Principal SRE | Architect of Scalable, Resilient Systems
Firesoft People
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Job summary
Firesoft People partners with a leading financial services organisation in Sydney to appoint a Principal Site Reliability Engineer. This is a senior leadership role blending software engineering, architecture, reliability, and scale.
You will shape the roadmap, architect resilient systems, mentor engineers, and collaborate with stakeholders to drive performance. The role remains hands-on through design and code reviews, guiding best practices and emerging technologies.
Qualifications
- Principal, Staff or Lead-level engineering experience.
- Strong software design and architecture capability.
- Experience building and operating complex, high-performance systems at scale.
- Deep knowledge of reliability engineering and modern software development.
Responsibilities
- Shape the technical roadmap and engineering strategy.
- Architect scalable, secure and highly resilient systems.
- Remain technically involved through design, coding and code reviews.
- Establish engineering standards and modern development practices.
- Mentor senior engineers and build a culture of technical excellence.
- Improve platform reliability, incident management and operational performance.
- Explore how AI and emerging technologies can improve engineering outcomes.
- Influence senior product, technology and business stakeholders.
Skills
Job description
Firesoft People partners with a leading financial services organisation in Sydney to appoint a Principal Site Reliability Engineer. This is a senior leadership role blending software engineering, architecture, reliability, and scale.
You will shape the roadmap, architect resilient systems, mentor engineers, and collaborate with stakeholders to drive performance. The role remains hands-on through design and code reviews, guiding best practices and emerging technologies.
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