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# Principal Engineer: Platform & Architecture

- **Company:** Intellus Build, Inc.
- **Location:** San Francisco, CA, United States
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Salary:** $8,320.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Continuous Integration, Backend, Front End Software Development
- **Published:** August 9, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.wayup.com/i-j-Principal-Engineer-Platform-Architecture-Intellus-Build-927554493068793/

## About the Role

+ 4-7 years building production systems (exceptional cases reviewed)
 + Deep in one area (frontend / backend / infra / mobile) but capable across stack
 + Someone who thinks 'I'll build a prototype this weekend' when hearing new ideas and ships fast
 + Pragmatic, but with strong architectural opinions
 + Experienced building systems used by 1,000+ users

## Description

As Founding Engineering Lead, you'll architect and build the foundation of our entire platform:

 + Design our entire technical architecture from scratch - make decisions that scale to millions of users
 + Build the core platform that other engineers will build on top of
 + Ship our first AI features to real construction sites and iterate based on field feedback
 + Set up CI/CD, monitoring, and infra for 10× daily deploys
 + Recruit and mentor the next engineers and define our engineering culture
 + Architect systems that scale from single-site contractors to 100+ location portfolio operations


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