[Hiring] Principal Engineer @Safeguard Global

Role Description

How you will make a difference:

• Define and drive the architecture of scalable, event-driven systems on AWS
• Lead the design and evolution of core platform services and distributed systems
• Set technical direction across teams, ensuring consistency and long-term maintainability
• Solve complex, cross-cutting engineering problems (e.g. scaling, data consistency, system resilience)
• Establish best practices for reliability, observability, and performance across the platform
• Design systems that handle high event throughput, failure scenarios, and eventual consistency at scale
• Partner closely with Data Engineering to shape data architecture, pipelines, and platform capabilities
• Influence and improve engineering standards, tooling, and ways of working
• Mentor senior engineers and act as a technical leader across multiple teams
• Contribute to strategic technical decisions and roadmap planning

Qualifications

• 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
• Strong 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
• Strong 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

Requirements

• 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

Benefits

• Autonomy and Flexibility (work in any way): Remote first, with the flexibility to include life needs like school runs and gym breaks in your schedule, all while maintaining a high standard of work.
• Generous leave: Enjoy a competitive leave package including paid bonding leaves for new additions to your family.
• Make a difference: Get 2 paid charitable days off to contribute to causes you believe in.
• Corporate bonus/SIP: All Guardians are eligible for our annual bonus scheme or sales incentive plan.
• International environment: Grow your network internationally and collaborate across the world. Interact, discover cultures, and tap into local expertise.
• Human centered culture: We emphasize the people factor in everything we do. Our nurturing culture ensures your ideas reach our leaders and your contributions get the recognition they deserve.
• Learning: We support your continuous growth by providing access to 2 learning platforms, where you can learn at your own pace.