Principal Engineer

1 week ago

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Catalyst Growth Services Full time
Overview

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

Fully Remote with optional office in Sydney

Building upon an already outstanding product team, we\u2019re now hiring for a crucial new Principal Engineer role with one of our well-funded and heartily post-revenue start-up clients. We\u2019re 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, we\u2019d love to chat.

What You\u2019ll Do
  • Lead technical design and implementation across frontend, backend, and cloud infrastructure.
  • Architect scalable, cloud-native systems designed for growth and enterprise reliability.
  • Collaborate closely with the CTO and product team to build high-impact features.
  • Set engineering standards, lead design reviews, and ensure best practices in performance, reliability, and security.
  • Mentor fellow engineers and help shape the engineering culture.
  • Improve internal tooling, CI/CD, observability, and operational workflows.
You\u2019ll Bring
  • 10+ years in software engineering with proven experience building and scaling full-stack enterprise platforms.
  • Experience designing and delivering distributed systems, data models, APIs, and end-to-end applications.
  • Extensive experience running python backends at scale
  • Expertise in cloud architecture and IaC tools like AWS, CDK, Terraform.
  • Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, DevOps practices, and performance optimisation.
  • A strong product mindset
    riven to build what matters and iterate based on real-world use.
Nice to have
  • Startup or scale-up experience.
  • Experience with LLMs, speech technologies, or AI/ML systems.
  • Public technical work (GitHub, blog posts, talks, etc).
  • Frontend: TypeScript, React
  • Infrastructure: AWS, CDK, Terraform
  • Transcription: Proprietary fine-tuned STT
  • CI/CD: GitHub Actions
Seniority level
  • Mid-Senior level
Employment type
  • Contract
Job function
  • Engineering and Information Technology
Industries
  • Business Consulting and Services

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