Principal Engineer, Product Engineering

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Responsibilities

• ▹Define architecture and technical direction for core product capabilities
• ▹Establish engineering standards and reusable architectural patterns
• ▹Drive long-term technical strategy across critical product areas
• ▹Partner with Product, Design, Security, Privacy, Infrastructure, and Data teams
• ▹Guide how AI-powered capabilities are integrated into customer-facing experiences
• ▹Mentor and influence engineers through architecture reviews

Requirements

• ▹Experience designing and operating large-scale distributed systems
• ▹Deep experience driving architecture and technical direction across multiple teams or organizations
• ▹Strong systems-thinking instincts around platform boundaries and distributed systems constraints
• ▹Experience building customer-facing product systems across clients, APIs, cloud infrastructure, and data platforms
• ▹Experience building or scaling event-driven systems, microservices, or shared platform infrastructure
• ▹Practical experience integrating AI/ML capabilities into production applications
• ▹Strong instincts for privacy-preserving and security-conscious system design

Nice to have

• ▹Experience in identity, authentication, authorization, secrets management, or trust-oriented domains
• ▹Building large-scale event-driven or multi-region distributed systems in cloud environments
• ▹Building cross-platform applications or shared platform architectures at scale
• ▹Experience with developer platforms, internal frameworks, or CI/CD systems
• ▹Integrating LLMs or AI-assisted workflows into customer-facing SaaS applications
• ▹Experience with endpoint trust, browser/extension security, or device posture systems

Soft skills

What we offer

• ▹Fully remote work within Canada or the US
• ▹Health and dental benefits
• ▹401k/RRSP retirement matching
• ▹Generous paid time off
• ▹Equity grant
• ▹Participation in incentive programs

About the company

1Password is the market-leading enterprise password manager and pioneer of Unified Access Management, trusted by over 180,000 businesses including Fortune 100 leaders. Surpassing $400M in ARR, it has earned a spot on the Forbes Cloud 100 for four consecutive years.