Principal Engineer - Architect
11 days ago
Valencia
ppSklum Digital AI is an agentic-native team. We operate as a small, high-leverage group that uses agentic AI workflows to build applications and scale our impact far beyond traditional team sizes — from design and coding to testing, review, and operations. We're looking for a leader who is already fluent in this way of working and can shape it further. /p pWe are looking for a bPrincipal Engineer – Architect /b to serve as the most senior engineering leader within Sklum Digital AI, owning the end-to-end architecture of our customer-facing platform — shaping how millions of customers discover, explore, and interact with Sklum across web and mobile. /p pThe role spans the full customer-facing stack: the experience layer (React/Next.js and React Native), the integration layer connecting experience to enterprise systems, and the backend services that power it. This is a builder role — equally comfortable setting a multi-year technical vision and jumping into the codebase to prototype, review, or unblock. /p h3What you'll be doing /h3 ul liOwn the end-to-end architecture of Sklum's customer-facing platform across web and mobile /li liDefine the target architecture connecting experience, integration, and backend into a coherent, scalable whole /li liEstablish architectural standards and guardrails that let teams move fast without accruing unsustainable debt /li liMake build-vs-buy decisions and design how external systems are extended to fit Sklum's needs /li /ul h3Hands-On Technical Leadership /h3 ul liWrite production code, prototype new capabilities, and contribute to critical paths when required /li liDrive technical design reviews, code reviews, and architecture decision records (ADRs) across teams /li liIdentify and resolve performance, scalability, reliability, and security bottlenecks across the platform /li /ul h3Agentic-Native Ways of Working /h3 ul liChampion and evolve the agentic-native operating model — define the architecture, tooling, and guardrails that allow agentic workflows to safely contribute to design, coding, testing, and operations /li liSet standards for human-in-the-loop oversight and security when agentic systems produce production artifacts /li liContinuously identify where agentic workflows can replace or augment traditional engineering tasks /li /ul h3Cross-Functional Distributed Leadership /h3 ul liPartner with product, design, data, marketing, and operations to align the technical roadmap with business priorities /li liTranslate business goals into technical strategy — and technical trade-offs into clear business language for executive stakeholders /li liCoach engineers across seniority levels and elevate the technical craft of the organisation /li liLead effectively across cultures, locations, and time zones in a distributed, async-first environment /li /ul h3Integration with Operational Systems /h3 ul liDefine how the customer-facing platform integrates with Sklum's operational backbone: ERP, CRM, PIM, CMS, and compensation management systems /li liEnsure data, identity, catalog, pricing, order, and content flows are consistent and observable across the customer journey /li /ul pbWhat we'd like to see /b /p ul li12+ years of software engineering, with significant time in architect or principal-level roles on customer-facing digital products /li liProven track record architecting end-to-end web and mobile experiences, with particular depth in mobile /li liDeep, hands-on expertise with React, Next.js, and React Native — including performance, rendering strategies, and production-grade patterns /li liStrong integration architecture background: REST/GraphQL APIs, event-driven patterns, API gateways, BFF patterns, and service orchestration /li liSolid experience designing and operating backend services at scale — data stores, caching, observability /li liHands-on experience working agentic-native — using coding agents and autonomous workflows as a core part of how you build software, not as an experiment /li liDemonstrated leadership across multiple teams, seniority levels, and functions; able to bridge deep technical judgment with business understanding /li liExperience in e-commerce, marketplace, retail, or consumer-facing digital platforms, ideally at international scale /li liWorking knowledge of operational systems surrounding a customer platform: ERP, CRM, PIM, CMS /li liStrong written and verbal communication in English; working proficiency in Spanish /li /ul pbStrong plus: /b exposure to AI/ML-driven customer experiences (personalisation, search, recommendations); cloud-native architecture (AWS, GCP, or Azure); track record mentoring senior engineers /p h3Why Sklum Digital AI /h3 pYou will be the most senior engineering voice in a greenfield subsidiary — architectural decisions unconstrained by legacy systems, inherited debt, or committees. You'll set the technical foundation of a platform being built from scratch, on a team where agentic-native ways of working are a first-class operating principle, not a future aspiration. Sklum is PE-backed, profitable, and scaling — what you build here will run at real consumer scale. /p /p #J-18808-Ljbffr