Principal AI Platform Engineer

Communicate Finance

Wes-Kaap

On-site

ZAR 1,200,000 - 2,000,000

Full time

3 days ago
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Job summary

Communicate Finance seeks a Principal Engineer to design and evolve internal AI engineering platforms, enabling safe, scalable AI-assisted software delivery. You will lead adoption, set standards, and mentor senior engineers while influencing a large cross-functional group.

You will work on AI harnesses, telemetry, and evaluation frameworks, driving architectural decisions across the organisation with a strong engineering mindset.

Qualifications

  • 10+ years in software engineering with senior/principal level
  • Expertise in two or more of Java, .NET, React, Flutter
  • Cloud-native architecture, AWS, microservices, CI/CD
  • Hands-on AI-powered systems and AI governance
  • Strong communication and influence without authority
  • Experience in regulated or high-volume consumer environments (advantage)

Responsibilities

  • Design and build AI engineering harnesses and developer tooling
  • Lead adoption of AI across development teams with reference implementations
  • Establish engineering standards for AI-assisted development, security, and provenance
  • Create telemetry to measure engineering performance and outcomes
  • Evaluate AI platforms and tools to support strategic goals
  • Mentor senior engineers and contribute to architectural decisions

Skills

Senior engineering
Java
.NET
React
Flutter
Cloud-native
AWS
Microservices
APIdesign
CI/CD
AI-powered systems
LLMs
AI governance
Stakeholder engagement

Education

Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Computer Science or related field

Job description

Communicate Finance seeks a Principal Engineer to design and evolve internal AI engineering platforms, enabling safe, scalable AI-assisted software delivery. You will lead adoption, set standards, and mentor senior engineers while influencing a large cross-functional group.

You will work on AI harnesses, telemetry, and evaluation frameworks, driving architectural decisions across the organisation with a strong engineering mindset.

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