Principal Engineer

Overview

Scale-up Partner | Connecting Execs to Tech and Talent for AI adoption Fully Remote with optional office in Sydney Building upon an already outstanding product team, we\u2019re now hiring for a crucial new Principal Engineer role with one of our well-funded and heartily post-revenue start-up clients. We\u2019re threading the needle here looking for the intersection of truly top-tier enterprise-scale product development experience and a love of the rapid pace and growth found in this kind of start-up environment. If that sounds like you, we\u2019d love to chat.

What You\u2019ll Do

Lead technical design and implementation across frontend, backend, and cloud infrastructure.

Architect scalable, cloud-native systems designed for growth and enterprise reliability.

Collaborate closely with the CTO and product team to build high-impact features.

Set engineering standards, lead design reviews, and ensure best practices in performance, reliability, and security.

Mentor fellow engineers and help shape the engineering culture.

Improve internal tooling, CI/CD, observability, and operational workflows.

You\u2019ll Bring

10+ years in software engineering with proven experience building and scaling full-stack enterprise platforms.

Experience designing and delivering distributed systems, data models, APIs, and end-to-end applications.

Extensive experience running python backends at scale

Expertise in cloud architecture and IaC tools like AWS, CDK, Terraform.

Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, DevOps practices, and performance optimisation.

A strong product mindset riven to build what matters and iterate based on real-world use.

Nice to have

Startup or scale-up experience.

Experience with LLMs, speech technologies, or AI/ML systems.

Public technical work (GitHub, blog posts, talks, etc).

Frontend: TypeScript, React

Infrastructure: AWS, CDK, Terraform

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CI/CD: GitHub Actions

Seniority level

Mid-Senior level

Employment type

Contract

Job function

Engineering and Information Technology

Industries

Business Consulting and Services

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