Job Description
Principal Software Engineer - Sydney OR Melbourne
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Overview
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We're partnering with a market-leading, fast-growing employee advantages and financial services business as they continue to invest in and scale their technology function.
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They're looking for an experienced Principal Engineer to play a key role in shaping their engineering capability, architecture and technology direction.
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The Role
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As the Principal Software Engineer, you will be responsible for:
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Shaping and influencing the organisation's technical vision and engineering strategy
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Mentoring and developing senior engineers, helping raise technical capability across the team
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Driving the adoption of AI-assisted development and modern engineering practices across the organisation
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Leading complex, cross‐functional initiatives and defining scalable software architectures
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Providing technical mentorship, establishing best practices and championing engineering excellence
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Hands‐on full-stack engineering, contributing across both front-end and back-end development while helping solve complex technical challenges.
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Collaborating with product and business stakeholders to translate requirements into robust solutions
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Influencing hiring decisions and helping shape a high‐performance engineering culture
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What You'll Bring
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You must have this experience to be successful in the role:
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10+ years software engineering experience with 3+ years in technical leadership
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Expert-level .NET expertise, with strong experience designing and building scalable applications
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Strong TypeScript and React.js experience, with a hands‐on approach to full-stack development
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Deep knowledge of cloud platforms (Azure preferred), SQL Server, Redis and observability tools (Datadog, LaunchDarkly)
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Proven track record delivering large‐scale, distributed systems and driving process improvements
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Strong communication, collaboration and problem‐solving skills
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Hands‐on experience with AI‐assisted dev tools (Copilot, Cursor, Claude) and LLM API integration
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📌 Principal Engineer (New South Wales)
🏢 Latitude IT
📍 New South Wales