API Principal Architect
About The Position
We’re looking for a hands-on Technical Lead to own and evolve the API that powers the control plane of our Zero Trust platform. This API is the central orchestration layer across a distributed system and is critical to product performance, security, and scalability. This is not a people-manager-only role. You will be a core Go contributor while setting architectural direction, raising engineering standards, and mentoring a distributed team. If you enjoy building high-scale APIs, care deeply about secure system design, and like leading through influence rather than hierarchy, this role is for you.
Requirements
- 12-15 years of backend engineering experience, with strong API ownership
- Deep expertise in Go (Golang) with significant production experience
- Proven experience designing scalable distributed systems
- Strong understanding of API security, authentication, and secure coding principles
- Experience in SaaS environments and cloud-native architectures
- Demonstrated ability to lead technically while remaining hands-on
- Experience working across time zones and mentoring remote engineers
- Strong communication skills and pragmatic decision-making ability
- Knowledge of networking, TCP/IP, and DNS
- Bachelor’s degree with 10+ years of relevant experience
- Master’s degree with 8+ years; or PhD with 6+ years; or Equivalent practical experience
- Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field preferred
Nice To Haves
- Experience in building and scaling cloud-delivered networking services would be advantageous
Responsibilities
- Own the API as a product — defining technical direction, scalability strategy, and long-term evolution
- Design and build high-performance, secure, production-grade Go services
- Architect distributed systems that balance performance, reliability, and extensibility
- Translate business and product requirements into clean, scalable system designs
- Lead code reviews and elevate engineering quality across the team
- Drive secure coding practices and API security standards
- Guide CI/CD/CT best practices and improve developer productivity
- Mentor and provide technical leadership to a distributed offshore Go engineering team
- Ensure API documentation is accurate, clear, and continuously maintained
- Manage the API lifecycle end-to-end: design, implementation, deployment, monitoring, and iteration
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Principal
Number of Employees
501-1,000 employees
