pragmatism, and comfort shifting between experimentation and production delivery.

Benefits:

  • Medical
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • 401(k)
  • and other ancillary benefits offerings, along with Paid Time Off for vacation, illness, and other types of leave.