Principal Engineer

Title: Principal Engineer
Location: Miami, FL (Open relo, onsite)
Duration: 6+ Months contract to hire
Client: Royal Caribbean
Rate: $60-$70/hr on W2
Visa: TN
Interview Mode: Video
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Job Description

Must have strong communication
This is a Director level role, but only difference is this an individual contributor role, no people management required.
Must be well-rounded with front end & backend technologies, ecommerce and mobile/app development and architecture.
Be able to influence stakeholders, drive change, and new technologies.
Job description states AEM but familiarity with any CMS would be fine.
Has built B2C solutions
The most important requirement is strong AI tooling experience; they use Claude and that is highly desired.
This role is one of the highest-level roles in the company and will be an AI Champion for all Tech Teams.

Required

10+ years of software engineering experience with demonstrated depth across both frontend and backend disciplines. Proven track record as a technical leader and senior individual contributor and setting standards, driving architecture, and influencing across teams without direct management authority. Expert-level knowledge of modern frontend technologies: React, Next.js, micro frontend architecture, SPAs, and component-driven design.

Deep experience with Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) including headful/headless integration patterns, Editable Templates, component authoring, and frontend/AEM interoperability. Hands-on experience designing and implementing production-grade agentic AI solutions including autonomous agents, multi-agent orchestration frameworks (e.g., LangGraph, CrewAI, AutoGen), tool-integrated reasoning workflows, and retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) pipelines with demonstrated ability to take agentic systems from proof-of-concept through scalable production deployment.

Strong backend proficiency: Node.js, Fastify, GraphQL (federation and schema design), and Java services. Solid understanding of caching strategies (Redis), database design (MongoDB), and API performance patterns. Experience with cloud-native infrastructure: AWS, Kubernetes, container-based deployments, and GitHub Actions-based CI/CD pipelines. Strong grasp of DevSecOps practices, compliance requirements (SOX), and security standards in regulated environments.

Exceptional ability to communicate technical vision, trade-offs, and architectural decisions to both engineering and non-engineering audiences. Strong experience with frontend performance optimization: Core Web Vitals, bundle strategies, SSR/SSG, lazy loading, and observability. Demonstrated experience with Design Systems, governance, implementation standards, and cross-team adoption.

Preferred

Hands-on experience with AI-assisted development tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot, Cursor, LLM-integrated workflows) and a passion for advancing AI adoption in software engineering practices.
Experience with AI/ML model integration from POC through production deployment.
Background in ecommerce, travel, or other high-transaction digital platforms.
Experience defining and driving developer experience (DevEx) improvements at scale.