
Principal Engineer
- Cape Town, Western Cape
- Permanent
- Full-time
- 10+ years in software engineering, with senior/lead experience
- Proven architecture & system design expertise
- Strong leadership and mentoring background
- Broad tech exposure with deep expertise in a few areas
- Lead technical design, planning, and delivery across projects
- Engage with clients, run scoping sessions, and align delivery with business goals
- Experienced in the full product lifecycle: Design, build, test, deploy, and support
- Versatile across modern stacks (mainly Python Go, Java, etc.)
- Solve complex engineering problems and remove blockers
- Communicate technical concepts clearly to non-technical stakeholders
- Define and deliver scalable, elegant technical solutions
- Mentor and guide engineering teams to success
- Drive architectural direction and technical strategy
- Collaborate with clients, product, and design teams
- Improve engineering practices and foster innovation
- Contribute to the growth of their world-class engineering discipline
- Flat structure – No egos and no bureaucracy
- Pet-friendly office, ping pong table, and even on-site haircuts
- Strong learning culture – Conferences, tech sessions, and journals
- MacBook Pro, home office allowance, and flexible leave
- Global teams, meaningful products, and lots of room to grow
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