Minted - Principal Engineer - eCommerce, Digital, & Product Launch
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Requirements
• 15+ years of professional software development experience • 10+ years in technical leadership roles • 3+ years in Architect, Principal Engineer, or Solution Architect level roles • Strong programming skills in multiple programming languages, cloud infra, databases, caching, containers, CI/CD tools, and AI-assisted development tooling • Extensive experience designing, building, and migrating complex software systems • The ability to understand business problems and synthesize the patterns and designs that accurately model them • A solid understanding of reliability and scalability issues with distributed systems on unreliable hardware and/or software • Experience working in a fast-paced, Agile Scrum environment • Experience with ReactJS, Python, NodeJS, PHP, or GoLang • Experience with Amazon Web Services, Docker & Kubernetes • Experience with Analytics & Experimentation tools • Experience integrating AI/LLM capabilities into products using AI Platforms or LLM API providers (e.g. Anthropic, OpenAI, AWS Bedrock), including an understanding of prompt engineering, model selection, context-window constraints, and the operational and cost implications of running AI features • Experience with e-commerce CMS, Search & PIM, including AI-powered features
Responsibilities
• Provide architectural leadership in designing and evolving the architecture of Minted's platform, focusing on scalability, performance, observability, and maintainability. • Plan and help to implement major technical projects in collaboration with the Engineering teams, Product Management, stakeholders, and leadership. • Define and implement technical strategies aligned with Minted's business objectives, leveraging industry best practices and emerging technologies, including the pragmatic adoption of AI/LLM capabilities where they create measurable product or productivity value. • Lead the design, implementation, and maintenance of robust APIs and MFEs that serve as the backbone and user-facing experience of Minted's services, ensuring seamless integration across various applications and vendor platforms. • Drive build vs buy decisions on key components of our stack, such as CMS, marketing, and analytics tooling. • Solve hard problems while also mentoring engineers, conducting code reviews, and fostering a culture of technical excellence and collaboration across the teams. • Be a force for continuous improvement by role modeling best-in-class engineering, mentoring those around you, and championing initiatives that raise the bar on Minted engineering practices across teams, from better processes and tooling to the thoughtful adoption of AI code assistants (e.g., Cursor, Claude Code) with appropriate guardrails. • A technical expert in SOA & distributed system development, with extensive experience in designing and implementing scalable experiences, APIs, and platforms in a high-traffic e-commerce environment, and a working fluency with AI/LLM-powered tooling. • An architectural expert with a deep understanding of software architecture principles, including microservices, MFEs, RESTful APIs, message queues, and caching strategies. • A technical leader with proven ability to lead technical initiatives, find the right solutions, influence decision-making, and drive consensus across teams. • A problem solver, with strong analytical skills and a pragmatic approach to balancing technical objectives with business requirements, whether that's classic distributed systems trade-offs or the newer cost/quality/latency triangle of AI-powered features. • A communicator with excellent verbal and written communication skills, and the ability to both articulate and present complex technical concepts to diverse audiences in a clear and concise manner. • This role is eligible for a bonus and stock options.
Benefits
• Minted utilizes a market-based compensation model with four geographic tiers. Final compensation is determined based on the candidate’s primary work location, defined as their residence within 60 miles of a metropolitan area: • Geo 0: San Francisco, CA In-Office - $230,729 - $302,832 • Geo 1: New York, NY; Los Angeles, CA & all other California markets - $212,270 - $278,605 • Geo 2: Boston, MA; Washington, DC; Chicago, IL; Seattle, WA; Austin, TX; Atlanta, GA; Portland, OR - $196,119 - $257,407 • Geo 3: All other U.S. metro locations - $179,968 - $236,209 • Benefits will be effective on the first of each month following your initial hire date. • Employer Funded Health Savings Account • 10 Paid Holidays • Paid Time Off and Sick Leave • Paid Parental Leave • Monthly Gym/Wellness Reimbursement • 401(k) retirement savings plan • Employee Discount • Friends and Family Discount • We verify identity at the start of interviews to ensure fairness and security. We reserve the right to withdraw candidates who misrepresent their identity, experience, or qualifications at any stage of the process. • Notice of AI Use in Employment Decisions: • We use AI-powered tools, including Brainner AI, to support our hiring and employment processes. These tools help assess job-related qualifications and improve efficiency, but all decisions involve human review.
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