Fantastic and rare opportunity for a Principal Engineer to join a leading Global SaaS company who make software that delivers critical products to support millions of people globally every day across a number of industries. This role is paying $350k package + Bonus

As a Principal Engineer reporting directly to the CTO you will influence the business and technology strategy decisions across multiple teams within the organisation. You will set the standards and use your expert knowledge to solve complex technical challenges across multiple domains. You will be a member of APAC Leadership Team and a peer to the directors of technology. You will work alongside Engineering Leaders to define engineering best practice, culture and strategy, drive innovation, and provide technical leadership across a wide range of teams.

Day to day in the role:

• You will still be a hands-on engineer where needed to roll up your sleeves supporting with designing, developing, and reviewing high-quality, well-documented code that solves complex problems at scale
• Influence the technical direction for the Product teams
• Promote coding best practices, inspiring engineers to deliver the product vision whilst making the right trade-offs
• Be a go to escalation point for complex technical issues
• Guide conversations to remove blockers and encourage collaboration across teams
• Research and recommend new technologies, tools, methodologies that can add value to Engineering teams and product portfolio
• Lead and contribute to technical discussions to drive better outcomes
• Build relationships with internal stakeholders inside and outside of engineering to deliver on business goals
• Support and define hiring needs across the Engineering practices
• Provide mentoring and technical leadership to technology Staff Engineers

Skills and experience needed for this role:

• Extensive expertise in designing and architecting high-quality, scalable software systems.
• Ability to dive deep into any codebase, regardless of language, quickly assess its structure, and define what good should look like.
• Strong understanding of architectural trade-offs, balancing scalability, maintainability, performance, and business needs.
• Proficiency in DevOps, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), observability, performance tuning and core computer science principles.
• Strong security mindset, understanding of best practices for secure coding, authentication, and data protection.
• Experience in migrating legacy applications to modern architectures.
• Demonstrated ability to influence senior stakeholders and drive engineering roadmaps.
• Proven track record as an exceptional problem-solver who challenges assumptions, offers well-reasoned alternatives, and drives better technical solutions.
• Experience or involvement in open source projects and initiatives.
• Exposure to compliance, risk management, and regulatory requirements in software development.

Interviews for this role will be starting this week so for more information about the role and company please speak to Jamie Hanlon at Preacta recruitment 0401488853