• Permanent position paying salaries between $225k to $300k base + Bonus + Super
• Lead technical direction across a scaled engineering division, working closely with senior leadership to align engineering strategy with business outcomes.
• Principal technical expert, shaping critical engineering decisions and influencing complex system design across one of Australia’s most advanced, high-traffic platforms.
• Drive innovation and delivery of large-scale platform solutions, providing technical leadership to a 200+ person engineering group while mentoring senior engineers and ensuring high-quality engineering standards.

Principal Engineer

This is one of the most influential Principal Engineer opportunities in Australia today. You will set the technical direction for one of the country’s most advanced engineering divisions and play a pivotal role in evolving a modern, customer-scale digital platform with over 50 million users.

I’m partnering with a market-leading organisation that is quietly building one of the most sophisticated software platforms in the country. The company is already profitable, well-funded and established, but it still runs with the pace and ambition of a high-growth product company. Their platform sits at the centre of their digital business, and they’re now looking for a Principal Engineer to drive engineering excellence and alignment across product and platform teams as they scale into the next chapter of growth.

If you're someone who thrives on solving engineering challenges at scale in fast-paced, product-led SaaS environments, this role gives you real influence where it counts, without the red tape. You bring the ability to zoom out and shape long-term technical strategy, while also zooming in to solve deep engineering challenges with clarity and pragmatism. You will report directly to the C-suite and operate within high-trust environments where technical depth, leadership, and clear communication are paramount. You will influence Engineering Managers, other Principal Engineers, and senior engineers, setting the standard for engineering culture across large, modern organisations.

Nice to have:

• Ability to translate complex technical concepts into business outcomes and influence at the executive level
• Experience mentoring and developing senior engineering leaders and fostering a high-performance culture
• You bring clarity to complexity: able to break down ambiguous, high-scale problems into clear, executable strategies
• Comfort working in fast-paced, ambiguous environments with a bias for innovation and pragmatic decision-making

Reach out to Luke on 0414 023 993, email luke@preactarecruitment.com
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