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Principal Staff Engineer - Web Platform

PlanetArt
Calabasas, USA
Full-time
Senior · 5+ years experience
Hybrid
USD 130000-220000 yearly / year
Discovered 1 months ago
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What You Should Have Skills, Qualifications, and Requirements

  • Senior-Level Full-Stack Engineering Experience: 5+ years of professional experience building and operating large-scale web applications, including substantial hands-on experience with the LAMP stack (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP).
  • Strong AWS & Cloud Operations Expertise : Deep hands-on experience with AWS services and production cloud environments, including EC2, RDS, S3, Lambda, CloudWatch, networking, scaling, monitoring, and infrastructure troubleshooting.
  • Ecommerce & High-Traffic Website Experience : Experience supporting high-volume consumer-facing websites or ecommerce platforms, with a strong understanding of scalability, uptime, performance optimization, and operational reliability.
  • Production Troubleshooting Expertise : Demonstrated ability to diagnose and resolve complex production issues under pressure, including database replication issues, performance degradation, infrastructure failures, deployment issues, and site outages.
  • Distributed Systems & Database Knowledge : Strong understanding of distributed web architectures, database performance tuning, replication strategies, caching, queuing systems, and fault-tolerant system design.
  • Global Team Collaboration: Experience working effectively with offshore or globally distributed engineering teams, with strong communication, coordination, and cross-cultural collaboration skills.
  • Chinese Language Skills: Ability to communicate in Mandarin (spoken or written) is highly desirable to facilitate collaboration with our China-based engineering team.
  • Engineering Best Practices: Strong understanding of software engineering fundamentals including Git workflows, CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, observability, code review practices, and secure development standards.
  • Ownership Mentality: Self-directed engineer with strong operational instincts, excellent judgment, and the ability to independently own critical technical initiatives from design through production support.
  • Technical Leadership: Demonstrated ability to influence engineering direction, mentor developers, and drive technical excellence through hands-on leadership rather than direct people management.
  • What You Can Expect Working Conditions
  • Work is performed in an office environment with low to moderate noise levels.
  • Position requires regular, continuous use of computer.
  • Position requires regular sitting and standing.
  • Position requires regular interaction with team members through the following methods: in-person, phone, Zoom, Slack, or email.
  • May require occasional travel.
  • This is a hybrid position; employees are expected to be in the office three days per week (Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday) with the option of working remotely two days (Wednesday and Friday).

Benefits

  • The compensation range for this position is $130,000-$220,000 annual salary.

PlanetArt offers a comprehensive benefits package, including

  • Health, Dental, and Vision Insurance
  • Life Insurance
  • Pet Insurance
  • Mental Health Insurance
  • 401(k) with matching
  • Comprehensive Time Off Program including Paid Time Off, Sick Days, Paid Holidays, and Floating Holidays
  • Employee Product Discounts

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