At Utila, we build the enterprise-grade platform that more than 400 companies run their digital asset operations on. Our technology secures $30B+ in monthly transaction volume and has facilitated over $500B in transactions to date. We're backed by $50M+ in funding, and our customer base is growing fast.

The systems we build are mission-critical, so we hold them to the highest standards: precise, secure, and reliable.

At Utila, We Own It. We look beyond individual tasks and requirements to understand the bigger picture — our customers, our product, and the systems we build. We take ownership end to end, from identifying the real problem and challenging assumptions to designing, implementing, and operating the solution.

As a Principal Engineer in the CTO Office, you'll help shape the architecture, security, and technical foundations of our platform, working directly with the CTO and engineering leadership.

This is a senior, hands-on individual contributor role with company-wide technical influence. You'll tackle some of our hardest engineering challenges — from complex distributed systems and core product architecture to infrastructure security and critical trust boundaries.

You'll have the autonomy to identify high-impact problems, challenge existing approaches, research alternatives, and drive solutions across teams.

We expect you to go beyond recommendations and design documents: prototype solutions, write production code, and drive initiatives through implementation and operation.

This isn't a traditional security role focused on compliance, vulnerability scanning, or audits. Nor is it a purely architectural position detached from implementation.

We're looking for someone who thinks deeply, challenges assumptions, and turns complex technical problems into working systems.