Principal Software Engineer

Join to apply for the Principal Software Engineer role at Deputy Deputy is a global Saa S remote-first workforce management company with hubs in Sydney, Melbourne, San Francisco and London, plus team members working remotely across the United States.
Our platform serves over 1.5 million workers and 375,000 workplaces across 100+ countries.
We are backed by top global investors and recently achieved Unicorn status.
At Deputy, we're improving the world of work, one shift at a time, for 80% of the world's workforce: hourly workers.
When businesses use Deputy, their workplaces thrive – the business is more profitable, compliant, and productive, while the workers are more engaged and happier at work.
If you're passionate about creating solutions that put people first and helping businesses and their teams thrive, join us at Deputy and make an impact where it matters mostAbout The Role As a Principal Engineer (Backend), you will play a key role in progressing our company mission of improving the world of work, one shift at a time.
You will be responsible for making strategic technical decisions that are sustainable, robust, and highly likely to succeed, accelerating the company's business, growth and innovation trajectory.
You will collaborate closely with peers, product, design, and leadership to build outstanding products and features for the Deputy platform, delivering services to millions of users and businesses, from small and medium-sized enterprises to large corporations.
You will contribute to powering 365,000 workplaces and the livelihood of millions of users worldwide.
Responsibilities Define, lead, and document the long-term technical direction that enables the engineering team's scaling, aligned with business goals.
Promote innovation, efficiency, scalability and a culture of excellence.
Serve as a technical authority, providing guidance and mentorship to engineering teams.
Be a key member of the technical leadership team, driving standards and platform decision-making.
Collaborate with Infrastructure, Platform Quality, Product and Design teams to ensure high-quality solutions.
Drive discussions on new solutions, architectural choices, and emerging technologies to enable scalability and improve developer experience.
Uphold high standards of quality, performance, scalability, reliability, availability, and security.
Advocate for and implement advanced testing methodologies and CI/CD practices.
Skills And Experience10+ years in software development including significant leadership or principal experience Deep Saa S experience across multiple domains Experience creating and executing a multi-year technical vision with strong communication Excellent communication and collaboration skills for technical and non-technical stakeholders Proven ability to introduce new technologies or practices to a large engineering function and drive adoption Strong problem-solving skills with impact on technical projects Ability to shape architectural strategies and drive technical innovation Experience executing strategic technology shifts and built depth in at least one modern area (e.g., ML, search, event-driven architectures)Employee Perks Flexible remote-first policy with a work-from-home stipend Employee Share Ownership Plan (ESOP)Paid parental leave Group Salary Continuance Insurance Employee Assistance Program Additional leave days including study, celebration, and volunteering Global working groups focused on collaboration, belonging and connection Annual Hackathons Novated leasing for electric vehicles and internet reimbursement Deputy believes in equal opportunity and that inclusiveness and diversity promotes innovation.
Our global team members are from a variety of cultures, and we welcome different perspectives and skills.
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