Principal Full-Stack Engineer

Principal Full-Stack Engineer

We're the all-in-one agentic marketing platform. AI-native from day one. We're not joining a category, we're defining it.

We're looking for someone who will lead cross-product technical initiatives that raise the bar for every engineering team on our SEO intelligence platform, architecting backend foundations and stepping into frontend work when it counts. This is not a maintenance role. Everything here is being built or rebuilt.

What you'll own

• Lead backend initiatives that span multiple products, architecting Django REST Framework services, Celery task orchestration, and PostgreSQL data models used company-wide.

• Set the technical bar for coding standards, observability, and performance across every team, not just your own.

• Step into frontend work when it matters, shipping React and Next.js components with the same rigor you bring to backend systems.

• Drive performance across the stack, from API and Celery worker tuning to killing slow renders and bloated bundles.

• Standardize observability end to end across Sentry, Datadog, and Grafana, so every service gets the same level of visibility.

• Mentor engineers through code review and design sessions, and be the person people go to before a decision gets made, not after.

You'll thrive here if...

• You've architected systems that outlive any single team, and you're just as comfortable reviewing a Django ORM query as a React component.

• You'd rather fix the root cause than patch the symptom, even if it takes longer.

• You don't wait to be told what to do. You see the gap and you move.

• Deadlines don't rattle you. Ambiguity doesn't either.

• You're an AI power user, not someone who's "open to learning it someday."

• You communicate clearly, especially when things are unclear.

• You have opinions and you're not afraid to bring them.

• You can laugh at a chaotic week on Friday and mean it.

What we're looking for

• 8+ years with Python 3 and Django REST Framework, plus hands-on experience with React, Next.js, and TypeScript

• Deep understanding of Django internals, ORM optimization, and REST API design

• Proven experience architecting distributed systems and async processing with Celery

• Strong PostgreSQL expertise: schema design, indexing, query optimization

• Production experience with observability stacks: Sentry, Datadog, Grafana

• Daily fluency with Claude Code, Cursor, or similar agentic development tools

• Comfortable in Git-based workflows, GitLab preferred

• Available during EST or GMT+1 working hours

• Bonus points if you've worked with ClickHouse or Elasticsearch at scale, or have Kubernetes exposure

What working here actually looks like

High expectations. Real ownership. Things change fast and we don't apologize for it. You'll work with smart people who push you, a product that keeps getting better, and a team that's genuinely building something new.

We'll probably give you more to own than you expected. That's on purpose.

We use AI every day, across every function. That's just how we work.

About Search Atlas

Search Atlas helps marketing teams move faster, make smarter decisions, and do more with less. We're a $30M+ ARR company, 215 people, bootstrapped, and building the infrastructure for the next era of marketing. No outside funding. No fluff. Just product.

Location: Remote
Compensation: $25–$43/hr USD
Benefits: 15 days PTO. Christmas Day and New Year's Day paid off.