✦ Luna Orbit — System Administration

Principal Product Engineer

at Robert Half

📍 Carrollton, TX Remote 💰 $120K – $150K USD / year Posted April 15, 2026
Salary $120K – $150K USD / year
Type Not Specified
Experience executive
Exp. Years Not specified
Education Not specified
Category System Administration

This role is for a Principal Product Engineer who leads the design and development of the company’s core software platform. You will architect and implement complex distributed systems, provide technical leadership, and mentor developers while partnering with product and engineering teams.

  • Lead the design and development of scalable, high-performance platform services and applications
  • Architect and implement complex systems including data processing pipelines, parsers, synchronization engines, and APIs
  • Develop cross-platform solutions supporting Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, Android, and cloud environments
  • Provide technical leadership through architecture guidance, code reviews, and developer mentorship
  • Optimize system performance, scalability, and reliability for large-scale and high-throughput systems

You will work across backend services, cross-platform client applications, and cloud-based systems. The scope includes data processing pipelines, parsers, synchronization engines, APIs, and optimizing performance, scalability, reliability, and maintainability across Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, Android, and cloud environments.

The ideal candidate is a senior-to-principal software engineer who can lead system architecture for core platform services. They have deep experience designing scalable, high-performance distributed systems (data processing, parsing, synchronization, and APIs) across multiple operating systems and client platforms, with strong technical leadership and mentoring capabilities.

system architectureadvanced software engineeringperformance optimizationdesign and development of scalablehigh-performance platform services and applicationsarchitect and implement complex systems including data processing pipelinesparserssynchronization enginesand APIstechnical leadership through architecture guidance and code reviewsoptimize system performancescalabilityand reliability
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system architectureadvanced software engineeringperformance optimizationplatform servicesscalable systemshigh-performancedata processing enginesparserssynchronization systemsdistributed servicesAPIscross-platform solutionsWindowsmacOSLinuxiOSAndroidcloud-based systemsarchitecture guidancecode reviewsmentoring
system architectureadvanced software engineeringperformance optimizationplatform serviceshigh-performance systemsscalable servicesdata processing enginesparserssynchronization systemsdistributed servicesdata processing pipelinessynchronization enginesAPIscross-platform solutionsWindowsmacOSLinuxiOSAndroidcloud-based systemsarchitecture guidancecode reviewssystem performance optimizationscalabilityreliabilitymaintainabilityAPI development
technical leadershipmentoring developerspartnering with product and engineering leadersarchitectural decision-makingcollaborationtranslating business needs into technical solutionscode review leadership
Industry SaaS
Job Function Architect and lead development of scalable, high-performance core platform software while providing technical leadership and mentorship
Role Subtype Platform Engineer
Tech Domains Linux, Windows Server
Principal Product EngineerPrincipal Engineersystem architectureadvanced software engineeringperformance optimizationplatform serviceshigh-performancescalable systemsdata processing enginedata processing pipelineparsersynchronization enginedistributed servicesAPIscross-platformWindowsmacOSLinuxiOSAndroidcloud-based systemsarchitecture guidancecode reviewsmentoring

Must demonstrate system architecture and performance optimization experience for complex platform components

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