Principal Platform Engineer
Core
Technical leader owning the architecture, roadmap, and delivery of a commercial platform that ingests, processes, and serves petabyte-scale satellite imagery and AI agent products via API.
Role type
Principal Platform Engineer (AI-native, data-intensive)
Builds
Commercial platform for satellite data ingestion, processing, indexing, and AI agent infrastructure
Domain
Earth observation, satellite data, AI agents, cloud infrastructure
Deliverable
production ML models | product features
Required skills
Cloud infrastructure, distributed data pipelines, API design, LLM/retrieval/agent systems, AI-native development lifecycle, geospatial data/remote sensing, enterprise identity/multi-tenant SaaS
Preferred skills
Geospatial data, remote sensing, imagery processing, enterprise identity, multi-tenant SaaS, marketplace platforms
Responsibilities
Set architecture and engineering standards for the commercial platform; oversee design and architecture of agentic products; run an AI-native development lifecycle; lead and grow the platform and data engineering team; meet customers to shape roadmap priorities; design reviews, testing, observability, and reliability targets
Seniority
Principal, hands-on IC with strategy & mentorship