Principal Engineer: AI-Driven Cloud Platform

Protecht; Sydney; Hybride; AUD 180 000 - 240 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Hybrid/flexible working

Parental leave

Professional development: conferences,

learning platforms

Access to AI development tooling

Résumé du poste

Protecht is seeking a Principal Engineer to join the Architecture & Innovation team and partner with the Chief Architect. You’ll shape long-term technical vision, lead architectural evolution, and solve large-scale engineering challenges across the platform.

You’ll drive the re-architecture of our AWS platform, accelerate AI-powered product capabilities, and enable teams to adopt advanced AI-assisted development practices.

Qualifications

• Proven track record at principal/staff level.
• Extensive Java/Spring Boot experience.
• Experience with AWS and cloud architectures.

Responsabilités

• Define the long term technical vision and architectural direction for Protecht’s core systems.
• Lead the design and development of scalable, reliable, and secure distributed systems.
• Drive modularisation of our platform, expanding microservices and evolving cloud architecture.
• Incubate new product ideas from concept to working proof of concept using AI-powered development tooling.
• Drive adoption of AI-assisted development practices (LLM based code generation, automated reviews, AI-augmented testing).
• Evaluate emerging AI tools and measure their productivity impact.
• Write production-quality Java (Spring Boot / Spring Cloud) and frontend code (React or similar).
• Build prototypes and reference implementations to guide engineering teams.
• Act as a key technical advisor to leadership and stakeholders, translating complex concepts into clear business impact.
• Contribute to the long term technical roadmap and engineering strategy.

Connaissances

Principal/Staff level

Java

Spring Boot

Spring Cloud

AWS

Architectural leadership

Communication skills

GitHub Copilot

Outils

GitHub Copilot

Description du poste

Protecht is seeking a Principal Engineer to join the Architecture & Innovation team and partner with the Chief Architect. You’ll shape long-term technical vision, lead architectural evolution, and solve large-scale engineering challenges across the platform.

You’ll drive the re-architecture of our AWS platform, accelerate AI-powered product capabilities, and enable teams to adopt advanced AI-assisted development practices.