Principal Engineer
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- Posted 3 weeks ago · via Greenhouse
Define company-wide architectural principles to reduce system complexity
As a Principal Engineer at Plata Card, you will operate at the system level to align architectural decisions across teams and domains. You will lead RFCs, architecture reviews, and design discussions while influencing technical decisions and participating in major incident analysis. Your work will focus on reducing architectural and organizational complexity through sustainable technical direction and shared standards.
Why This Role?
Shape the technical future of an organization by tackling complex architectural challenges at scale
Key Responsibilities
- Define and maintain company-wide architectural principles
- Align technical decisions across teams and domains
- Lead RFCs, architecture reviews, and design discussions
- Participate in major incident analysis and systemic problem solving
- Influence technical decisions through constructive debate
- Identify and reduce architectural and organizational complexity
Requirements
- Experience in a large engineering organization (300+ engineers)
- Hands-on experience with complex distributed systems
- Proven impact on architectural decisions beyond your own team
- Experience with architectural mistakes, refactoring, and incidents
- Strong system-level thinking and understanding of trade-offs
- Clear communication and ability to work through disagreement
Required Skills
Indonesia Context
- Working Hours Overlap:
- Flexible — work your own hours
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Original description from Greenhouse Boards
<p>We are looking for a <strong>Principal Engineer</strong> to help scale our engineering organization, reduce system complexity, and define a sustainable technical direction, building on top of a mature and evolving platform.</p> <p>You will operate at the system level, working across teams and domains to align architectural decisions, improve engineering practices, and address long-term technical risks. Partnering closely with senior engineers, tech leads, and engineering leadership, you will help turn technical vision into clear principles, shared standards, and sustainable solutions.</p> <p>This role calls for a <strong>highly experienced technical leader</strong> with strong system thinking, sound engineering judgment, and the ability to influence without formal authority. You are comfortable navigating ambiguity, making trade-offs, and engaging in constructive technical debate — always with a focus on long-term impact rather than short-term wins.</p> <p>If you want to shape the technical future of an organization, and tackle complex architectural challenges at scale, this role is for you.</p> <p><strong>Challenges that await you:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Defining and maintaining <strong>company-wide architectural principles</strong></li> <li>Aligning technical decisions across teams and domains</li> <li>Identifying and reducing <strong>architectural and organizational complexity</strong></li> <li>Leading RFCs, architecture reviews, and design discussions</li> <li>Influencing technical decisions</li> <li>Participating in major incident analysis and systemic problem solving</li> </ul> <p><strong>What makes you a great fit</strong>:</p> <ul> <li>Experience in a <strong>large engineering organization (300+ engineers)</strong></li> <li>Hands-on experience with <strong>complex distributed systems</strong></li> <li>Proven impact on architectural decisions <strong>beyond your own team</strong></li> <li>Experience with architectural mistakes, refactoring, and incidents</li> <li>Strong system-level thinking and understanding of <strong>trade-offs</strong></li> <li>Clear communication and ability to work through disagreement</li> </ul> <p><strong>Our ways of working:</strong></p> <ul> <li><strong>Innovative Spirit</strong>: A commitment to creativity and groundbreaking solutions</li> <li><strong>Honest Feedback</strong>: valuing open, transparent communication\</li> <li><strong>Supportive Team</strong>: a strong, collaborative community</li> <li><strong>Celebrating Achievements</strong>: recognizing our wins together</li> <li><strong>High-Tech Environment</strong>: a team full of smart and revolutionary people who date to challenge the status quo of incumbent finances</li> </ul> <p><strong>Our benefits:</strong></p> <ul> <li><strong>Relocation support</strong> to one of our hubs — Cyprus, Georgia, Serbia or Spain — with assistance for the employee and their family</li> <li><strong>Flexible work</strong> from one of our offices or remote</li> <li><strong>Healthcare Coverage</strong></li> <li><strong>Education Budget</strong>: Language lessons, professional training and certifications</li> <li><strong>Wellness Budget</strong>: Mental health and fitness activity reimbursements</li> <li><strong>Vacation policy</strong>: 20 days of annual leave and paid sick leave</li> </ul>
Salary Context
Similar Engineering roles on LokerDollar pay around $221.2k/yr (range $10.8k–1000k/yr, n=395 active listings).
Hiring at Plata Card
Plata Card has 28 other active roles on LokerDollar and has been hiring here since Oct 13, 2026 — across Engineering, Data & Analytics.
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Market context
- ESTIMATEEstimated pay is 2% above the role median of $221,188/year (n=395 pay-disclosing listings).
- VERIFIEDPlata Card: 30 postings in the last 3 months, 30 all-time on LokerDollar.
- VERIFIEDCompany first seen Oct 13, 2026.
- VERIFIEDThis listing first seen Oct 13, 2026.
- VERIFIEDLast verified live Oct 13, 2026.
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