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 Bring8+ years of software engineering experience, with a track record of operating at a senior or staff-level scopeDeep expertise in distributed systems, including event-driven and microservices architecturesStrong hands-on experience with Apache Kafka — topic design, partitioning strategies, consumer group management, and operational best practicesProduction experience with Kubernetes — cluster management, Helm charts, service mesh, resource tuning, and troubleshootingProficiency in Go for building performant backend servicesWorking knowledge of frontend development — enough to build and iterate on internal tools and dashboards (e.g., React, TypeScript, or similar)Experience with containerization — Docker, multi-stage builds, image optimization, and container security fundamentalsCloud platform experience with Azure or AWS, including infrastructure-as-code (Terraform,Pulumi, or similar)Strong written and verbal communication skills — you can articulate complex technical decisions to both engineers and non-technical stakeholdersA technology-forward mindset — you stay current with the ecosystem and have strong instincts for what’s worth adopting vs. what’s hype#J-18808-Ljbffr