# Principal Architect at AutoStore

- Company: AutoStore
- What the company does: AutoStore is an automated storage and retrieval system (ASRS) that uses the power of warehouse robots for 24/7 order fulfillment within a cubic layout. Backed by SoftBank VF.
- Company website: https://www.autostoresystem.com/
- Type: Startups
- Level: Principal and up
- Location: Atlanta, GA, USA
- Work setup: On-site
- Posted: 2026-08-25
- Apply by: 2026-10-09
- Apply: https://autostore.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/autostore/job/Atlanta-GA-USA/Principal-Architect_JR102626
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/autostore-principal-architect/

## About the role

AutoStore is hiring a Principal Architect who will own a significant portion our our middleware. In this role you’ll work with eng leadership to define our technical vision, build world class architecture, and ensure that our engineering team is able to execute on the plan. You’ll ensure that we have robust connectivity between our cloud and on prem systems and design systems that ensure secure integration, data flow, observability, and scalable platform design.

## What they're looking for

- 10+ years in software engineering with 3+ in an architect capacity
- Must have significant experience in different environments – for instance both on-prem and cloud skillsets are required
- Warehouse logistics, automation, or intralogistics domain experience (ideally with 2–3 years of relevant exposure)
- Strong experience with modern programming languages and platforms relevant to control systems, orchestration layers, middleware, or large-scale backend services
- Proven design of orchestration / coordination layers or middleware operating across independent subsystems
- Strong grounding in distributed systems fundamentals: concurrency, state machines, event-driven/messaging architectures, fault tolerance, and eventual consistency