Principal Software Engineer
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Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
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About the job
Requirements
- 10+ years of deep, hands-on technical experience designing, building, and operating large-scale, distributed systems.
- Proven track record of defining and executing architectural strategy that delivered significant business impact and improved platform longevity.
- Exceptional ability to "zoom out," assess the long-term technical landscape, and proactively manage the engineering backlog, balancing technical debt reduction with feature delivery.
- Deep expertise in at least one core domain of our platform (e.g., distributed databases, high-throughput APIs, cloud infrastructure, real-time data processing).
- Demonstrated leadership in executing complex projects across organizational boundaries and managing technical risk.
- A commitment to mentorship and development, with experience guiding high-performing senior engineers.
Responsibilities
- Define and Drive Architectural Vision: Own the end-to-end architectural strategy for major components of the platform, ensuring scalability, reliability, security, and cost-effectiveness over a 6-12 month horizon.
- Solve the Most Complex Problems: Lead the design and implementation of highly ambiguous, non-linear, and mission-critical technical challenges that span multiple domains or products.
- Cross-Cutting Execution: Architect, execute, and deliver complex cross-cutting projects that require coordination and alignment across multiple engineering pods, product teams, and organizational boundaries.
- Technology Roadmapping: Anticipate future technical needs (3-6 months out) and proactively define the engineering backlog and roadmap, including evaluating and championing major tech stack changes and strategic investments (e.g., AI/ML integration).
- Proof-of-Concept Leadership: Perform hands-on IC work, including conducting PoCs for high-complexity, high-risk projects to de-risk key architectural decisions and establish the engineering path forward for subsequent quarters.
- Serve as a Technical Force Multiplier: Set an extremely high bar for engineering excellence, coding standards, and operational rigor across the entire team.
- Mentorship and Growth: Act as a dedicated mentor and technical coach for Staff and Senior Engineers, helping them grow their impact, technical breadth, and strategic influence.
- Stakeholder Trust: Establish complete trust with product and business leadership, making high-stakes technical decisions that are broadly accepted and require minimal oversight.
About the company
Loop AI offers a subscription-based back-office platform for multi-location restaurants to manage third-party delivery finances. The platform automates reconciliation of orders from DoorDash, Uber Eats, and Grubhub, breaking each order into line items such as commissions, marketing, taxes, and chargebacks, and automates bookkeeping with a real-time sales dashboard and chargeback tools. It uses AI to scan customer feedback to identify operational issues, helping managers address problems like order inaccuracies. Its goal is to reduce accounting time, improve margins, and recover revenue by making delivery-driven finances transparent and easier to manage.
Company Size
51-200
Company Stage
Seed
Total Funding
$6M
Headquarters
California
Founded
2022
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Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- Loop raised $14 million Series A from Nyca Partners in February 2026.
- It claims more than 300 brands and thousands of locations by February 2026.
- Lazy Dog and Starbird cited roughly 10% growth using Loop workflows.
What critics are saying
- Restaurant365 and Restroworks already cover accounting, operations, and POS integration.
- DoorDash, Uber Eats, and Grubhub can change APIs, breaking Loop’s automation.
- If margin savings disappoint, chains will revert to in-house accounting and spreadsheets.
What makes Loop AI unique
- Agentic back-office workflows replace spreadsheets for restaurant delivery finance and operations.
- Live in hours, not weeks, reducing implementation drag for multi-unit operators.
- Founders previously ran a delivery-only restaurant, giving them operator credibility.
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Benefits
- Health Insurance
- 401(k) Retirement Plan
- Remote Work Options
- Flexible Work Hours
- Paid Vacation
- Paid Holidays
- Social Events