Principal Engineer, Platform - Pittsburgh, PA
23 hours ago
Job description
- Role :
Principal Engineer, Platform & Applications - Employment Type:
Full-time - Location:
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States - Compensation:
Competitive; based on experience and credentials
About the Role
We are seeking an exceptionally talented
Principal Engineer – Platform & Applications
to serve as a
chief technical architect
within the Developer Platform organization at Motional. In this high‑impact role, you will define the architecture, technical strategy, and governance for internal engineering tools and services that accelerate engineering velocity and reliability across the company. You will work across teams to establish standards, influence technical direction, and ensure highly scalable engineering systems.
Key Responsibilities
1. Technical Strategy & Architectural Leadership
- Define and own the
enterprise architecture
for the Developer Platform ecosystem (build tooling, internal services, infrastructure standards). - Serve as a principal technical decision‑maker across platform initiatives.
- Architect governance mechanisms that enforce technical standards and developer best practices organization‑wide.
- Lead expert technical reviews and provide strategic design guidance.
2. Platform Engineering & Enablement
- Own architectural direction for core systems including advanced build systems such as
Bazel
and associated toolchains. - Define best practices and governance for
CI/CD pipelines
(e.g., GitLab CI, GitHub Actions) and SRE workflows. - Design frameworks for tracking and improving engineering productivity and performance using established metrics (e.g., DORA).
3. Technical Oversight & Cross‑Functional Standards
- Establish unified practices for
cloud architecture, security, monitoring, and reliability
across platform teams. - Provide high‑level consultation on critical cloud application architecture decisions.
- Lead initiatives to enhance cloud efficiency and cost effectiveness for platform services.
What We're Looking For
- 12+ years
of progressive experience in software engineering with a strong emphasis on platform engineering, developer experience, and/or build/release systems. - 5+ years
serving in a Principal Engineer, Chief Architect, or equivalent senior individual contributor capacity with demonstrable success in owning technical strategy and architectural vision. - Expert‑level proficiency in advanced build systems (especially
Bazel
), complex CI/CD pipelines, tooling ecosystems, and configuration/deployment technologies. - Deep expertise in architecting and scaling internal developer platforms and infrastructure, including developer portals and internal tooling built in languages such as
, Go, and Python
. - Strong cloud architecture background (
AWS
preferred), distributed systems design, SRE principles, and performance engineering. - Outstanding written and verbal communication, with the ability to articulate complex architectural concepts to both technical and executive stakeholders.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
Estimated Base Salary Range:
$175,000 – $234,250 USD per year
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