Principal Engineer (AI, SRE & Automation)

About the opportunity

The Principal Engineer is our most senior engineering contributor within a domain. You will provide deep technical leadership across multiple teams shaping our long-term technical vision and guiding the evolution of our systems and platforms. This role combines architectural thinking hands-on technical expertise and strategic influence to ensure our systems are secure scalable and sustainable.

Acting as a trusted advisor to Engineering Managers Product Owners and senior leadership you will foster a culture of engineering excellence. Youll champion modern practices and mentor engineers across the organisation to lift capability solve complex problems and improve delivery performance.

In this role youll get to

• Drive the technical vision for our engineering platforms with a core mission: creating africtionless experience for all buildersin our as the technical linchpin across our engineering platforms unifying the strategies of ourDeveloper Experienceteams to ensure we are building a cohesive and interconnected ecosystem.
• Lead the design and evolution of ourInternal Developer Platform (IDP) enterprise container platform and core shared services directly shaping the developer experience for all engineers.
• Pioneer the application ofAI within our own technology landscape identifying opportunities to improve system observability automate complex operational tasks and enhance the developer lifecycle.
• Partner with ourData and AI portfolioto shape and deliver the enterprise-grade platforms that enable their business-facing AI/MLOps practices accelerating the path from model development to production.
• Champion and embed modernSite Reliability Engineering (SRE)principles across the full operational lifecycle fromintegrated environment managementandservice managementframeworks to the automation ofoperations schedulingand the definition of SLOs and error budgets.
• Guide the technical strategy for ourAutomated Testing Centre of Excellence partnering with teams to define the frameworks and tooling that ensure fast reliable feedback loops.
• Act as a senior mentor and technical coach building capability through design reviews deep dives and knowledge sharing.

What youll bring to the role

To be successful in the role you will have:

• Deep hands-on expertise withKubernetespublic cloud platforms (AWS GCP or Azure) andInfrastructure as Code (Terraform)at enterprise scale.
• A proven track record designing building and operating keycomponents of a modern Internal Developer Platform(e.g. CI/CD systems service catalogues automated environments) with a passion for integrating them into a world-class developer experience.
• A strong command ofSite Reliability Engineering (SRE) with experience translating traditional IT Operations domains into modern automated practices including strong experience integrating with ITSM platforms likeServiceNow.
• Proven experience designing and embeddingautomated testing frameworksinto CI/CD pipelines to create fast reliable and frictionless feedback loops for developers.
• Experience applying AI/ML concepts to solve complex systems-engineering problems (e.g. in observability security or platform automation).
• Excellent communication and influence skills with proven experience mentoring senior engineers and driving technical alignment across multiple teams and domains.
• A strong understanding of the end-to-end MLOps lifecycle with experience in either practicing it or building the robust scalable platforms that enable it is highly desirable.

We offer flexible work options that put our people first working in a hybrid model with a minimum local Head Office attendance requirement determined by your Leader to find a rhythm that works best for you and your team. We believe that coming into the office some of the time is the best way to learn stay connected and collaborate effectively especially for key activities like team days 1:1s and town halls.

We believe a diverse workforce supported by an inclusive culture is central to our success and we actively encourage applications from those who bring diversity of thought to our business. We support candidate requests for adjustment to accommodate an illness injury or disability to equitably participate in the selection process.

If this sounds like an opportunity for you check out the attached Position Description and apply.

Please note all internal candidates are required to notify their immediate leader when applying for a new career opportunity and you will be asked to acknowledge they have done so upon submission of your application.

Please contact theTalent Acquisition Advisor listed below for a confidential discussion if there are any concerns meeting this requirement during the application processor if you would like to discuss the position further.

Name: Thomas Park

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For more information check out the Application Process for Internal Candidatespage.

Still in two minds

Research suggests 60% of women and underrepresented groups might stop here even after getting as far as drafting an application. We believe that diversity makes every team stronger so even if you dont tick every box we still want to see your application!

Please note shortlisting and interviews may take place prior to the advertised close date so dont delay apply now!