Visão geral da vaga
The Principal Engineer is our most senior individual contributor - a force-multiplier across the entire engineering organization. You’ll own architecture and technical strategy for Terrific’s platform end-to-end: real-time live video commerce, AI/ML-driven personalization, commerce integrations, data infrastructure, and everything in between. You’ll stay deeply hands-on — writing code, reviewing designs, and shipping critical systems — while also shaping how the team builds: standards, patterns, performance, and reliability. You’ll partner closely with the R&D managers, Product manager, and Design on the hardest, highest-leverage problems.
Requisitos
10+ years of hands-on software engineering experience, with a track record of leading at staff/principal level at high-scale products(!). Expert-level Node.js and TypeScript; strong frontend experience in React and/or Angular (both a significant plus). Deep experience designing and operating distributed, real-time systems in production, 24/7, under load. Strong data engineering instincts: SQL/NoSQL, event-driven architectures, and analytical stores (BigQuery or equivalent). Hands-on experience building or shipping AI/ML-powered features in production - personalization, recommendations, search, or generative AI. Experience on GCP (Firebase, Cloud Functions, Firestore, Realtime Database, Pub/Sub) is a strong advantage. Experience with commerce platforms such as Shopify or WooCommerce, and/or live video/streaming infrastructure, is a plus. Excellent judgment on trade-offs between scope,
Benefícios
Principal-level ownership of the platform that defines live, shoppable media. Real, global scale — top brands, retailers, and broadcasters, running 24/7 across LatAm, Europe, and Israel. A modern stack (Node.js, TypeScript, React, Angular, GCP, Firebase, BigQuery, Pub/Sub) with the autonomy to evolve it. A tight, senior team where product, design, data, and engineering ship together