Principal Engineer

Location: Toronto (preferred), Ottawa, California

About Veem

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.

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.

This is a highly strategic senior engineering leadership role for someone who thrives at the intersection of:

• Fintech infrastructure
• Crypto / blockchain / stablecoins
• AI transformation and automation
• Scalable distributed systems
• Engineering leadership and organizational influence

You will partner closely with executive leadership and engineering teams to drive innovation, technical excellence, and long-term platform strategy.

Role Overview

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.

This role requires a hands-on technical leader who can:

• Influence architecture across the organization
• Lead transformational initiatives
• Mentor senior engineers and technical leads
• Drive adoption of AI-native engineering practices
• Help shape Veem’s future in stablecoins, blockchain, and intelligent financial systems

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.

What You’ll Do

Technical Leadership & Architecture

• Define and drive long-term technical architecture strategy across core platform systems
• Lead large-scale distributed systems design for high-volume B2B fintech products
• Architect resilient, scalable, secure payment and financial infrastructure
• Establish engineering best practices for reliability, scalability, observability, and security
• Influence technical direction across multiple engineering teams

AI Transformation & Intelligent Systems

• Lead AI transformation initiatives across engineering and operations
• Design systems leveraging AI agents, LLM workflows, and intelligent automation
• Drive adoption of AI-assisted developer tooling and operational automation
• Evaluate and implement emerging AI technologies to improve platform capabilities and productivity
• Partner with leadership to define Veem’s AI-native future

Blockchain / Stablecoin Innovation

• Help shape Veem’s strategy around crypto, blockchain, and stablecoin infrastructure
• Architect secure integrations with digital asset ecosystems and modern payment rails
• Evaluate new fintech protocols, settlement mechanisms, and emerging technologies
• Partner cross-functionally on regulatory, compliance, and security considerations

Engineering Excellence

• Mentor senior engineers and technical leaders
• Raise the engineering bar across architecture, code quality, and execution
• Lead technical reviews and strategic engineering decisions
• Drive modernization initiatives and reduce technical debt
• Serve as a trusted advisor to leadership on technical investments and risks

Cross-Functional Influence

• Collaborate with Product, Data, Security, Compliance, and Executive leadership
• Translate business priorities into scalable technical solutions
• Influence roadmap planning and organizational technical strategy
• Help build a culture of innovation, ownership, and engineering excellence

What We’re Looking For

Required Experience

• 12–18 years of software engineering experience
• Proven experience operating at Staff+ / Principal Engineer level
• Strong experience building scalable distributed systems and cloud-native architectures
• Deep expertise in backend systems, APIs, microservices, and platform engineering
• Experience working in high-growth fintech or modern technology companies
• Strong hands-on coding and architecture capabilities

Preferred Background

• Experience in B2B fintech environments
• Exposure to crypto, blockchain, stablecoins, or digital asset infrastructure
• Experience with AI/ML systems, LLM integrations, or AI-enabled platforms
• Background at modern technology companies such as Stripe, Coinbase, Block/Square, Brex, Mercury, Ramp, Robinhood, or other modern fintech and AI-native startups

Leadership Qualities

• Exceptional systems-thinking and problem-solving skills
• Ability to influence without direct authority
• Strong communication and executive presence
• Passion for innovation and technical transformation
• Ability to operate effectively in fast-moving, ambiguous environments

Technical Environment

• Cloud infrastructure (AWS/GCP/Azure)
• Distributed systems and event-driven architectures
• Modern backend stacks and APIs
• AI/LLM tooling and orchestration frameworks
• Blockchain/stablecoin/payment infrastructure
• Observability, reliability, and platform tooling

Why Join Veem

• Opportunity to shape the future of global payments and fintech infrastructure
• Work on cutting-edge AI and stablecoin initiatives
• High-impact role with executive visibility
• Collaborative, entrepreneurial environment
• Competitive compensation and meaningful equity upside

Ideal Candidate Profile

The ideal candidate is a transformative engineering leader who has:

• Built and scaled platforms at modern fintech companies
• Driven architectural evolution at scale
• Strong exposure to crypto/stablecoin ecosystems
• Led or contributed significantly to AI transformation initiatives
• The ability to combine strategic vision with deep technical execution

This is not a maintenance-oriented role — we are looking for someone who can fundamentally help evolve how Veem builds, scales, and innovates.