Job Description

Overview

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Scale-up Partner | Connecting Execs to Tech and Talent for AI adoption

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Fully Remote with optional office in Sydney

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Building upon an already outstanding product team, weu2019re now hiring for a crucial new Principal Engineer role with one of our well-funded and heartily post-revenue start-up clients. Weu2019re 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, weu2019d love to chat.

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What Youu2019ll Do

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- Lead technical design and implementation across frontend, backend, and cloud infrastructure.
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- Architect scalable, cloud-native systems designed for growth and enterprise reliability.
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- Collaborate closely with the CTO and product team to build high-impact features.
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- Set engineering standards, lead design reviews, and ensure best practices in performance, reliability, and security.
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- Mentor fellow engineers and help shape the engineering culture.
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- Improve internal tooling, CI/CD, observability, and operational workflows.
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Youu2019ll Bring

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- 10+ years in software engineering with proven experience building and scaling full-stack enterprise platforms.
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- Experience designing and delivering distributed systems, data models, APIs, and end-to-end applications.
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- Extensive experience running python backends at scale
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- Expertise in cloud architecture and IaC tools like AWS, CDK, Terraform.
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- Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, DevOps practices, and performance optimisation.
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- A robust product mindset riven to build what matters and iterate based on real-world use.
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Nice to have

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- Startup or scale-up experience.
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- Experience with LLMs, speech technologies, or AI/ML systems.
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- Public technical work (GitHub, blog posts, talks, etc).
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- Frontend: TypeScript, React
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- Infrastructure: AWS, CDK, Terraform
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- Transcription: Proprietary fine-tuned STT
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- CI/CD: GitHub Actions
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Seniority level

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- Mid-Senior level
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Employment type

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- Contract
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Job function

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- Engineering and Information Technology
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Industries

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- Business Consulting and Services
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📌 Principal Engineer (South Australia)
🏢 Catalyst Growth Services
📍 South Australia