Principal Engineer / Technical Executive

KORE1, a nationwide provider of staffing and recruiting solutions, has an immediate opening for a Principal Engineer / Technical Executive that is fully remote. Overview This role is designed for a highly experienced engineer who operates across the full technology stack while driving architecture, product delivery, and system reliability. You will combine deep technical expertise with hands-on execution, owning everything from frontend experiences to backend systems, infrastructure, and AI integration. This is a builder role—someone who moves quickly, solves problems across multiple layers, and leads through execution rather than delegation. What You'll Do

• Build and ship features across the entire stack, including frontend interfaces, backend services, data layers, and AI-powered capabilities
• Design and implement system architecture, including service boundaries, data models, caching strategies, and infrastructure topology
• Own production systems end-to-end, diagnosing and resolving issues across application servers, job workers, databases, and distributed systems
• Lead the integration of AI capabilities from research through production, including prototyping, model evaluation, and deployment behind scalable APIs
• Develop and optimize data pipelines, model training workflows, and inference systems with attention to performance, cost, and scalability
• Design and implement payment and billing systems, including subscription logic, webhook processing, and financial reconciliation
• Contribute across all layers of development, from database migrations and API design to UI components, testing, and deployment workflows
• Establish engineering best practices by setting a high bar for code quality, testing, and documentation
• Mentor and support engineers across the team, helping unblock complex technical challenges What We're Looking For
• 8+ years of experience building and shipping complex production systems
• Strong full-stack expertise, including modern frontend frameworks, backend APIs, database design, and infrastructure management
• Proven experience working across multiple layers of a system, from UI to backend to infrastructure
• Hands-on experience integrating AI/ML models into production systems, including understanding of model serving and inference pipelines
• Experience building systems that handle financial transactions, including payment processing, subscription management, or reconciliation workflows
• Deep understanding of production systems, including debugging performance issues, analyzing logs and metrics, and maintaining system reliability at scale
• Experience designing and scaling systems in real-world environments under growing demand
• Strong system design skills with the ability to evaluate tradeoffs and adapt based on evolving requirements
• Ability to operate independently, move quickly, and take ownership of high-impact technical decisions Nice to Have
• Experience with workflow orchestration tools or distributed job processing systems
• Background working with self-managed infrastructure environments
• Familiarity with media, creator platforms, or content-heavy systems
• Experience with cryptocurrency or alternative payment systems Technology Stack
• React, Next.js, TypeScript, Tailwind CSS
• Node.js / NestJS, Prisma, PostgreSQL, Redis
• Temporal, Docker, Linux-based infrastructure
• Cloud and storage platforms
• Python / PyTorch for AI pipelines
• Monitoring, observability, and CI/CD tooling Compensation depends on experience but is typically 195-215k

ABOUT KORE1

Specializing in professional and technical recruiting, KORE1 is committed to supporting top IT, Engineering, Creative, Scientific, Accounting and Finance professionals in their career paths. We build deep relationships with leading companies, connecting them to exceptional talent every day. With extensive industry expertise and unmatched opportunities, our goal is to provide a unique experience for our contractors and consultants as they prepare for their next role. We are passionate about matching the right people with the right companies. Kore1 provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, Kore1 complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training. Kore1 expressly prohibits any form of workplace harassment based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, or veteran status. Improper interference with the ability of Kore1's employees to perform their job duties may result in discipline up to and including discharge.