Principal Engineer

2 days ago

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Virtusa Full time $120,000 - $180,000 per year

15+ years of experience in Engineering - workflow, with at least 3-5 years in a principal or staff engineering role.

Strong hands-on experience with AWS services and cloud architecture.

Proven expertise in workflow orchestration tools and designing scalable automation systems.

Frontend: React, TypeScript, , design systems (e.g. Figma-based, token-driven)

Backend: Python, , Java, .NET Core, C#

Databases: SQL, NoSQL (Postgres, MongoDB)

Data Technologies: AWS-native tools (DynamoDB, Aurora, S3, Glue, Athena, Redshift)

Architecture: Microservices, event-driven systems, distributed desig

Cloud: AWS (e.g. Certified Developer/Architect), Azure

DevOps: GitHub Actions, Jenkins

Containers: Docker, Kubernetes

Security: Secure-by-design systems, threat modelling

Testing: Unit, regression, contract testing, CI/CD automation

Observability: Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry (if relevant)

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