Principal Engineer

We are seeking an experienced Principal Engineer to shape our technical direction and drive innovation across the entire organisation. Reporting to the CTO and leading a team of Staff Engineers, you will operate at the intersection of business and technology, influencing strategy while scaling our most critical engineering systems and practices.

Requirements

• Strong experience as a Principal Engineer designing distributed architectures that scale
• Proven ability to bridge deep technical trade-offs with C-suite business goals to drive high-impact outcomes
• Expert-level mastery of cloud-native infrastructure, platform modernisation, and security-minded architecture
• Expert in Domain-Driven Design and modular strategies
• Experience mentoring Staff and Senior Engineers and leading technical design forums or training
• Proven success navigating the complexity tax of high-growth environments, ideally in regulated domains
• A 'leave it better than you found it' attitude, balancing long-term technical health with the need to ship at pace
• Ability to influence across multiple functions and stakeholder levels

Benefits

• Learn from industry experts, experienced leaders, and on-the-job opportunities
• 14 weeks of paid parental leave for primary carers and 6 weeks of paid leave for secondary carers plus superannuation
• Hybrid workplace, balancing time in the office with remote work
• One extra paid leave day per quarter for what makes you happy
• Floating public holiday to acknowledge a significant day with family and friends
• Reward and Recognition program to celebrate wins and recognise great performance