Principal Engineer

I'm a seasoned engineer with lots of experience. I love operating on the intersection of product and technology.
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Status
Actively looking
Not looking
Not looking
Open to new opportunities
Location
Sydney
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Open to relocating
Commitment
Full-time, Casual / Contract / Part-time, Join as a startup co-founder
Availability from time of offer
In 1 month or less
Years of experience
7+ years
Top 3 languages or frameworks
TypeScript, Next.js, Go
Also knows
Next.js, Apache Kafka, Astro, Cloudflare, Databricks, Golang, Hugging Face, Kotlin, Rust, Python
Preferred work environment
Hybrid, Fully remote, In the office
Strengths
Interested in working involving
I’m primarily interested in direct-to-consumer projects where the feedback loop is fast. I'm fairly open when it comes to the niche, but something overly narrow - like a wellbeing app for boilermakers - is unlikely to resonate with me. The same applies to payments, insurance, lending, and other industries I find difficult to get excited about. I'd love to join a small team where everyone takes ownership and holds one another accountable.
Not interested in work involving

Happy to discuss all weird projects.

Other information
Able to work in Australia without visa sponsorship
Requires visa sponsorship to work in Australia

Pay expectations

Full-time
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Casual / Contract
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Pay is negotiable in exchange for equity
Pay is negotiable in exchange for equity
Pay is not negotiable in exchange for equity
Open to volunteering or working for equity only
Not interested in volunteering or working for equity only if joining as a co-founder

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Work experience

Proudest professional achievement
I'm a staff-level technical leader and architect with 15+ years of experience building products, scaling engineering systems, and shaping technology strategy. My background is in high-scale, cloud-native distributed systems on AWS, and I've helped deliver major revenue programmes and large organisational transformations.

I'm also an open-source maintainer, with projects receiving more than 160 million downloads per month.

Whilst I enjoy strategy, architecture, and technical leadership, I'm happiest when I can stay close to the product and the code. The ideal setup for me is a mix of hands-on building and higher-level work—solving difficult technical problems, shaping direction, and helping a small team move quickly.

Education

Bachelor of Electrical Engineering
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