LTK’s mission is to empower the world’s premium lifestyle Creators to achieve maximum economic success. We have a huge opportunity ahead of us and we’re looking for team members who want to create, innovate and disrupt an industry.
We empower our team members to drive innovation, create value, and continue to spearhead the creation of this industry — a game changer when it comes to career growth.
Position Title: Principal Engineer, Foundation
About the role:
LTK is hiring a Principal Engineer to join the LTK Foundation and Platform Engineering team, to lead engineering and operational excellence initiatives for scaling our services. The LTK Foundation and Platform Engineering team deliver a range of services and libraries including automation and configuration management, monitoring and alerting, enterprise infrastructure administration, identity management, and event orchestration. Each member works directly with the software development teams with the goal of ensuring maximum uptime, and ability to scale and deliver exceptional features in a timely and consistent manner.
As a Principal Engineer at LTK, you impact the entire organization, creatively solve problems, serve as a technical expert in performance, scalability, enterprise system architecture, and engineering best practices.
How you will make an impact:
- Own all aspects of Foundation and Platform Engineering at LTK
- Bring a strong command of Golang, Kubernetes, GitOps, Trunk Based Development, CI/CD and platform technologies.
- Expertise in designing and building complex systems, architecture, and solutions.
- Provide inputs on engineering and operational excellence and help complete critical engineering projects on time, within budget, and meet quality standards
- Identify and evaluate new technologies and tools to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the engineering team.
- Bring strong customer obsession to our internal and external customers
- Demonstrate your ability to solve complex technical challenges, provide innovative solutions, and influence technical direction.
- Innovation: Create and maintain technical documentation, including architectural diagrams, design documents, and project plans.
- System Design: Design, develop and deploy software solutions that meet the needs of the business.
- Problem Ownership: Willingness to take ownership of complex issues, drive problem resolution, and act as a technical leader in crisis situations.
What you will bring:
- Leadership
- Leadership: Proven leadership skills, including mentoring and guiding junior engineers, leading technical initiatives, and collaborating with cross-functional teams.
- Project Management: Ability to lead projects from conception to completion, manage timelines, resources, and priorities effectively.
- Continuous Learning: A commitment to staying up-to-date with industry trends, tools, and methodologies, and a passion for sharing knowledge with peers.
- Mentor and coach teams within the department.
- Work Management/Communication
- Develop and maintain relationships with key stakeholders, including other technical leaders and teams
- Communication: Excellent communication skills to effectively convey technical concepts, collaborate with non-technical stakeholders, and provide guidance on technical decisions.
- Influence: Ability to influence technical decisions across teams and mentor others in technical skills and practices.
- A mindset focused on seizing opportunities and moving with urgency
- Dedication to fierce prioritization and operational excellence
- Adaptability to a dynamic, fast-moving environment
- A growth mindset and openness to feedback
- Technical Skills
- Experience: more than 8 years demonstrating a deep understanding of distributed systems and software development principles, architecture, and best practices.
- Platform Engineering experience with technologies such as Kubernetes, kafka and cloud based infrastructure (AWS, GPC or Azure), Workflow Engine, Auth0
- Degree: A bachelor's or master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field is preferred, although relevant work experience can sometimes compensate for formal education.
- Design, develop and deploy software solutions that meet the needs of the business.
- Ensure that the engineering team adheres to coding standards, best practices, and compliance requirements.
What we offer
- The opportunity to be part of the leading global company in creator commerce
- A remote-first, productivity-first environment
- Competitive compensation and benefits package to meet the needs of you and your family
- 401(k) with LTK company matching
- Medical Insurance, Vision Insurance, Dental Insurance
- Paid Maternity Leave and Paid Paternity Leave
- Summer Fridays and Flexible PTO
About LTK
Founded in 2011, LTK is the global technology platform purpose-built to empower lifestyle creators to monetize their content. The full-service platform connects brands, creators, and shoppers with a world-class shopping app and trusted tools and technology that make content instantly shoppable. Today, premium lifestyle creators in 160+ countries drive more than $4 billion+ in annual retail sales through their LTK Shop profiles. More than 40 million consumers turn to LTK Shops in the LTK shopping platform each month to find inspiration and instantly shop the styles recommended by their favorite creators. More than 7,000 retailers and 1M brands partner with LTK to gain access to its global creator network for content that converts against performance-driven, cross-channel KPIs. LTK is headquartered in Dallas, TX, and currently operates on five continents.
Our mission
To empower the world’s premium lifestyle Creators to achieve maximum economic success.
Our values
- Here to win
- Commit to the journey
- Work well
Commitment to diversity
LTK believes diversity, equity, and inclusion are fundamental obligations that strengthen our team. We employ a diverse, multi-disciplinary team to build a meaningful company and culture.
For US-Based Roles: We are not offering new sponsorships opportunities at this time for persons requiring employment visas, such as an H-1B; authorization to work in the U.S. is a precondition of employment.
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LTK is an Equal Opportunity Employer. #LI-Remote
