Principal Engineer

Veem•San Fransisco, CA

9d•Hybrid

About The Position

Veem is building the future of global payments infrastructure, transforming how businesses move money internationally through modern fintech rails, stablecoin innovation, AI-driven operations, and seamless B2B payment experiences. They are looking for a transformative Principal Engineer to help define the next generation of Veem’s technical architecture and AI-powered platform evolution. This is a highly strategic senior engineering leadership role for someone who thrives at the intersection of Fintech infrastructure, Crypto/blockchain/stablecoins, AI transformation and automation, Scalable distributed systems, and Engineering leadership and organizational influence. The Principal Engineer will partner closely with executive leadership and engineering teams to drive innovation, technical excellence, and long-term platform strategy. As a Principal Engineer at Veem, you will serve as one of the company’s highest-level technical leaders, architecting and driving mission-critical initiatives across payments infrastructure, AI-enabled systems, and emerging financial technologies. This role requires a hands-on technical leader who can influence architecture across the organization, lead transformational initiatives, mentor senior engineers and technical leads, drive adoption of AI-native engineering practices, and help shape Veem’s future in stablecoins, blockchain, and intelligent financial systems. You will also play a key role in managing and orchestrating AI agents and collaborating closely with the broader engineering organization to modernize systems, workflows, and developer productivity.

Requirements

12–18 years of software engineering experience
Proven experience operating at Staff+ / Principal Engineer level
Strong experience building scalable distributed systems and cloud-native architectures
Deep expertise in backend systems, APIs, microservices, and platform engineering
Experience working in high-growth fintech or modern technology companies
Strong hands-on coding and architecture capabilities
Exceptional systems-thinking and problem-solving skills
Ability to influence without direct authority
Strong communication and executive presence
Passion for innovation and technical transformation
Ability to operate effectively in fast-moving, ambiguous environments

Nice To Haves

Experience in B2B fintech environments
Exposure to crypto, blockchain, stablecoins, or digital asset infrastructure
Experience with AI/ML systems, LLM integrations, or AI-enabled platforms
Background at modern technology companies such as Stripe, Coinbase, Block/Square, Brex, Mercury, Ramp, Robinhood, or other modern fintech and AI-native startups

Responsibilities

Define and drive long-term technical architecture strategy across core platform systems
Lead large-scale distributed systems design for high-volume B2B fintech products
Architect resilient, scalable, secure payment and financial infrastructure
Establish engineering best practices for reliability, scalability, observability, and security
Influence technical direction across multiple engineering teams
Lead AI transformation initiatives across engineering and operations
Design systems leveraging AI agents, LLM workflows, and intelligent automation
Drive adoption of AI-assisted developer tooling and operational automation
Evaluate and implement emerging AI technologies to improve platform capabilities and productivity
Partner with leadership to define Veem’s AI-native future
Help shape Veem’s strategy around crypto, blockchain, and stablecoin infrastructure
Architect secure integrations with digital asset ecosystems and modern payment rails
Evaluate new fintech protocols, settlement mechanisms, and emerging technologies
Partner cross-functionally on regulatory, compliance, and security considerations
Mentor senior engineers and technical leaders
Raise the engineering bar across architecture, code quality, and execution
Lead technical reviews and strategic engineering decisions
Drive modernization initiatives and reduce technical debt
Serve as a trusted advisor to leadership on technical investments and risks
Collaborate with Product, Data, Security, Compliance, and Executive leadership
Translate business priorities into scalable technical solutions
Influence roadmap planning and organizational technical strategy
Help build a culture of innovation, ownership, and engineering excellence