Teams at Utila

Principal Engineer partnering with the CTO to architect, secure, and implement mission-critical digital asset systems. Responsibilities span distributed systems, backend architecture, transaction processing, blockchain integrations, cloud infrastructure, software supply-chain security, identity, authorization, cryptographic trust boundaries, and developer tooling. This hands-on role leads complex cross-team initiatives from research and design through production, mentors engineers, and improves engineering practices without formal managerial authority.

Lead Utila’s QA team and own product quality across new features and production systems. Define testing strategy, release criteria, automation direction, and exploratory testing practices. Review test plans, coach and hire testers, and apply AI to test design, failure analysis, and automation with appropriate quality controls. Execute API and end-to-end testing while investigating failures and ensuring reliable releases for a mission-critical digital asset platform.

Build and deploy scalable backend services using Go, Kubernetes on GCP, Pulumi, and PostgreSQL. Design end-to-end features, contribute to architectural decisions, and participate in design and code reviews. The role focuses on operating large-scale distributed systems for enterprise SaaS products, with preferred expertise in cryptography, networking, operating systems, and blockchain technology.