Principal Product Engineer – AI Checkout

Remote regions

US

Salary range

$225,000–$275,000/yr

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About the Role:

  • The Principal Product Engineer, AI Checkout is the most senior individual-contributor engineering seat, designing and owning the checkout system.
  • This is a hands-on, principal-level IC role with no direct reports and maximum leverage.
  • You set the technical bar and ship the hardest parts yourself.

What You'll Own:

  • The AI-native checkout architecture, agentic product capabilities, payments integration, and mission-critical reliability.
  • The full stack from frontend through backend, including systems design, rendering, and data models.
  • Conversion and experimentation tools like real-time analytics and A/B testing.

What We're Looking For:

  • 10+ years building web platforms with staff/principal-level IC impact and true full-stack depth.
  • Strong systems design, AI power user daily, shipped agentic AI to production.
  • Excellent written communication and a track record of raising the engineering bar.

Culture and Values:

  • All In to Win with urgency and excellence.
  • A Players Only to protect talent density.
  • Merchant First, Entrepreneurial Spirit, and No Ego.

Phoenix Technologies

Phoenix is the Autonomous Commerce Platform for DTC Founders, unifying storefronts, checkout, payments, and OS into one platform where AI agents handle operations. It is venture-backed with 8-figure ARR growing 100%+ YoY, in the top 0.5% of startups launched in 2024, and has 18x LTV:CAC with 1-month payback.

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