# Principal Engineer | The Points Guy at Red Ventures

- Company: Red Ventures
- What the company does: Discover Red Ventures, a global portfolio of companies at the forefront of AI-enabled digital transformation. Backed by ICONIQ.
- Company website: https://www.redventures.com
- Type: Startups
- Level: Principal and up
- Location: United States
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $135K to $260K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-07-17
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://www.redventures.com/careers/positions/open?gh_jid=8067350
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/red-ventures-principal-engineer-the-points-guy/

## About the role

The Points Guy is transforming from a media business into a consumer product company. For fifteen years we helped millions of people master points, miles, and travel through content. Now we are building the products that do it for them, including AI-native, consumer-facing experiences that act on a user's behalf. The engineering problems in front of us are about engagement, growth, and active users, not page views.

## What they're looking for

- Many years of experience building and shipping consumer products at scale, with the scars to prove it
- Hands-on today. You write code every week and you would not take a role where you didn't
- A track record of up-leveling teams around you: engineers who worked near you got noticeably better
- Deep fluency in the modern web stack (we build on Next.js, React, and TypeScript) and strong instincts for product architecture
- Genuine conviction about AI-native development, backed by daily practice rather than talking points
- Comfort influencing without authority. You change how a team works through credibility, not org charts

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