Principal Architect

• Take ownership of business critical technical problems and strategically drive to meet the goals by seeing the bigger picture
• Provide technical leadership in org wide initiatives and work collaboratively with product, marketing and other engineering teams.
• Participate in code design reviews and setup best practices in software design and development
• Serve as a mentor to junior engineers and cultivate innovation by driving execution of projects across multiple teams.
• Lead the design, architecture and development of software components, systems, and features.
• Evaluate and recommend tools, technologies and processes and drive adoption to ensure the highest quality products and solutions.
• Participate in technical hiring activities to tap the best talent for Yubi

Requirements

• Overall, 15-20 years of proven experience with building scalable, fault-tolerant and highly available systems.
• Very strong system design and object oriented skills with ability to design complex software architecture with clean interfaces and abstractions
• Sound understanding of CS fundamentals with deep knowledge of algorithms, data structures, software architectures, design patterns and distributed systems
• Proficient in any of the high level programming languages: Java, C++, Python, Ruby, Go, C#, JavaScript
• Deep problem solving skills with a proven track record of successful execution of large software solutions
• Experience architecting and developing solutions to ambiguous problems with significant impact.
• Demonstrate significant technical breadth with exposure to a wide variety of technology spaces, new trends and ability to suggest right tools for the right problems.
• Contribution to open source software is a bonus
• Previous experience with a high growth startup is a plus but not a must have
• Experience with Generative AI technologies to accelerate development and engineer productivity is a key plus