Principal Fullstack Engineer

• Own the architecture and technical direction for core platform domains used by both product squads

• Spend 60–80% of time designing, coding, reviewing, pairing, and debugging in Laravel, Next.js, and cloud environments

• Lead technical discovery and delivery of high-impact, cross-team initiatives requiring architectural change

• Define, document, and evangelize architectural principles, coding standards, and scalable, resilient, observable system patterns

• Champion shift-left testing, CI/CD improvements, production observability, test design, and validation

• Mentor senior and mid-level engineers through design reviews, pairing, and feedback

• Evaluate and prototype emerging technologies such as Vertex AI, GenAI workflows, and data pipelines

• Represent engineering health in roadmap planning, estimation, and trade-off decisions

• Work across both product squads on cross-cutting systems and difficult technical problems

• Partner with Engineering Leadership on long-term architecture and Tech Leads on execution and engineering practices

• Report to the Head of Engineering and lead through technical excellence, influence, and mentoring without direct people management

• Enable platform scalability and stability, align technical priorities, resolve system-level challenges, and support AI readiness and multi-cloud architecture

Requirements

• 8+ years in software engineering, including experience as a staff/principal engineer or architect in a SaaS company

• Deep expertise in backend engineering with Laravel (Laravel 10+ and PHP 8+) or similar languages, SQL/relational databases, caching, and RESTful APIs

• Strong frontend design and architectural experience with React/Next.js

• Experience working with scalable, secure cloud infrastructure (AWS required, & CGP)

• Familiarity with event-driven or modular architectures and containerized environments (e.g., EKS/Kubernetes)

• Deep understanding of software testing strategies and CI/CD pipelines

• Feature delivery velocity using Copilot, Gemini, test automation, and scaffolding

• Building AI-augmented product experiences, including LLM API usage and prompt design

• Coaching others on integrating GenAI into workflows

• Resilient and adaptable; proactive problem solver; clear communicator; product-minded; leads through influence; documentation-first thinker

• Lead by example in test strategy and validation

• Own test coverage, pipeline health, and regression control

• Nice-to-have experience with Looker, BigQuery, ML pipelines, distributed system performance tuning, Agent AI Architecture, data products, asynchronous workflows, message queues, design systems, frontend architecture, platform engineering, modular monoliths, and AI-driven tooling

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in backend engineering with Laravel and PHP, alongside strong frontend architectural skills in React/Next. js. Capable of leading technical direction, mentoring engineers, and driving scalable, resilient system designs in cloud environments.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• Backend Engineering with Laravel

• Frontend Design with React/Next.js

• Cloud Infrastructure (AWS, GCP)

• CI/CD Pipeline Management

• Architectural Leadership

ATS Optimization Keywords

Hard Skills

• Laravel 10+

• PHP 8+

• SQL/Relational Databases

• RESTful APIs

• Event-Driven Architectures

• Containerization (EKS/Kubernetes)

• Test Automation

• AI-Augmented Product Development

• Feature Delivery Velocity

• Scalable System Design

Soft Skills

• Proactive Problem Solver

• Clear Communicator

• Product-Minded

• Resilient and Adaptable

• Mentoring and Coaching

Industry Keywords

• SaaS

• Technical Direction

• Architectural Principles

• Scalable Systems

• Cross-Team Initiatives

Tools & Technologies

• AWS

• GCP

• Looker

• BigQuery

• GenAI Workflows

• Copilot

• Gemini

• Message Queues

• Design Systems

• Asynchronous Workflows