Fluxx
Principal Engineer
Remote role where the employee must remain based in a particular country.
United States only
Employer listed it 2 months ago · Added yesterday
Been open since 2 months ago. Long-running listings are sometimes left up after the role is filled.
Salary
$164k to $210k per year
Location
United States only
Timezone
Not stated
Contract
Full-time
Experience
Lead
Category
Software
Stated by the employer in the job description
Remote flexibility
Work from home
This is a remote role, but the employee must be based in United States. It is work from home rather than work from anywhere.
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About the role
Fluxx is looking for a highly motivated Principal Engineer to join the Engineering team .
As a Principal Engineer at Fluxx, you'll be a senior technical leader on our engineering team, responsible for driving the architecture and implementation of large, cross-cutting initiatives on our grantmaking platform. You will work closely with our SVP of Engineering, our co-founding CTO, Director of Engineering, fellow Principal Engineers, and our product and infrastructure teams to make the right architectural calls, write meaningful code, and help the broader team raise its technical bar.
This is a hands-on role. You'll spend the majority of your time in code, working through real problems and deliverables end-to-end, and the rest of your time on design, technical direction, and unblocking others. We are looking for someone who considers alternatives carefully, weighs trade-offs against the realities of our system, and is comfortable putting their opinions on the table and being challenged on them.
This is a full-time exempt and remote position. Candidates must be located in the United States. We aren't accepting contractors.
How you will make an impact:
Lead the architecture and implementation of major initiatives in our platform
Make architectural decisions counterfactually - considering several plausible approaches, surfacing the trade-offs, and choosing the best path rather than defaulting to a generic template
Provide technical leadership across all phases of large-scale engineering work, from scoping and design through implementation, code review, rollout and maintenance
Work cross-functionally with the Director of Engineering, fellow principal engineers, infrastructure engineers, product managers, DevOps, and QA to drive complex decisions on product direction and process improvements
Design and implement user-facing and backend features across the entire platform
Produce high-quality code that is well designed, thoroughly tested, and passes peer review
Lead and drive best practices with the team across the entire SDLC
Mentor engineers across the team, raise the architectural literacy of the group, and actively contribute to brainstorming and design discussions
Champion thoughtful use of AI and agents in our SDLC, helping the team amplify their work
What you bring to the team:
8+ years of professional software engineering experience, with a meaningful share of that as a principal engineer or architect on a complex SaaS platform
Deep experience as a full-stack engineer, with substantial backend depth using Ruby on Rails and the ability to engage credibly with frontend work in React
A habit of considering alternatives, naming the trade-offs, and choosing the right path for the system in front of you rather than reaching for a textbook answer
Confidence to put your opinion on the table, ask the questions others aren't asking, and engage in brainstorming and architectural debate
Strong written and verbal communication, with experience working closely with product, design, QA, and infrastructure peers
A deep foundation in computer science and a track record of making web applications highly performant
Dedication to writing and maintaining documentation that helps others move faster
Willingness to adapt to a fast-paced environment, to a codebase with a long history, and to a rapidly evolving AI-assisted development model
A track record of mentorship and of raising the technical bar of the engineers around you
Requirements
- ·8+ years of professional software engineering experience, with a meaningful share of that as a principal engineer or architect on a complex SaaS platform
- ·Deep experience as a full-stack engineer, with substantial backend depth using Ruby on Rails and the ability to engage credibly with frontend work in React
- ·A habit of considering alternatives, naming the trade-offs, and choosing the right path for the system in front of you rather than reaching for a textbook answer
- ·Confidence to put your opinion on the table, ask the questions others aren't asking, and engage in brainstorming and architectural debate
- ·Strong written and verbal communication, with experience working closely with product, design, QA, and infrastructure peers
Benefits
No benefits package published with this listing. Ask about it at first interview.
How to apply
- 1Check the flexibility label above, work from home, matches where you plan to live and work.
- 2Tailor your CV to the role at Fluxx, mentioning your remote working experience.
- 3Apply directly on the employer's careers page using the button below. Nomaders never handles your application.
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