**Who this is for** This role is for a highly experienced senior technical leader looking to drive architectural transformation and platform scalability within
Work type: remote
Location: San Francisco, CA | Remote
Type: Full-time
**Who this is for** This role is for a highly experienced senior technical leader looking to drive architectural transformation and platform scalability within a design-focused, high-traffic e-commerce marketplace. **Key highlights** You will spearhead the transition from monolithic to microservices architecture while leading major technical initiatives, mentoring engineering teams, and strategically integrating AI capabilities to enhance productivity and user experience. **You might be a good fit if you...** - Possess deep expertise in designing and scaling distributed systems and service-oriented architectures for high-traffic environments. - Have a proven track record of influencing technical strategy and driving consensus across cross-functional product and engineering teams. - Are skilled at navigating complex "build vs. buy" decisions for enterprise-grade tools and third-party integrations. - Maintain a pragmatic approach to balancing technical excellence, system performance, and business-driven roadmaps.
The Role:
Minted is looking for a passionate Principal Engineer who will join us in building our e-commerce and digital experiences, as well as our artist community and product launch platforms. This role is pivotal in shaping the next generation of our platforms as we move from a monolithic to a microservices architecture. You will use your deep understanding of e-commerce, digital, and marketplace technologies to lead us in both defining and executing on short and mid-term strategy, while also driving a broad spectrum of architecture, design, and vendor decisions that will define and evolve mid to long-term strategies – while ensuring quality, timely delivery of the roadmap, and operational stability of the experiences. As a technical leader, you will drive innovation, mentor technical team members, and ensure seamless collaboration across engineering, product, and leadership teams to achieve strategic objectives.
At Minted engineering, we marry design with technology to deliver unique products that are beautiful and co-created by our artist community and our customers. Our engineers take on multiple roles and challenges not defined by titles, and we have a strong culture of collaboration and mentorship. We are a metrics-driven organization, and we work hard to make sure every project is measurably impactful. We strive to maintain the balance between building out new features and scaling our platform, while staying agile in a fast-moving environment.
## You will:
Minted is looking for a passionate Principal Engineer who will join us in building our e-commerce and digital experiences, as well as our artist community and product launch platforms. This role is pivotal in shaping the next generation of our platforms as we move from a monolithic to a microservices architecture. You will use your deep understanding of e-commerce, digital, and marketplace technologies to lead us in both defining and executing on short and mid-term strategy, while also driving a broad spectrum of architecture, design, and vendor decisions that will define and evolve mid to long-term strategies – while ensuring quality, timely delivery of the roadmap, and operational stability of the experiences. As a technical leader, you will drive innovation, mentor technical team members, and ensure seamless collaboration across engineering, product, and leadership teams to achieve strategic objectives.
At Minted engineering, we marry design with technology to deliver unique products that are beautiful and co-created by our artist community and our customers. Our engineers take on multiple roles and challenges not defined by titles, and we have a strong culture of collaboration and mentorship. We are a metrics-driven organization, and we work hard to make sure every project is measurably impactful. We strive to maintain the balance between building out new features and scaling our platform, while staying agile in a fast-moving environment.