Principal Staff Engineer - Platforms

SEEK

Cremorne, Victoria, Australia
On-site
Technical authority for major platform area
Raise the bar on platform engineering
Shape and steer the roadmap
As a Principal Staff Engineer (Engineering Platforms), you are a technical authority for a major platform area and trusted advisor

Job Summary

  • As a Principal Staff Engineer (Engineering Platforms), you are a technical authority for a major platform area and trusted advisor.
  • You’ll provide technical leadership, unblock complex delivery and operational challenges, lift engineering standards across multiple squads, and help ensure platform services remain fit-for-purpose, secure, resilient and aligned to SEEK’s broader technical strategy.
  • SEEK strives to support employee wellbeing by providing an amazing experience at work which led us to being named AFR BOSS Top 10 Best Places to Work in Technology (2021-2024).

Matching Summary

As a Principal Staff Engineer (Engineering Platforms), you are a technical authority for a major platform area and trusted advisor.

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • Technical authority for major platform area
  • Raise the bar on platform engineering
  • Shape and steer the roadmap
  • Support AI-enabled uplift
  • Deep foundation in architecture and engineering fundamentals

Nice-to-have

  • Partner closely with engineering, product, architecture, security, and AI & data leaders
  • Contribute to technical communities

Key Requirements

  • Strong experience designing, building and operating platforms or large-scale distributed systems
  • Proven ability to shape and execute technical strategy/roadmaps
  • Demonstrated strength leading through influence
  • Experience improving developer experience
  • Track record of leading technical change and uplifting engineering quality
  • Strong coaching and mentoring capability
  • AI fluency for engineering productivity

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