Juniper Square
Financial Services
PrincipalEngineer(Platform)
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“Principal Engineer (Platform) at Juniper Square. Skills: Platform engineering, Distributed systems, Cloud-native systems, AI tooling. Operate as DRI for high-impact initiatives. Take ownership of project health”
Industry & Context.
Break down complex technical problems
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
12+ years experience designing, building, operating distributed systems, Backend engineering experience with Python frameworks, Experience leading technical design for complex systems, Experience with relational/nosql databases, Experience building cloud-native systems, Understanding of CI/CD, observability, reliability, Ability to work through ambiguity, Ownership mindset, Ability to raise engineering quality, Passion for improving developer experience, Flexible and adaptable, Comfortable driving technical vision
Nice to Have
Platform team experience, Experience building AI/LLM-powered systems, CIAM/Identity systems experience, Security-aware design experience, Passion for growing others
What You'll Do.
Operate as DRI for high-impact initiatives
Take ownership of project health
Take ownership of system design
Take ownership of end-to-end delivery
Partner with Product Management
Partner with cross-functional teams
Clarify ambiguous requirements
Map business goals to technical scopes
Drive architectural design
Drive pragmatic task breakdown
Drive execution planning
Drive team toward incremental deliverables
Establish reusable patterns
Establish technical standards
Establish platform primitives
Improve engineering efficiency
Improve documentation
Improve observability
Improve developer workflows
Raise quality of technical decision-making
Help team execute with consistency
Drive adoption of AI tooling
Build internal capabilities
Automate engineering workflows
Ensure security alignment
Ensure compliance alignment
Ensure best-practice alignment
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Cross-functional teams; Product Management; Engineering teams
Process & Methodology
Execution planning, Incremental deliverables
Full Job Description
ABOUT JUNIPER SQUARE Private markets are one of the largest, most complex, and most underserved corners of global finance. Our mission at Juniper Square is to unlock their full potential. We’re the Operations Partner trusted by 2,300+ GPs, unifying technology, data, and fund administration services into a single platform that helps GPs move faster, make better decisions, and scale with precision. With $300B+ under administration and 700,000+ LPs on platform, we’ve built the scale to match our ambition. And with JunieAI, our purpose-built AI platform, we’re reimagining how private markets operate, embedding intelligence across every workflow. Founder-led since 2014, backed by $350M+ in funding, and now 1,000+ employees strong, we’re building a company designed to shape the future of private markets for decades to come. Our culture is built for people who want to do ambitious, meaningful work alongside exceptionally talented teammates. We think like owners, move with urgency, and take pride in solving hard problems that truly matter to our customers and the future of private markets. We believe the best ideas come from open debate, deep collaboration, and diverse perspectives, which is why we believe transparency is the default and feedback makes us stronger. If you’re energized by high standards, rapid growth, and the opportunity to help define a category at a pivotal moment, come join us! Juniper Square offers employees a variety of ways to work, ranging from a fully remote experience to working full-time in one of our physical offices. We invest heavily in digital-first https://blog.junipersquare.com/juniper-square-ponders-future-of-office-with-digital-first-hybrid-workplace-strategy/ operations, allowing our teams to collaborate effectively across 27 U.S. states, 2 Canadian Provinces, India, Luxembourg, and England. We also have physical offices in San Francisco, New York City, Mumbai and Bangalore for employees who prefer to work in an office some or all of the t
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