iHerb
Principal Engineer - Catalog
United States of America - Remote / Home Office · Principal
Sponsorship not specified$204k-$260kDetected 14 days ago
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About the role
- The Principal Engineer - Catalog operates at the intersection of deep technical execution and broad organizational influence.
- This role will resolve the hardest architectural questions, set the AI-native engineering bar, and ensure that iHerb's platform decisions compound over time rather than accumulate debt.
- Identify and resolve cross-cutting technical dependencies with peer engineering teams and shared platform services.
Responsibilities
- Lead the technical scoping and execution of the catalog modernization effort, coordinating with the Catalog EM and cross-functional partners.
- Set and enforce technical standards for the Catalog team; drive code reviews and architecture reviews.
- Drive the hardest cross-cutting technical decisions across multiple teams and shared platform services.
- Define and own the catalog platform architecture: service design, data modeling, API contracts, and technology choices across the stack.
- Hands-on contributor: write production code, build proofs of concept, and validate architecture through working software.
- Communication and influence: able to write clear architecture documents, present to technical and non-technical audiences, and build consensus without formal authority.
Requirements
- Generally requires a minimum of 10+ years of software engineering experience, with a significant portion at senior, staff, or principal IC level.
- Ability to use judgment and reasoning skills, and determine when to escalate issues, as required, in a timely manner.
- Experience driving a large-scale platform modernization or rewrite effort, including migration strategy and risk management.
- High degree of accuracy and attention to detail
- Excellent organization skills and ability to multi-task
- The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by a Team Member to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
- While performing the duties of this job, the Team Member is regularly required to talk and hear.
- The Team Member is frequently required to sit, walk, climb stairs, use hands and fingers, bend, stoop and reach with hands and arms.
- Reaching above shoulder heights, below the waist or lifting as required to file documents or store materials throughout the work day.
- Ability to work extended hours as required
Nice to have
- Proven experience designing data models and APIs for high-volume catalog, inventory, or e-commerce systems.
- Experience with Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
- Experience with Google Business Suite (Gmail, Drive, Docs, Sheets, Forms) preferred
Skills
- Represent engineering in cross-functional conversations with product, data science, security, and infrastructure.
- Feed architectural decisions into the shared knowledge base so institutional knowledge compounds across the organization.
- Establish and evolve iHerb's AI-driven SDLC golden path: shared standards, Claude Code skills, guardrails, and automation patterns.
- Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
Compensation
- The anticipated pay scale for this position can be found below, however the pay range applicable to you may vary by geographic location based on where the job is located or where you work.
- $204,000 - $260,000 USD
Benefits
- Earth's best-curated selection of health and wellness products, at the best possible value, delivered with the most convenient experience.
- We're the world's largest eCommerce platform dedicated to vitamins, minerals, and supplements, and other health and wellness products.
- Our vision is to become the #1 destination for health and wellness across the world.
- With a passion for wellness and a mind for innovative solutions, iHerb team members share a vision for a healthier world that drives them each day.
- iHerb is on a mission to make health and wellness accessible to all.
Company info
- Member is frequently required to sit, walk, climb stairs, use hands and fingers, bend, stoop and reach with hands and arms.
- Member may occasionally lift or move office products and supplies up to 25 pounds.
- Proper lifting techniques required.
- Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- Reporting to the VP of Engineering this role collaborates closely with peer Principals, Engineering Managers, and peer VPs across the organization.
- The Principal Engineer - Catalog owns the end-to-end technical strategy for iHerb's product catalog platform, one of the most business-critical systems in the company.
- This role will lead the catalog modernization effort, define service boundaries and data models, and set the full-stack engineering bar for the Catalog team.
- Employees will also be eligible for Time Off and Paid Sick Leave pursuant to the company's policies.
- From supplements to skincare to grocery items, we ship over 50,000 products, from over 1,800 brands direct to our customers in 180+ countries.
- Our 5 Shared Values unite our global team
This listing is sourced directly from iHerb's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.