Principal Engineer shaping Veem’s AI-enabled global B2B payments architecture. Leading distributed systems, modernization, stablecoin, blockchain, and technical transformation initiatives.
Responsibilities
Define and drive Veem’s long-term technical architecture across payments, platform, data, integration, and operational systems
Design scalable, resilient, secure, and highly available distributed systems for global B2B payments
Lead complex cross-functional engineering initiatives spanning multiple teams and systems
Drive modernization, platform scalability, and technical-debt reduction
Establish standards for architecture, reliability, observability, security, testing, and operational excellence
Lead AI transformation initiatives across engineering and operations
Design and implement AI-agent, LLM, intelligent-automation, and AI-assisted developer-tooling systems
Shape strategy around stablecoins, blockchain, digital assets, and modern payment rails
Evaluate emerging technologies, settlement mechanisms, fintech protocols, and platform investments
Mentor senior engineers and technical leaders
Advise executive and engineering leadership
Translate business priorities into scalable, practical, commercially valuable technical solutions
During the first year, understand Veem’s platform, architecture, customers, payment flows, and business strategy
Establish relationships across Engineering, Product, Security, Compliance, Data, Operations, and executive leadership
Identify architectural risks, constraints, and opportunities
Create technical direction for high-priority initiatives
Lead or materially influence platform, AI, payment, and modernization programs
Improve architecture and technical decision-making consistency
Introduce AI capabilities improving engineering productivity or operational performance
Define Veem’s technical approach to stablecoins and emerging payment infrastructure
Deliver measurable improvements in scalability, reliability, developer productivity, or platform capability
Requirements
Approximately 12–18 years of software engineering experience
Staff+, Senior Staff, Principal Engineer, Architect, or equivalent-level experience
Deep expertise in distributed systems, backend architecture, APIs, microservices, cloud infrastructure, and event-driven systems
Strong hands-on software engineering and architecture capabilities
Experience leading technically complex initiatives across multiple teams
Ability to influence technical strategy without direct authority
Experience in fintech, payments, financial services, or another high-scale, highly regulated technology environment
Understanding of scalability, data consistency, reliability, security, fault tolerance, and production operations
Excellent communication skills and ability to explain technical trade-offs to executive and non-technical audiences
Ability to operate effectively in a fast-moving, ambiguous, entrepreneurial environment
Preferred: B2B or cross-border payments experience
Preferred: AI agents, LLM integrations, intelligent automation, machine learning platforms, or AI-enabled products
Preferred: stablecoins, blockchain infrastructure, digital wallets, crypto payments, or digital assets
Preferred: experience at a modern fintech, payments, technology, or AI-native organization
Technical environment includes AWS, GCP, or Azure; distributed and event-driven architectures; backend platforms, APIs, microservices; messaging, streaming, and data systems; AI/LLM tooling; blockchain, stablecoin, and payment infrastructure; observability, reliability, security, and platform tooling
Benefits
Equity participation
Competitive compensation
Opportunity to work on AI, stablecoins, blockchain, and emerging financial technology
Executive visibility and influence on long-term product and technology direction
Hands-on technical impact
Entrepreneurial environment
Opportunity to mentor and develop senior engineering talent
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