Principal Engineer

At Next Gate Tech, we create technologies that reshape the landscape of the fund industry operations. 

We empower our clients by capturing the full potential of harmonized data to drive intelligent and fully automated operations. Our transformative solutions optimize processes, enhance efficiency, reduce risks, and drive cost savings for our clients.

Driven by our commitment to innovation, our intelligence layer extracts invaluable insights, employs advanced pattern analysis spotting anomalies, and uncovers hidden links within the data. 

Our modular, one-stop-shop, SaaS platform seamlessly ingests diverse datasets, creating a harmonized and enriched source of portfolios, transactions, and accounting data. This robust foundation fuels the platform to generate powerful signals through intelligent analytics, empowering a multitude of use cases.

Next Gate Tech is not just a part of the industry's evolution - it is a driving force behind it.

Learn more about us:

• Our story, values, mission and team: https://nextgatetech.com/about
• Our unified platform and technology: https://nextgatetech.com/platform
• Our solutions and use cases: https://nextgatetech.com/

Moving at our pace brings a lot of change, possibilities, and ambiguity. Before you apply, consider if you:

• You are a builder — you love to create and are driven by the satisfaction of bringing ideas to life through technology
• Are able to take initiative in articulating complex concepts in a concise and clear manner 
• Have high commitment to making an impact, adding value, and embracing continuous learning
• Care deeply about your contribution to disrupting an industry as we know it

We’re looking for a hands-on Principal Engineer who can lead by example, demonstrate technical fearlessness, and set a standard for engineering excellence from design through implementation.

The ideal candidate will have a strong background in designing and building scalable and reliable applications in product-led environments that are data-intensive and/or have strong exposure to AI/ML technologies.

In this role, you’ll make strategic architectural decisions, develop scalable software systems, and guide the technical direction for our engineers. You will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, solve complex problems, mentor others, and ensure that our technical objectives align with our business goals.

Responsibilities include

• Design and Develop: Build and improve the core systems that power our SaaS solution, focusing on performance, scalability, and reliability

• Technical Leadership: Act as a technical “beacon”, making crucial architectural and technology decisions to advance our products. Guide the engineering team and align them on the technical direction. Execute the technical roadmap in collaboration with the CTO and CPO, ensuring alignment with the overall company vision and product strategy

• Lead by Example: Drive best practices and advance key development initiatives by actively contributing to software development, fostering a culture of technical excellence and innovation

• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner closely with Product, Client, and Operations to deliver innovative, high-quality products

• Mentorship and Collaboration: Mentor engineers and share knowledge to elevate technical expertise across teams. Encourage collaboration and serve as a role model for thoughtful, scalable engineering

• Optimization & Reliability: Continuously optimize performance, reliability, and efficiency within our infrastructure, and advocate for best practices around observability and automation

• Process Optimization: Implement and refine engineering processes, including testing, and code reviews, ensuring continuous improvement and efficient delivery

Qualifications

• Experience: 8+ years in software engineering, preferably within high-growth startups or scale-up, product-led environments that are data-intensive and/or have strong exposure to AI/ML technologies

• Technical Expertise: Strong hands-on experience in system design, data architecture, cloud platforms (GCP or AWS), and building scalable distributed systems. Proficiency in modern programming languages (e.g., Python, Go, Rust) and exposure to the application of AI technologies

• Problem Solving: Ability to break down complex problems and develop strategic solutions that balance long-term goals with immediate needs

• Communication and Leadership: Excellent communication skills, with the ability to influence and inspire teams across the organization

• 26 vacation days + 1 birthday day + 1 duvet day, so you can truly recharge and enjoy life
• Comprehensive health and dental care coverage 
• Central location for both offices with a fully stocked kitchen, including healthy snacks, and fresh fruit
• Freedom to create your own entrepreneurial experience by being part of a team in search of excellence
• Professional Development programs to expand your skills, and maximize your potential on the frontier of financial innovation 

Next Gate Tech is an equal opportunity employer. We believe our team’s unique life experiences, backgrounds, cultures, beliefs and abilities add richness to our culture and depth to our ideas. Our ongoing commitment to diversity and inclusion creates an environment that supports, empowers and delivers a sense of belonging for all members of the team. 

Should you require any accommodation, please inform us and we will work with you to meet your accessibility needs.