About this role Principal Engineer | Full Stack Java Opportunity to join one of Australia's leading enterprise organisations.
We're seeking a hands-on Principal Engineer to lead the technical direction of the platforms that deliver timely, secure and reliable communications across multiple channels. This is a permanent role with 2-3 days a week on-site, South Brisbane/Gold Coast The Opportunity You'll be the senior technical voice across critical high availability platforms, data, decisioning and integrations, guiding teams from architecture through to production. This is very much a player-coach style role, which takes strategic oversight but stays very close to the code, working across multiple teams and stakeholders. Key Responsibilities Set architecture and engineering standards across multiple teams. Design reusable APIs, event patterns, platform services and automation. Improve scalability, observability, resilience and traceability. Reduce reliance on legacy platforms and strengthen security, privacy and consent. Lead key technical decisions and support major incident resolution. Mentor senior engineers and lift engineering capability across the group. Identify where AI and automation can improve productivity and customer delivery. Skills & Experience Strong full stack experience with hands-on Java, Spring Boot and TypeScript Proven delivery of large-scale distributed platforms supporting high-volume, business-critical services. Deep knowledge of event driven and API first architecture, including streaming, async processing and failure handling. Cloud and platform engineering experience across containers, CI/CD, infrastructure as code and automation Hands-on experience designing and implementing AI agents and automated workflows in enterprise environments. Strong grasp of observability, reliability, incident management and disaster recovery Technical leadership across multiple teams while staying hands-on with code reviews and architecture. Highly regulated industry experience is very desirable. Why Join? Senior technical ownership of a platform(s) that reach thousands of customers every day. Real scope to retire legacy and build modern, event driven architecture and shape the role as your own. Genuine AI and automation exposure Amazing office location, talented team, flexible working A role that keeps you hands-on while leading at principal level
