# Principal Engineer at Raft

- Company: Raft
- What the company does: Raft brings the power of AI and logistics together to help freight forwarders and customs brokers automate workflows, cut costs, and scale efficiently. Backed by Bessemer.
- Company website: https://www.raft.ai/
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Principal and up
- Location: Tacoma, WA
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $160K to $220K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-08-28
- Apply by: 2026-10-12
- Apply: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/raft/jobs/6147387004
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/raft-principal-engineer/

## About the role

You will be part of the team building a data focused product that is built on best of breed open source solutions like Kafka, Trino, DuckDB, and Superset. You will work both on backend and frontend to build end-to-end features that make interacting with data easier enabling users to be able to tell a data story through our product.

## What they're looking for

- Ability to obtain and maintain a Top Secret/SCI security clearance

Tags: Engineering