Principal Engineer

<h1>Principal Engineer</h1><p><strong>Location:</strong> Toronto (preferred), Ottawa, California</p><h2>About Veem</h2><p>Veem is building the future of global payments infrastructure. We are transforming how businesses move money internationally through modern fintech rails, stablecoin innovation, AI-driven operations, and seamless B2B payment experiences.</p><p>We are looking for a transformative Principal Engineer who can help define the next generation of Veem’s technical architecture and AI-powered platform evolution.</p><p>This is a highly strategic senior engineering leadership role for someone who thrives at the intersection of:</p><ul><li>Fintech infrastructure</li><li>Crypto / blockchain / stablecoins</li><li>AI transformation and automation</li><li>Scalable distributed systems</li><li>Engineering leadership and organizational influence</li></ul><p>You will partner closely with executive leadership and engineering teams to drive innovation, technical excellence, and long-term platform strategy.</p><h2>Role Overview</h2><p>As a Principal Engineer at Veem, you will serve as one of the company’s highest-level technical leaders. You will architect and drive mission-critical initiatives across payments infrastructure, AI-enabled systems, and emerging financial technologies.</p><p>This role requires a hands-on technical leader who can:</p><ul><li>Influence architecture across the organization</li><li>Lead transformational initiatives</li><li>Mentor senior engineers and technical leads</li><li>Drive adoption of AI-native engineering practices</li><li>Help shape Veem’s future in stablecoins, blockchain, and intelligent financial systems</li></ul><p>You will also play a key role in managing and orchestrating AI agents and collaborating closely with the broader engineering organization to modernize systems, workflows, and developer productivity.</p><h2>What You’ll Do</h2><h3>Technical Leadership & Architecture</h3><ul><li>Define and drive long-term technical architecture strategy across core platform systems</li><li>Lead large-scale distributed systems design for high-volume B2B fintech products</li><li>Architect resilient, scalable, secure payment and financial infrastructure</li><li>Establish engineering best practices for reliability, scalability, observability, and security</li><li>Influence technical direction across multiple engineering teams</li></ul><h3>AI Transformation & Intelligent Systems</h3><ul><li>Lead AI transformation initiatives across engineering and operations</li><li>Design systems leveraging AI agents, LLM workflows, and intelligent automation</li><li>Drive adoption of AI-assisted developer tooling and operational automation</li><li>Evaluate and implement emerging AI technologies to improve platform capabilities and productivity</li><li>Partner with leadership to define Veem’s AI-native future</li></ul><h3>Blockchain / Stablecoin Innovation</h3><ul><li>Help shape Veem’s strategy around crypto, blockchain, and stablecoin infrastructure</li><li>Architect secure integrations with digital asset ecosystems and modern payment rails</li><li>Evaluate new fintech protocols, settlement mechanisms, and emerging technologies</li><li>Partner cross-functionally on regulatory, compliance, and security considerations</li></ul><h3>Engineering Excellence</h3><ul><li>Mentor senior engineers and technical leaders</li><li>Raise the engineering bar across architecture, code quality, and execution</li><li>Lead technical reviews and strategic engineering decisions</li><li>Drive modernization initiatives and reduce technical debt</li><li>Serve as a trusted advisor to leadership on technical investments and risks</li></ul><h3>Cross-Functional Influence</h3><ul><li>Collaborate with Product, Data, Security, Compliance, and Executive leadership</li><li>Translate business priorities into scalable technical solutions</li><li>Influence roadmap planning and organizational technical strategy</li><li>Help build a culture of innovation, ownership, and engineering excellence</li></ul><h2>What We’re Looking For</h2><h3>Required Experience</h3><ul><li>12–18 years of software engineering experience</li><li>Proven experience operating at Staff+ / Principal Engineer level</li><li>Strong experience building scalable distributed systems and cloud-native architectures</li><li>Deep expertise in backend systems, APIs, microservices, and platform engineering</li><li>Experience working in high-growth fintech or modern technology companies</li><li>Strong hands-on coding and architecture capabilities</li></ul><h3>Preferred Background</h3><ul><li>Experience in B2B fintech environments</li><li>Exposure to crypto, blockchain, stablecoins, or digital asset infrastructure</li><li>Experience with AI/ML systems, LLM integrations, or AI-enabled platforms</li><li>Background at modern technology companies such as Stripe, Coinbase, Block/Square, Brex, Mercury, Ramp, Robinhood, or other modern fintech and AI-native startups</li></ul><h3>Leadership Qualities</h3><ul><li>Exceptional systems-thinking and problem-solving skills</li><li>Ability to influence without direct authority</li><li>Strong communication and executive presence</li><li>Passion for innovation and technical transformation</li><li>Ability to operate effectively in fast-moving, ambiguous environments</li></ul><h2>Technical Environment</h2><ul><li>Cloud infrastructure (AWS/GCP/Azure)</li><li>Distributed systems and event-driven architectures</li><li>Modern backend stacks and APIs</li><li>AI/LLM tooling and orchestration frameworks</li><li>Blockchain/stablecoin/payment infrastructure</li><li>Observability, reliability, and platform tooling</li></ul><h2>Why Join Veem</h2><ul><li>Opportunity to shape the future of global payments and fintech infrastructure</li><li>Work on cutting-edge AI and stablecoin initiatives</li><li>High-impact role with executive visibility</li><li>Collaborative, entrepreneurial environment</li><li>Competitive compensation and meaningful equity upside</li></ul><h2>Ideal Candidate Profile</h2><p>The ideal candidate is a transformative engineering leader who has:</p><ul><li>Built and scaled platforms at modern fintech companies</li><li>Driven architectural evolution at scale</li><li>Strong exposure to crypto/stablecoin ecosystems</li><li>Led or contributed significantly to AI transformation initiatives</li><li>The ability to combine strategic vision with deep technical execution</li></ul><p>This is not a maintenance-oriented role — we are looking for someone who can fundamentally help evolve how Veem builds, scales, and innovates.</p>