AWS/DevOps Certified/Principal Architect/Principal Engineer-Permanent-(Hybrid)

The Role

The Principal Software Development Engineer I is a senior technical leader who sets

architecture and engineering direction across multiple teams and engagements.

The Principal SDE I tackles company's most complex technical challenges, defines platform

and solution architectures for enterprise AI systems in regulated environments, and

elevates engineering capability across the firm.

This is a hands-on technical leadership role with broad organisational influence.

In this organization, all engineers are expected to use AI tools effectively in their daily work. AI

assistants and workflow automation tools are expected to improve engineering

productivity, testing, debugging, documentation, and delivery execution.

Responsibilities

• Define architecture and technical strategy across multiple engagements, platforms, and teams.
• Lead the design of complex, large-scale, secure production systems for regulated enterprise clients.
• Set engineering standards, reference architectures, and best practices adopted firm-wide.
• Provide deep technical leadership on the most challenging delivery and reliability problems.
• Partner with delivery leadership, architects, and senior client stakeholders on technical direction and proposals.
• Drive build‑vs‑buy, technology selection, and platform investment decisions.
• Mentor senior and staff engineers, and grow the technical bench across teams.
• Contribute reusable platforms, accelerators, and frameworks that scale delivery.
• Champion responsible, effective use of AI tools across engineering.

What We Are Looking For

• 10 to 15 years of experience delivering and architecting production software at scale.
• Recognized depth in system design, distributed systems, and cloud-native architecture.
• Extensive AWS expertise, including security, networking, and enterprise deployment patterns.
• Track record setting technical direction across multiple teams or a business line.
• Experience in regulated industries (financial services, telco, insurance) is strongly valued.
• Strong influence, communication, and stakeholder leadership skills.
• Continued hands‑on engineering credibility.

Preferred Skills

• You have owned architecture for mission‑critical systems in regulated enterprises.
• Experience architecting AI/agentic platforms at scale.
• You have shaped engineering culture, standards, and reusable platforms across an organization.
• You are a recognized technical authority and mentor.