Principal Engineer (remote within EMEA)

About the role: We’re looking for a Principal Engineer who will step into an Architect role, to join our Merchant Experience team. Your primary mission is to define the platform’s future architecture, set the technical direction for the entire Merchant Experience pillar, and significantly influence our broader engineering strategy. This role is a great fit for someone with deep technical skills, strong leadership, excellent communication, and a knack for solving big problems while working closely with other architects and engineering teams. Your daily tasks will include: Take ownership and share accountability for the solutions and technical direction within the Merchant Experience pillar. Be responsible for architecture and technical decisions, reviewing and helping teams prepare architectural and design documentation to ensure the work fits into the broader platform strategy and defined practices. Contribute to engineering-wide strategy and standards through participation in the Architecture Council. Guide development teams through implementation by providing POCs, explaining design details, and solving design issues. Investigate and solve a variety of architecture-related problems, such as performance, scalability, integration, and others. Mentor and train other team members on design techniques and coding standards, actively scaling your technical influence and guidance across multiple development teams. Working closely with fellow architects and engineers to create cohesive architecture practices and guardrails, whilst driving the adoption of these practices/standards across the teams. Act as the Domain-Driven Design and architectural best practices authority within the pillar, actively mentoring and educating engineering teams to drive consistent and high-quality solution development Your qualifications: At least 10 years of proven experience in software engineering, including roles like Staff/Principal Engineer, Lead Developer, or Software Architect. Expert-l