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Hybrid Principal Engineer – Consulting Engineer, AI-Led Digital Platform
Posted 1 hour ago
About the role
- Principal Engineer shaping AI-led digital platform with a hybrid working model. Guiding architecture and engaging with clients in engineering leadership.
Responsibilities
- Define and guide end-to-end architecture across React, Node integration services, and AWS infrastructure
- Shape how AI is embedded across the SDLC, from development workflows to runtime capabilities
- Provide hands-on architectural oversight across frontend, backend, and cloud layers
- Support engineering teams locally and offshore, ensuring standards and delivery quality
- Lead technical discovery, solution design, and implementation planning
- Ensure scalability, security, performance, and maintainability across the platform
- Act as a senior technical advisor to client stakeholders, including technology and product leadership
- Lead deeply technical discussions while translating complexity into clear commercial outcomes
- Influence roadmap decisions through architectural insight and delivery realism
- Balance pragmatism and innovation in a client-facing environment
- Drive the adoption of AI-enabled development practices across engineering teams
- Apply AI in areas such as code generation, testing automation, data intelligence, observability, and optimisation
- Identify opportunities to embed AI into product capabilities where appropriate
- Maintain awareness of evolving AI tooling and ensure responsible, scalable adoption
Requirements
- 10+ years of experience in software engineering, with significant experience as a senior or principal/staff engineer
- Strong full-stack capability across React, Node.js, and modern TypeScript ecosystems
- Deep experience designing and operating systems on AWS
- Familiarity with DevOps practices, CI/CD, and infrastructure-as-code
- Proven ability to lead architecture across distributed systems and integration layers
- Experience working in consulting or client-facing roles, engaging directly with senior stakeholders
- Strong communication skills, comfortable presenting to executive audiences
- Genuine interest and applied experience in AI-driven engineering practices
- Ability to move between strategic thinking and hands-on technical detail
- Nice to have:
- Experience in energy, utilities, or integration-driven platforms
- Exposure to event-driven architectures and modern integration patterns
- Experience leading distributed teams across multiple geographies
Benefits
- Melbourne-based, hybrid working model
- Strategic, high-impact role with visibility across engineering and client leadership
- Opportunity to shape how AI is applied across a modern digital platform
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