Senior Principal Product & Platform Engineer KPMG life insurance, 401(k) United States, Jersey, Montvale 3 Chestnut Ridge Road (Show on map) Sep 02, 2026 KPMG is building a product organization designed to help transform decades of industry experience into innovative, software-powered businesses. Backed by the scale, resources, and market presence of a global network, this organization operates with the energy, ambition, and pace of a startup. We are assembling a founding team of builders, innovators, and problem solvers who are excited by the opportunity to create new products, shape new ways of working, and help define the future of technology-enabled business at KPMG. If you thrive in entrepreneurial environments, embrace ambiguity, and are motivated by the potential to make a lasting impact from the ground up, we invite you to consider joining us on this journey. KPMG is currently seeking a Senior Principal Product & Platform Engineer to join our Product organization.

Responsibilities:

Develop and evolve the shared platform architecture frameworks and IT platforms that align technology infrastructure with business processes and data including, integration patterns, data and identity models, AI or agent frameworks, and reference architectures product teams build against

Assess existing capabilities for architecture quality, reusability, integration feasibility, security posture, technical debt, and cost to convert them to shared platform assets, while researching emerging technologies; provide technical input for build, buy, partner, or harvest decisions to product leaders

Develop and maintain reusable architecture standards and an AI-native prototyping framework that enables teams to move rapidly from product ideas to working prototypes

Serve as the senior technical voice embedded within Product Management, connecting product evaluation with architecture, engineering, security, integration, and long-term platform health

Create or guide prototypes for early product ideas, partnering with product management and client-facing leaders, that test technical feasibility and prevent one-off bespoke solutions

Serve as the senior technical authority within Product Management, guiding architecture decisions, sharing leading practices, and coaching professionals across product and engineering teams

Act with integrity, professionalism, and personal responsibility to uphold KPMG's respectful and courteous work environment

Qualifications:

Minimum twelve years of recent engineering experience on a principal or distinguished individual contributor track

Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university is preferred; minimum of a high school diploma or GED is required; or a minimum fifteen years of equivalent professional experience is required

Strong hands-on development experience including authoring of the prototyping framework for the AI-native development cycle and delivery of Founder prototypes built from platform capabilities

Deep expertise assessing and integrating existing systems across platform architecture, APIs, data and identity models, AI or agent frameworks, security, scalability, reliability, and technical debt, with experience creating reusable standards adopted across teams

Ability to advise senior product, technology, and business leaders with a client-centric perspective, influence organizational priorities, and coach professionals without direct people-management responsibility

Applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S. without the need for employment-based visa sponsorship now or in the future;

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California Salary Range:

$226000 - $414000 KPMG offers a comprehensive compensation and benefits package. KPMG is an equal opportunity employer. KPMG complies with all applicable federal, state and local laws regarding recruitment and hiring. All qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship status, disability, protected veteran status, or any other category protected by applicable federal, state or local laws. The attached link contains further information regarding KPMG's compliance with federal, state and local recruitment and hiring laws. No phone calls or agencies please.

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