Principal Engineer

Responsibilities

• Design and evolve the architecture of distributed systems powering global payment flows, settlement, and financial infrastructure.
• Act as a technical leader across teams, defining architectural standards and engineering best practices.
• Remain hands-on in critical parts of the system, contributing to architecture, design, and key implementations.
• Drive AI-native engineering practices by improving AI-assisted development workflows and implementing AI/ML/agentic opportunities.
• Collaborate with engineering, product, and business leaders to translate complex requirements into scalable technical systems.
• Identify and solve system-level bottlenecks related to performance, reliability, scalability, and operational complexity.
• Mentor and guide senior engineers and technical leaders to raise the overall technical bar.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field.
• 12+ years of experience building and operating large-scale backend systems and distributed systems in production.
• Prior experience in a Staff Engineer, Principal Engineer, or equivalent technical leadership role.
• Strong hands-on experience with Golang (primary language) or equivalent proficiency in Java, Python, or C++.
• Deep understanding of distributed systems, concurrency, consistency models, and asynchronous architectures.
• Experience building and operating high-availability services in cloud environments (AWS, GCP, or Azure).
• Experience designing data models and storage systems using both relational and NoSQL databases.
• Strong technical communication skills with the ability to influence stakeholders across the organization.

Preferred Qualifications

• Deep expertise in Go concurrency patterns, performance tuning, and production debugging.
• Prior experience within the fintech and payments industry.
• Proven expertise in digital assets, stablecoins, cryptocurrency, or blockchain technologies.

About the Company

Tazapay is a global cross-border payment platform that enables businesses to seamlessly transact across fiat and stablecoins. Licensed in Singapore, Canada, USA, and Australia, Tazapay provides a fully compliant and transparent payment infrastructure that allows businesses to bridge the gap between traditional finance and digital assets.