Principal Software Architect: AI, Roadmaps & Mentorship
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Job summary
Trade Me in Wellington, New Zealand, is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to drive architectural strategy and technical roadmaps. You will partner with engineering leadership, act as an internal R&D consultant for product squads, and mentor senior engineers to elevate technical capability.
Reporting to the Architecture Team Manager, you will shape the roadmap, manage technical debt, and ensure the engineering craft keeps pace with global industry standards.
Qualifications
- 10+ years of software engineering experience, with significant time at a Principal or Staff level in high-demand environments.
- Deep, practical experience with development stack, ecosystem, tooling, and system design optimization.
- Proven track record defining and delivering architectural roadmaps and technical strategies.
Responsibilities
- Own and formulate technical platform strategies and roadmaps in partnership with engineering leadership.
- Act as an internal R&D consultant for product squads, providing expertise on complex technical challenges.
- Set the gold standard for engineering craft, promoting modularization, advanced CI/CD, and AI adoption.
- Proactively identify, prioritize, and manage technical debt to ensure robust, performant foundations.
- Provide architectural stewardship and mentor senior engineers to lift collective technical capability.
Job description
Trade Me in Wellington, New Zealand, is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to drive architectural strategy and technical roadmaps. You will partner with engineering leadership, act as an internal R&D consultant for product squads, and mentor senior engineers to elevate technical capability.
Reporting to the Architecture Team Manager, you will shape the roadmap, manage technical debt, and ensure the engineering craft keeps pace with global industry standards.
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