Safeguard Global
PrincipalEngineer
“Principal Engineer at Safeguard Global. Skills: Guiding architecture, Influencing design, Unblocking complex problems, Defining and driving the architecture of scalable, event-driven systems on AWS, Leading the design and evolution of core platform services and distributed systems, Setting technical direction across teams, Solving complex, cross-cutting engineering problems, Establishing best practices for reliability, observability, and performance, Designing systems that handle high event thro”
What You'll Achieve.
Building reliable, scalable systems that power critical business operations for our customers; Ensuring consistency and long-term maintainability; Accelerate delivery and reduce toil
Industry & Context.
Solve complex, cross-cutting engineering problems (e. g. scaling, data consistency, system resilience)
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Significant experience (typically 8-12+ years) building and scaling backend systems in production environments, Deep expertise in JavaScript/TypeScript (Node. js preferred) or similar backend ecosystems, hands-on experience designing distributed systems and event-driven architectures, Proven experience architecting systems on AWS, particularly serverless (Lambda, EventBridge, S3, API Gateway), Track record of leading large-scale technical initiatives or platform transformations, Deep understanding of reliability patterns (e.g. idempotency, retries, backpressure, fault tolerance), Experience operating systems at scale, including observability, monitoring, and incident response, experience with Infrastructure as Code (CDK, Terraform, or similar), Solid understanding of data modelling and working with high-volume, data-intensive systems, Ability to influence technical direction without direct authority
Nice to Have
Experience with modern data platforms (e.g. dbt, Athena, data lakes), Experience in multi-tenant SaaS architectures at scale, Familiarity with BI and analytics tools (e.g. QuickSight), Exposure to frontend technologies (React / Next. js), Experience introducing or scaling platform engineering practices
What You'll Do.
Unblocking complex problems
Defining and driving the architecture of scalable
event-driven systems on AWS
Leading the design and evolution of core platform services and distributed systems
Setting technical direction across teams
cross-cutting engineering problems (e. g. scaling
Establishing best practices for reliability
and performance across the platform
Designing systems that handle high event throughput
and eventual consistency at scale
Partnering closely with Data Engineering to shape data architecture
and platform capabilities
Influencing and improving engineering standards
Mentoring senior engineers
Acting as a technical leader across multiple teams
Contributing to strategic technical decisions and roadmap planning
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Work with distributed teams; Set technical direction across teams; Partner closely with Data Engineering; Collaborate across the world; Interact, discover cultures, and tap into local expertise
Communication Scope
Ability to influence technical direction without direct authority
Process & Methodology
Leading large-scale technical initiatives, Platform transformations, Roadmap planning
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