Principal Platform Engineer

At Sparq, we help companies solve the right problems—not just build more technology. We’re a modern product engineering partner blending strategy, craftsmanship, and speed to help organizations modernize confidently in the age of AI. From data ecosystems to digital products and AI acceleration, we turn complexity into clarity and ideas into impact. If you’re driven to build what’s next, lead with empathy, and deliver excellence without ego, you’ll feel right at home at Sparq. Why you will enjoy Mondays again: Opportunity to work alongside a talented, diverse team in a collaborative and creative environment Ongoing investment in your growth through training, mentorship, and industry certifications Hands-on exposure to cutting-edge technologies across multiple industries Recognition programs and employee awards within an inclusive culture that celebrates great work, including our AI Innovators Program Remote or hybrid work options A Day in the Life: As a Principal Platform Engineer, you will design, build, and support the core platform infrastructure that enables secure, observable, and reliable AI-enabled engineering workflows. You will partner closely with engineering teams to connect LLM platforms, internal systems, APIs, and developer tools into a scalable control plane. Design and implement platform integrations across MCP, API gateways, LLM services, Azure infrastructure, and containerized environments. Build the wiring between AI platforms, internal applications, Azure DevOps, GitHub, and supporting engineering workflows. Develop control plane capabilities that support audit logging, human-in-the-loop approval gates, kill-switch functionality, output validation, and safe production usage. Create and maintain evaluation harnesses to test, measure, and validate LLM-driven outputs before they are promoted into broader workflows. Actively use AI tools, including Claude through our Anthropic partnership, to streamline tasks, improve the quality of your work, and share best practices with teammates while continuously seeking new ways to integrate AI into your everyday workflows Build observability dashboards and monitoring capabilities that give engineering and leadership teams visibility into platform health, usage, performance, and risk signals. Partner with application, DevOps, security, and architecture teams to ensure platform components are reliable, scalable, secure, and aligned to enterprise standards. Troubleshoot complex platform, integration, and deployment issues across Azure, containerized services, API layers, and AI platform components. Provide technical leadership by helping define patterns, guardrails, and best practices for building and operating AI-enabled platform capabilities. What it takes: Consultative approach and problem solving skills to successfully align digital solutions with long-term business goals of the client Hands-on experience using AI tools to enhance daily work, or a strong desire to do so, including a willingness to experiment, learn, and champion AI adoption within your role Commitment to understanding and exceeding client expectations Ability to perform project oversight and execution of deliverables Flexibility to adapt within a high-growth organization Ability to lead, mentor and motivate those around them Hunger for continuous learning and professional development Intellectual curiosity to provide creative solutions Full understanding of the software development life cycle Ability to positively impact fellow colleagues through effective leadership, presentations, coaching, etc. Desire to work in a team environment Good interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills Regardless of your specific role, we seek individuals who are excited to explore, adopt, and evangelize AI tools and methodologies. If you have experience in AI or a proven track record of rapidly learning and mentoring others on emerging tech, you’ll fit right in. Equal Employment Opportunity Policy: Sparq is proud to offer equal employment opportunity without regard to age, color, disability, gender, gender identity, genetic information, marital status, military status, national origin, race, religion, sexual orientation, veteran status, or any other legally protected characteristic. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities and believe in an inclusive workplace. If you require reasonable accommodations to participate in the job application or interview process, please let us know by contacting [email protected] #LI-REMOTE