Principal Engineer

Summary

Join Primer, a leading unified payment infrastructure company, and play a critical role in shaping the technical direction of our engineering department. Reporting to the CTO, you will ensure our technical strategy aligns with business goals, mentor staff engineers, advocate for technical excellence, and contribute hands-on to system design and coding. You will collaborate with stakeholders, implement best practices, and foster a strong engineering culture. We offer a fully remote work environment across Europe, competitive benefits, and a supportive team. Even if you don't meet every requirement, we encourage you to apply.

Requirements

• Ideally a Principal Engineer (or similar) who has successfully navigated the transition from startup to scale-up
• The ability to shape and implement technical strategy at an organisational level
• A proven track record of leading and mentoring engineers at Staff+ level, fostering both their technical and professional growth
• Experience working in high-scale, low-latency environments, with a deep understanding of backend and infrastructure challenges
• Hands-on expertise in coding, with the ability to dive into technical work when needed
• A background in a strong engineering culture, where high standards for technical quality and operational excellence are the norm
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to work closely with non-engineering stakeholders to drive company-wide initiatives

Responsibilities

• Play a critical role in shaping the technical direction of our engineering department at Primer
• Help ensure that our technical strategy aligns with our business goals as we continue to scale effectively
• Act as a technical authority and mentor for our Staff Engineers and Engineering Leadership
• Advocate for technical excellence, scalability, reliability, and balancing innovation with pragmatism
• Provide hands-on contributions through system design, coding, technical decision-making and picking the right tools for the job
• Foster a strong engineering culture based on continuous learning and development in a collaborative, low-ego environment
• Collaborate closely with business stakeholders, acting as a domain expert and technical authority to drive cross-functional initiatives
• Shape and implement best practices for engineering, ensuring industry-leading standards

Benefits

• We are fully remote
• Competitive share options
• Uncapped holiday, with 25 days minimum to be taken
• Co-working space access
• Workations & company retreat
• The best equipment for your role
• ��500 towards your home office setup
• Generous learning budget
• Medical insurance
• A broad set of additional perks and benefits ( depending on location)