Canada Remote (Country) Employment $164,500 - $192,800

Wavelo is hiring a Principal Engineer, Platform Engineering

About the Role

This role involves shaping the technical direction of platform engineering, leading complex system design, and ensuring high reliability and scalability across services. The engineer will collaborate across teams to implement best practices and advance platform capabilities.

Responsibilities

  • Define and guide long-term technical architecture for platform systems
  • Lead cross-team initiatives to improve system reliability and performance
  • Mentor senior and junior engineers through code reviews and design discussions
  • Evaluate and introduce new technologies and frameworks
  • Drive adoption of observability, automation, and operational best practices
  • Collaborate with product and engineering leaders to align technical roadmaps
  • Ensure platform security, compliance, and operational resilience
  • Troubleshoot and resolve critical production issues
  • Promote engineering excellence through documentation and knowledge sharing
  • Participate in incident response and on-call rotations
  • Design APIs and services that support scalable telecom operations
  • Optimize deployment pipelines and infrastructure as code
  • Support integration of third-party systems and vendor platforms
  • Champion testing strategies including integration and end-to-end validation
  • Lead post-mortem analyses and implement preventive measures
  • Advocate for developer experience and internal tooling improvements
  • Ensure adherence to software development lifecycle standards
  • Contribute to capacity planning and scalability assessments
  • Work closely with SRE and DevOps functions to enhance platform stability
  • Foster a culture of innovation, accountability, and continuous learning

Compensation

Competitive salary with equity and benefits

Work Arrangement

Remote-friendly with flexible hours

Team

Part of a distributed engineering team building cloud-based telecom platforms

Why This Role Matters

You will play a pivotal role in shaping the foundation of a growing telecom platform, influencing both technical direction and team growth. Your work will directly impact service reliability, developer productivity, and the company’s ability to scale efficiently.

Available for qualified candidates

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Wavelo
Wavelo is a SaaS business that provides flexible software to modernize how communication service providers (CSPs) do business, helping them drive more value, focus on customer experience, and scale their operations faster.
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Job Details
Department Engineering Team
Category infrastructure
Posted 8 hours ago