Principal Engineer- Architecture Engineering

Accion Labs

Full-time Other-General
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Location
Remote, Remote, Canada
Posted
June 19, 2026

Job Description

Role Summary

We are looking for a Principal Engineer to join our Architecture Engineering Services team. This is a hands‑on technical leadership role focused on evaluating, introducing, and operationalizing new technologies across our tax and accounting platform. You will build prototypes, define architectural standards, and guide engineering teams through adoption β€” bridging the gap between emerging technology and production-ready systems.

What You Bring

  • 8+ years of software engineering experience, with a track record of operating at a senior or staff-level scope
  • Deep expertise in distributed systems, including event-driven and microservices architectures
  • Strong hands-on experience with Apache Kafka β€” topic design, partitioning strategies, consumer group management, and operational best practices
  • Production experience with Kubernetes β€” cluster management, Helm charts, service mesh, resource tuning, and troubleshooti...